Michael Melton Email & Phone Number

Chattanooga Valley, Ga, Us

Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States

Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States

Facilitate documenting the entire infrastructure of McCright and Associates.Work with servers in the cloud environment Vultr.Copy large amounts of data to file servers in the cloud.Migrate servers/functions from the on premises environment to the cloud.Facilitate a migration of servers from Vultr to AWS in a cloud to cloud migration.Work with servers in the cloud environment AWS.Setup and manage Veeam for AWS as our backup solution.Setup and manage PRTG for a monitoring solution.Setup Bitdefender Gravityzone to protect Windows Servers.Be technical supprt for CSR representatives and troubleshoot pc issues. Also be technical support for inspectors in the field and troubleshoot issues on android tablets.Work with mobile devices such as ios and android. Deploying software to mobile device and resetting devices and restoring Data to devices. Work with remote login software such as: webex, anydesk, logmein, TeamViewer and rdp.

Worked on a team that took tickets from first level and escalted them to us. Worked in MSP type datacenter serving over 100 clients.Worked on windows servers, vpns, firewalls and other server and desktop software the client used.Worked in VMWare environment to manage servers.

Managed many WSP projects at the same time.Lead many resources in projects to keep the projects movingManaged schedules and payroll of project resources.

United States

Oversee Wintel Siemens NAM projects• Cleanup of Local Accounts on all servers• SCCM Wintel cleanup to improve patching• BSA (BladeLogic) migration from SCCM• PAM4GSA(CyberArk) migration of Windows servers.• Print Queue migration project.• VMtools Update Project• TrendMicro cleanup/update• Multiple Windows OS Refresh projects• Wintel CERT Cleanup• AltNet Hardware Support Onboarding o Help in identifying server hardware to be onboarded to AltNet support. o Create training material on how to use Altnet for hardware support.• Improve CMDB quality of Windows server. o Checking Decommissioned/Decommissioning servers’ status is correct o Checking support groups of servers are correct o Checking and correcting KPI of all servers.  Checking all fields for issues, if issues found fix BSA client on servers to improve data quality  On non BSA fields, manually update CMDB to fix.• Keeping Windows tooling in order o Helping Tools Team with BSA issues on servers  Work directly with Germany on BSA issues NAM can’t solve o Developed script to improve BSA stability for all NAM Windows machines o Helping tools team with CMF (Nagios) monitoring tools• Work on data quality in SOXDB for servers and accounts in all Windows servers o Keep up with local admin cleanup as needed and keeping local accounts to global standards. o Work with Germany on BSA/SOX scanner issues for local accounts. o Cleanup and work with Germany on any discrepancies on servers/accounts in SOXDB due to decommission etc.

Next Generation Ad Server Migration / Next Generation File System - Projects

Next Generation AS Serer Migration:Coordinate with users/server owners on changes for ad migrationsCoordinated with wintel teams, web teams, database teams, application teams etc. for changes with multiple points of complexity.Researched servers for issues and decommission status to help in planning.Next Generation File System:Worked with Atos and Siemens Germany on scanning North America and Latin America shares.Correcting scanning errors to determine share permissions.Worked with Atos US Solution Architects to plan role out sites in North America and Latin America by calculating site load on users, data, and transmission rates.

Next Generation Ad - Siemens Project

Worked with Siemens to help global migrations of users and computers from legacy domains to the new Next Generation (Next Gen) ad structure.Helped in problem management to determine root causes.Analyze data from multiple sites and factories to help in the planning of migrations.Worked with Siemens US and Siemens Germany to develop new ways in migrating factory users/computers.

Siemens Syncplicity/Smart Storage Project

● Troubleshoot issues with client machines and Syncplicity software migration data to the cloud for Siemens in North America and Latin Americao Look into Syncplicity software for issues on the machineso Troubleshoot custom migration tool for issues in the data migration.o Check Active Directory for GPO’s to redirect local folders correctly.

