The End User Experience

Brad Pedersen
Chief Architect and Senior Fellow, Citrix Systems


Brad Pedersen is Chief Architect at Citrix, a position he has held since 1993. As chief architect at Citrix, Brad is responsible for overseeing the architecture and design of all technology, including ICA, Presentation Server and Desktop Server. Brad joined Citrix in December, 1989 as a senior software engineer, and was an original member of the company’ experience in software development. Before joining Citrix, he was senior architect at IBM, and prior to that, he worked for Harris Computer Systems as a senior engineer. Brad earned his Bachelor of Computer Science degree at the University of Minnesota in 1982.

The End User Experience
A look back on the evolution of the end user experience at Citrix and the future plans. The presentation will cover the history of the ICA protocol as it pertains to end user experience and the plans for the future.