resume::Mikel King

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CAREER OBJECTIVE:

To apply my leadership and management skills as a Chief Information Officer or similar SVP position

SKILLS:

• Presided over a diverse workforce of approximately 30 CCNAs, MSCP, and Apple Server technicians
• Sound understanding of internet technologies, DNS, IIS, Apache Web Servers (LAMP), PHP, Ruby, Bash
• Versed in routing and switching technologies from Adtran, CISCO, 3Com, Juniper, Motorola and HP
• Managed email solutions from MS Exchange Server, Lotus Notes, Sendmail, Postfix and Kerio Mail as well as BlackBerry Enterprise Server, Motorola Goodlink
• Spearheaded management and monitoring of Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Sun Solaris, FreeBSD, Netware and Linux servers with Nagios.
• Collaborated on the BSD Systems Engineer Certification as a subject matter expert and key contributor.
• Featured columnist for BSD Magazine and The NYC Consumer Technology writer for the Examiner.
• Symantec Backup Exec and Retrospect backup solutions on iSCSI SAN and NAS technologies
• Completed numerous successful project by setting appropriate timelines and milestones
• Designed and implemented video conferencing solutions based on Polycom and Sony products
• Deployed cost saving virtualization technologies like VMWare Server, VirtualBox, FreeBSD Jails, and Parallels
• Promoted Sarbanes-Oxley and HIPAA Compliancy at applicable client sites
• High availability solutions such as Legato Co-Standby Server, OS X Server Failover
• Database systems MySQL, ORACLE, MS SQL & financial systems Macola, Hagen and The Raiser’s Edge
• Versed in modern Web 2.0 social networking and marketing technologies like Twitter and Facebook

EXPERIENCE:
Chief Executive Officer, Olivent Technologies, LLC 2008-Present

• Directing the general operations of this privately held company.
• Negotiated strategic partnerships with key vendors and leveraging existing alliances.
• Maintained the profitability every year since the company’s launch.
• Reduce expenses by 50%, consolidating colocation services and corporate infrastructure resources

Chief Information and Technology Officer, Tech Alliance 1998-2009

• Designed and implemented the NOC, colocation facilities and BGP multi-homed topology
• Directed all network operations personnel, equipment and the application development teams including off shore outsourcing while overseeing the $15,000,000 budget.
• Completely hands-on with all technologies in the environment which included 100+ servers providing Internet Services for over 400 clients.
• Design, implementation and maintenance of complex network and information systems, including but not limited to the following: servers, routers, firewalls, VOIP phone systems, network monitoring devices, video conferencing solutions, storage area network equipment and high availability solutions.
• Responsible for negotiating strategic partnerships with our sub-contractors and vendors such as EMC, Verizon, Sprint, Adtran, and Kerio.
• Responsible for the care and maintenance of Tech Alliance’s Network Operations Center, supporting 400 plus clients, including all Internet connectivity, Web, Email, DNS and Database Hosting as well as our COLO operations.
• Manage the company’s various projects assisting in overseeing the day to day work flow, supervising the work of our NOC Administrators, Web Developers, Field Engineers and various sub-contractors.
• Successfully guided the company through three colocation facility relocations and migrations
• Acting as the lead Sarbanes-Oxley Compliancy representative, supporting our clients by directing their email and document integrity archiving initiatives.
• Key architect in designing our Remergent SoftwareTM medical web portal system, ensuring HIPAA compliancy, in all aspects of the data custody, including the backup and archival systems.
• Developed key backup, archiving and recovery solutions for critical database systems.

Network Systems Administrator, Tandy Service 1997-1998

• Managed and repaired computer and communications systems.
• Responsible for the facility’s IT equipment including routers, firewalls, and servers.
• Created a web based application to track the inventory of spare parts for our onsite field repair operations.

Electronics Material Officer, US Coast Guard 1986-1997

• Managed all shipboard electronics, computer and communications systems.
• Accountable for maintaining the electronics, navigational, satellite links, computer network and telephone systems for all Coast Guard units in the NYC Metro area within a $10,000,000 budget and 30 personnel.
• Developed programs and processes to monitor and maintain customer satisfaction in top 95% of similar units.
• Organized personnel responsible for maintaining 110 navigational structures and the associated embedded computer monitoring systems.
• Oversaw various key maintenance projects (i.e. vessel yard periods, communication systems upgrades and migration from UNIX to OS/2 and Windows NT).
• Application programming in C and FORTRAN, shell scripting in JCPL and BASH, database design and management in ORACLE, MIDAS and Progress
• Integrating software with ORACLE in the UNIX, PRIMOS, BTOS, DOS, Windows, OS/2 , and GEM environments.
• Systems Administrator for our HP UX (System V, BSD 4.2) mainframe to SGI IRIX workstations.
• Responsible for the maintenance of twelve 10kw HF transmitters, three 2.5kw MF transmitters, and twenty various antennae systems. As part of the Atlantic Ocean distress monitoring network.

CERTIFICATIONS:

Technology- Panasonic Security Systems, Adtran Firewall and VPN Admin, Adtran Routing and Switching Systems, 3Com NBX VOIP Phone Systems, Cisco Routing and Switching Systems, Cisco Firewall and VPN Concentrator Implementation, Netware System Administration, Certified HP/Compaq Systems Field Engineer, A+ Certified Windows Technician, C Programming

USCG- Senior Officer Leadership and Management, Hazardous Waste Operator Management 40 hour US CFR 19 HAZWOPR, Lighthouse Engineering Systems and  Maintenance, Prime Programmer Debugging for FORTRAN and C, Systems Management Training, Electronics Technical Training

BSA- Cub Master, Unit Commissioner, Bachelors Commission Leadership, Youth Protection, Hazardous Weather Safety

Memberships and Organizations:

• American Legion -Serving at the Adjutant Officer of the Medford Post
• Member of the Moose Lodge
• Boy Scouts of America – Unit Commissioner over seeing 3 Cub Scout packs and 1 Boy Scout troop.
• BSD Certification Group- Serving as Secretary for nearly 3 years and SME (Subject Matter Expert) on the examination board for more than several years.

AWARDS AND CITATIONS:
While on active duty I earned several citations.
The following is a brief overview of two;

1. Received the US Coast Guard Commandants Letter of Commendation for saving three other service members’ lives after a helicopter crash aboard a Ambrose Lighthouse seven miles off the shore of NY and NJ. I immediately took charge of the situation and sounded the alarm. I assisted my subordinates in carrying one of the victims up nearly 200 ft from the ocean to the flight deck of the light station, so that the awaiting helicopter could convey him to the hospital. I then performed CPR on the victim during that flight to the hospital.
2. Awarded the US Coast Guard Commendation Medal for outstanding service in the performance of my duties, while managing the Lighthouse Maintenance program at the Aids to Navigation Team in NY. In addition, I developed a project that would later realize a savings of nearly $20,000 to my unit.