Michael Moorehead Email & Phone Number

Chattanooga, Tn, Us

Enterprise Architect within BCBST.com's Enterprise IT (EIT) Strategy & Architecture division. Currently focused on Data & AI.

Austin, Texas, Us

• Enterprise Architect and Presales Solutions Architect supporting Oracle Cloud Infrastructure teams, and products, including SPARC/x86 Cloud, Engineered Systems, IaaS & PaaS• Map Business Requirements to Technical Solutions – Align with client Goals & Objectives – Translate Technical Concepts & explain Business Value – Competitive Analysis – Guide Strategic Analysis & Planning• Create technical solutions & business value from business requirements• Collaborated with Enterprise Architecture planning teams to create reference architectures, reusable design patterns, and business continuance plans• Gather/Analyze Requirements – Create RFP/RFI responses & help build TCO, ROI• Business, Sales, & Technical presentations – Workshop Facilitation – Exceeded Goals• Create/Manage Project Timelines & Virtual Teams• SPARC/x86 Cloud, Engineered Systems, IaaS/PaaS/Hybrid Cloud, & Storage / Backup systems• Balanced Mandates, Practical Realities, & Technical Debt, to guide clients toward a Hybrid/Multi-Cloud future

Cincinnati, Ohio, Us

• Led creation of wholistic solutions to address business challenges and opportunities• Team-lead for Cloud discovery, assessment, strategy, and design of Hybrid Cloud and IaaS/SaaS offerings• Analyzed, compared, and contrasted competing solutions and Coordinated SoW Creation• Delivered Product and Solution presentations to Client Executives and Public Events• Effectively communicated recommendations and value to Client Principals

Austin, Texas, Us

• Map Business Requirements to Technical Solutions to Business Value – Clarify Technical Concepts• Create & Edit Technical Marketing copy – Recommend Product Enhancements – Provide business & architecture analysis – systems & solutions design• Create technological solutions to address business problems & opportunities• Business & Technical presentations – Facilitate Workshops – Clearly Illustrate Concepts & Value – Evaluate TCO/ROI• Presenter at Events & Trade Shows – RFP/RFI responses & Competitive Analysis – Create & Manage Virtual Teams• Trained Direct & VAR Channels in Products, ‘Value Selling’, & Consulting Methods• Engineered Systems, SPARC & x86 servers, IaaS & PaaS, Storage & Backup systems• Oracle Cloud Proposal/ Cloud Foundation certified – USA SE of the Quarter Award FY14• Designed an Op’Ex ‘Cloud’ Implementation for a large Manufacturer, before Public Clouds were viable• Designed a specialty Cloud (SPARC/Solaris) implementation to support a large Manufacturer’s Engine Management Simulations• Helped Fortune 500 & SMBs Modernize their Systems and position themselves for Rapid Growth & Cloud• Guided a large Medical Insurer through the process of Modernizing and Consolidating their primary DB environment onto Engineered Systems, to manage Rapid Growth from new Government Contracts and to achieve >$3.5M Savings• Helped a large Medical Insurer re-design their Backup Environment, to accommodate Very Aggressive RTO & RPO’s• Created Architecture Models & Roadmaps for IT modernization

Palo Alto, Ca, Us

• Trained SEs & Sales Reps on Products, IT Architecture, Consulting Best Practices, Value Selling, & TCO / ROI analysis• Midwest RFID (IoT) ‘Evangelist’• Explained Technical Concepts to Non-Technical audiences• Delivered customized Business, Sales, & Technical Presentations• Evangelized & Demonstrated Products & Solutions• Facilitated Onsite Workshops and Created both RFP/RFI responses & Competitive Analysis• Primarily focused on Server & Storage solutions for Fortune 500 accounts• Assisted with Multi-National, International, SMB, & State/Federal Government accounts• Managed SE & consulting teams through multiple org’ changes• Designed Solutions including SPARC/Solaris, x86, Clustered Systems, Storage, & Backup systems• Earned International Sales "Club" award for 2001, recognition for helping Achieve $1bn in Central Area Sales, and multiple other Awards• Named national ‘SE of the Quarter’ on 3 occasions• TOGAF 8 & ITIL Foundations Certified by Sun Microsystems Education, in 2008• NOTE: Oracle acquired Sun Microsystems in Feb. 2010

• Created a Solution to enable a Major Retailer to migrate from their own DC into a Hosted Environment over a single Weekend• Design solutions for Backup, Disaster Recovery, and Business Continuance• Custom Presentations and Demonstrations• Worked Senior Executives & Technical teams – Consultive Integration with Overall System Designs• Remote & Onsite pre and post sales assistance, including Requirements Gathering and Analysis, Disaster Recovery (DR) systems design, backup implementation design, installations, and troubleshooting

• As Employee #6, helped grow a successful Startup to #22 on Inc. Magazine’s ‘Fastest Growing’ list• One of Two people who Led the creation and growth of Two very profitable Startup Subsidiaries; a server software distributor & SCO Services Sales• Created and Led multiple teams, and held Multiple Roles: Technology Analyst, Tech Support Lead, Export Sales Specialist, Training Lead, Eastern Region & Federal Government Sales Mgr.. & Special Projects Manager • Trained junior staff on Products and Consultive Selling methods – Exceeded Sales Goals • Company later sold to Avnet

• Part of Leadership team which restored McDonnell Douglas Information Systems (MDIS) to profitabilitySupported Product Management, Channel Sales, & Implementations of the Pro IV 4GL programming language and CASE Tools, throughout the Americas & Asia • Coordinated Technical and Marketing projects – Rescued failing Projects – Managed project teams • US/UK Product Development Liaison – Helped create Technical Marketing Strategy - Managed Bugs & advocated for RFEs • Coordinated PR activities, including BBS, Newsletters, and Yearly Convention – Managed User Community • Authored & Edited Technical Documentation, Whitepapers, Marketing Copy – Managed publication of collateral and documentation • Coordinated support for Fujitsu &Toshiba mainframes, Federal Government accounts, and the Americas Sales Channel • Managed Development Datacenter, comprised of AS/400, Novell LAN, AIX, Solaris, and various other Unix systems

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Philosophy, Religion

Certificate, Teaching Certificate In High School Education, Social Studies/History

Graduate Work Toward M.A. In Theology, Biblical Studies