Vincent LEFRANCQ

Senior IT Infrastructure Architect & Project Manager

Salary / Daily rate

Namur, Belgium

Mobility: Belgium, Luxembourg

Freelance

Can come onsite

Skills

CybersecuritySolutions ArchitectProject ManagerSystem & Network AdministrationNetwork EngineeringITILNetwork EngineerMicrosoft 365ExchangeSystem Administrator

Languages

French (Native)English (Fluent)

About me

Intro

IT Infrastructure Project Manager & Architect with 20+ years delivering enterprise solutions for banking, telecom, and insurance sectors. Founded and scaled Neko-San to 20+ professionals, managing international infrastructure projects across 15+ countries. Expert in VMware, disaster recovery, business continuity, and cloud migrations—driving secure, scalable IT transformations for Fortune 500 clients.

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Work experience

Company management/Project Management/Architecture

Neko-San (sprl)

Jun 2016 - Present

10 years 5 months

Luxembourg

– Providing IT services to banking, telecom and insurance companies – 20 employees and freelancers across Belgium and Luxembourg – Managed multiple international projects – Designed IT infrastructure (network, system, storage, etc...) for large entities – Created the Belgian company in June 2016 – Created the Luxembourg branch office in April 2018

Infrastructure Architect / Project Manager

CACEIS: Investment Company

Nov 2013 - Jan 2023

9 years 3 months

Luxembourg

– Migrated IT infrastructures (Servers, Network, VMware, desktops) to new providers – Managed multiple international migrations and deployment projects – Coordinated migration teams over 15 countries – Acted as interface between business and IT teams – Implemented Business Continuity Plans and Disaster Recovery Plans – Analyzed/audited infrastructure security – Participated in the design of new infrastructures for offshored IT – Participated in the design of the new global infrastructure – Designed and coordinated implementation of business continuity solutions – Created architecture documentation of existing and future environments

Infrastructure Architect

Vodafone Group

May 2013 - Nov 2013

7 months

– Designed disaster recovery solutions for multiple global applications – Designed infrastructure for future growth of large scale application (Vodafone Telecom Manager) – Followed up the deployment of proposed solutions – Audited and provided high availability recommendations for critical services

Integration Architect

CACEIS: Investment Company

Apr 2011 - Dec 2012

1 year 9 months

Luxembourg

– Designed virtualized desktops infrastructure for offshoring of development to India – Designed new trading-room based on Blade Workstations – Implemented Business Continuity Plans and Disaster Recovery Plans – Migrated IT infrastructure (Active Directory forest, Network, Exchange) to a new provider – Managed the audit team to analyze the enterprise infrastructure to improve performances and security – Prepared and implemented business continuity plans over multiple sites and countries – Developed and documented procedures for operational teams

Senior Systems Engineer

European External Action Service (EU embassies)

Jun 2008 - Mar 2011

2 years 10 months

– Deployed a new datacenter in HQ site – Managed distributed teams involved in different deployment projects – Designed, tested and implemented backups and disaster recovery site and procedures – Consolidated and virtualized headquarter servers – Provided third line support to remote sites' administrators – Developed and documented new procedures – On site missions to standardize and audit Embassies (worked in Afghanistan, Uruguay, Iraq, Moldova, Yemen, USA, etc...)

VMware Trainer

Centre supérieur de formation professionnelle Léonard de Vinci

Jun 2008 - Jun 2008

1 month

Montreal, QC, Canada

– Prepared and provided one week of virtualization training to 5 teachers – Designed VMware infrastructure for the training center to host labs for students, intranet site, mail servers and file servers

Virtualization consultant

CACEIS

Aug 2007 - Jun 2008

11 months

Luxembourg

– Designed and consolidated server infrastructure – Designed, tested and implemented disaster recovery site – Managed the creation of a new data center (Wintel part) – Managed team involved in the deployment of the Wintel infrastructure – Developed and documented new operational procedures

Systems Engineer

Halian (Sun Microsystems)

Feb 2005 - Jul 2007

2 years 6 months

Luxembourg

– Designed and implemented disaster recovery procedures – Virtualized of server's infrastructure – Tested, deployed and maintained Windows servers

Systems Engineer

Merck (Pharmaceutical Company)

Sep 2003 - Feb 2005

1 year 6 months

– Managed migration projects to Windows 2003, SMS 2003 and Exchange 2003 – Managed team involved in deployment projects – Actively participated in Active Directory design – Consolidated domains across EMEA – Managed headquarter servers and provided third level support – Designed, tested and implemented multiple disaster recovery procedures

Desktop Support / Systems Administrator

AUSY Belux

Sep 2000 - Sep 2003

3 years 1 month

Belgium, WI, USA

– Migrated servers to Windows 2000, workstations to XP, and domain to AD – Installed and maintained servers, desktops and laptops – Created procedures and manuals for end users


Education

ILMH (Brussels, Belgium)

Clinical Psychology, Neuropsychology


Licenses & certifications

ISO 27001 Lead Implementer

Issued: Dec 2025

Certified by PECB

Microsoft 365 Certified: Teams Administrator Associate

Issued: Jun 2021

Certified by Microsoft

Microsoft 365 Certified: Enterprise Administrator Expert

Issued: Jun 2021

Certified by Microsoft

MCSA: Server Infrastructure (Windows 2016)

Issued: Sep 2017

Certified by Microsoft

MCSE: Microsoft Certified Solution Expert (Exchange 2016)

Issued: May 2017

Certified by Microsoft

VMware Certified Professional (VCP6)

Issued: Feb 2012

Certified by VMware

TOGAF 9 Certification

Issued: Sep 2011

Certified by The Open Group

CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional)

Issued: Sep 2010

Certified by ISC2

MCITP Enterprise Administrator (Windows 2008)

Issued: Jan 2010

Certified by Microsoft

Prince 2 Certification

Issued: May 2007

Certified by British Central Computer and Telecommunication Agency

Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)

Issued: Dec 2006

Certified by CISCO

ITIL Certified

Issued: May 2006

Certified by British Central Computer and Telecommunication Agency

Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)

Issued: Dec 2002

Certified by CISCO

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