Michael Geist Email & Phone Number

Geneva, Geneva, CH

• Manage Hybrid network connectivity for SITA’s R&D Engineering & Development teams in a high demand air transport focused international company.
• Manage labs, office, test situations, customer and inter-site connectivity Ensure 99% availability. Responsible for all associated components such as Cisco routers & switches, circuits, Azure Cloud, VPN Tunnels.
• Manage all “edge” security firewalls and content appliances for the local and remote offices.Currently the edge security platform is Cisco ASA with Firepower which will be moving to Palo Alto Next Gen Firewall to.
• As a senior member of my team I’m also responsible for training / mentoring junior staff as needed. In addition to this I have led efforts where I was responsible for assigning, supporting and tracking staff activity.
• I introduced SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor, and SolarWinds Orion Network Configuration Management for monitoring and backup of the team’s network infrastructure. These products have become invaluable tools for.
• I evaluated and later introduced Barracuda Networks Content Appliances at our sites. Use of this product effectively recovered over 1/3 of the available internet bound bandwidth.

Espoo, Southern Finland, FI

Geneva, Geneva, CH

Geneva, Geneva, CH

Geneva, Geneva, CH

B.S., Computer Technology

Aas, Mechanical Technology