Arin Puckett Email & Phone Number

Michigan, United States

Helping IT Leaders Solve Business Problems with Technology

Michigan, United States

I compete in the Crowdstrike Racing eSports league representing Trace3 and our valued technology partners. I focus on team management, exploring partnership opportunities, and maximizing results on track through data driven insights.Results2nd place in the 2023/24 Season 4th place in the 2022/23 Season

United States

Motorsports Program Advocate and Advisor with a passion for technology and racing. I collaborate with marketing teams and drivers to ideate and maximize partnership value, coordinate client-focused motorsports events, and operate at the intersection of technology and motorsports. By consulting with drivers and teams, I gain insights to drive improvements on and off the track. Additionally, I excel in creative storytelling on social media to enhance our partnerships' value and reach.

Greater Detroit Area

• Focused on guiding customers through their Digital Transformation Journey enabled by People, Process, and Technology.• Helping customers optimize costs, improve business operations, and enhance security.• Leads technical interviews to help select quality candidates for both customer and Mainline teams.

United States - National

• Designs and implements comprehensive solutions to address business needs and challenges.• Leads engaging presentations to help educate Mainline's customers, sales and technical teams on available solutions.• Builds partner relationships to advocate the value of Mainline’s expertise while identifying compelling solutions and recommending them to Mainline's sales and technical teams.• Assists in development of Mainline's solutions to address market demands.

United States - National

• Responsible for helping customers to strengthen their security posture with industry leading solutions.

United States - National

• Install and configure products and solutions with great attention to detail resulting in high levels customer satisfaction and success.• Overcome challenges with unique and creative solutions by thinking outside of the box.• Provide insights and feedback on how best to improve Mainline’s service delivery.Experienced in the following technology:• Hyper Converged Infrastructure• GPU Accelerated Workloads• Data Center Virtualization• End User Computing• Cloud Automation• Operations and Monitoring• Network Security and Micro-segmentation• Endpoint Protection and Anti Virus• x86 Enterprise Server Platforms• Enterprise Storage Platforms• Enterprise Networking Platforms• Enterprise Backup and Replication• Scale out Backup and ReplicationAdditional Skills and Experience• Infrastructure Health Checks, Capacity and Performance Assessments• Custom Scripting with PowerShell, .NET, Java, YAML

Undergraduate Thesis - Platform Analysis and Design Recommendation for Virtual Desktop InfrastructureOrganized and led project evaluating the feasibility of VDI at Frankenmuth Insurance and provided subsequent recommendation and design for production use. Benefits realized include enhanced workforce mobility, robust business continuity, improved desktop management, increased lifetime of desktop hardware, greater network security, streamlined integration of future acquisitions, and the potential to reduce power consumption within the desktop environment.• Designed, configured, and maintained ESXi 4.1 clusters on both IBM Blade Center and Cisco UCS platforms.• Developed PowerCLI scripts to ease management of virtual machines within vSphere.• Worked directly with IBM and VMware support technicians.• Arranged and completed product evaluation of Lakeside Software's desktop monitoring tool suite, SysTrack.• Created network topology diagrams for administrative and presentation purposes.• Supporting role in physical migration of core switches.• Data center server racking, hardware installation, and cable management.• Certified and maintained fiber optic cable for peak performance between local offices.• Configured and improved level of IBM server monitoring utilizing IBM Systems Director.

• Investigated and resolved software and hardware issues dealing with computer, network, and other related technologies.• Provided direct communication and support to employees.• Coordinated with employees in Marketing to configure corporate welcome screens.• Conducted inventory management of emergency operations center.