Sven Stijnen

Sven Stijnen has a diverse work experience in the field of IT. Sven most recently worked as a System Administrator II at Pinnacol Assurance starting in July 2022. Prior to that, they served as a Senior Engineer at Louisville Geek, LLC. from November 2019 to June 2022. In this role, they were responsible for tier 3 escalations of incidents and maintaining and monitoring server and network infrastructures for customers across multiple states.

Before that, Sven worked as a Jr consultant systemen en netwerken at Wetec Solutions from October 2016 to March 2019. Sven provided network and system administration services for various customers with 20 to 100 workplaces. Sven also served as the point of contact for customer incidents and handled tier 2 and 3 problems/questions.

Sven's work experience also includes an internship at Stepco from November 2015 to April 2016, where they successfully completed a Culminating Project on building and maintaining a virtual test lab environment. Additionally, they worked as an employee at Maro Multimediaal from April 2012 to June 2013.

In the early stages of their career, Sven gained valuable experience through internships at Comprehensive ICT Solutions (CIS) from September 2011 to January 2012, Renet Oy from February 2011 to April 2011, Alfion BV from April 2010 to June 2010, and Abacus Retail from January 2009 to April 2009.

Sven Stijnen completed their Bachelor of Science in Network Infrastructure Design from Zuyd Hogeschool | Zuyd University of Applied Sciences from 2012 to 2016. In 2015, they participated in the Magellan Exchange Program at Eastern Kentucky University, focusing on Computer Science. Prior to that, from 2008 to 2012, they attended Gilde Opleidingen, where they pursued an ICT-Manager level 4 certification.

In addition to their education, Sven Stijnen has obtained several certifications. Sven earned the Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA 200-301) certification from Cisco in March 2021. In June 2017, they obtained the CCNA R&S (Cisco Certified Network Associate Routing & Switching) certification and the CCENT (Cisco Certified Entry Networking Technician) certification, both from Cisco. Furthermore, in February 2017, they achieved the CMNA (Certified Meraki Networking Associate) certification from Cisco Meraki.