Invensy Rail Automation - A Siemens Company

● Help in manage CMO (Current Mode of Operations) for the conversion of the company.● Wintel Lead helping direct Wintel Operations as directed by ASM and PM.● Mange VMWare Environment.o Manage Servers from Windows 2000 to 2008 on VMWare environment. o Creation of VMs from scratch and templates.o Edit VMs settings such as add drive space etc.o Migrate machines between ESX hosts and Datastores.o Migrate VMs from different networks/vlans for migration.● Manage Veeam Backups, Replications, and Restores.o Managed Veeam backups of all VMs at 5 sites across the US. o Managed restores of files and folders from VMs and full VM restores as well.o Managed replications of VMs between two sites across the US.● Setup SMTP relay server to relay email from multiple sites to one corporate location.● Migrated file server from Novell to Windows NTFS.● Maintained and created batch files to copy data between sites for backup.● Maintained Idealstor off site backup/data copies.● Setup WSUS patching server for workstation and server patching.● Maintained and created Group Policies.● Manage Daily Wintel/System Administrator tasks at Invensys during CMO handover and FMO transition.● Migrated data from site to site for consolidation of file shares.● Worked on AD and Group Policy to manage proxies, registry settings, etc. to manage multiple sites via OU.

Pfizer Corporation

●Wintel Level 3 (DTS) Escalation for Pfizer Wintel Environment.●Help support server environment with over 10,000 servers in multiple regions and time zones.●Build and Retire/Decommision Server for the SP&R (Server Provisioning and Retirement) group in Pfizer.●Work with Pfizer locations in the Americas, Asia, and Europe in multiple countries and time zones.●Work on Physical servers such as: HP Standalone Server, HP Blades in Blade Enclosures, Stand Alone Servers from Other Vendors.●Worked on Virtual servers such as: VMWare 2.5 up to 4.1.2 farms for Wintel Guest.●Built server in physical and virtual: Windows Server 2k3 (32 and 64 bit), Windows Server 2008 (32 bit and 64bit non R2) and R2 variations.●Retired Servers in physical and virtual: Windows Server 2k, Windows Server 2k3 (32 and 64 bit), Windows Server 2008 (32 bit and 64bit non R2) and R2 variations.●Troubleshoot any and all Windows Server issues that Level 1 and Level 2 Wintel Support can not support.

Serving The City Of San Diego

Wintel Server support and migration for data center for the City of San Diego

● Wintel Engineer II (Siemens/Atos Supports VW of Chattanooga)● Support Entire Plant Network Infrastructureo Servers ● Windows Server 2003● Windows Server 2008● VMWareo Networking● Mounting Routers● Mounting Switches● Mounting Servers● Wireless Access Points● Fiber Optics runs spanning multiple drop locations.● Cat 5/6 runs.o Installed servers in VMWare and stand alone server boxes with Windows 2003 and 2008.o Installed Avamar backup clients on severs and performed backup and restore to servers.o Worked with Peregrine 6 Help Desk ticketing system.o Worked with Whats Up Gold monitoring software to monitor devices on the network.o Worked with CA Spectrum monitoring software to monitor devices on the network.o Worked with Solarwinds Orion software to manage network subnets.o Worked with HP Insight Management Software to monitor SNMP traps from servers

Chattanooga, Tn

System Administrator ● Sole support for a Windows based network including: o Servers ● Windows Server 2000● Windows Server 2003● Novell 5● AS400● VMWare o PCs● Windows 95● Windows 98● Windows 2000● Windows XP● Windows Vista● Windows 7● Office 2003● Office 2007● Office 2010● Equorum Plotting Software● AutoCAD• Striker Systems• LT 2011● SolidWorks● DBWorkso Dumb Terminals● IBM AS400 Dumb Terminalso Wireless Handheld Touch screen Windows CE Machines (Yestablets with AS400 5250 sessions)o Setting up VPN Connectionso Routers/Hubso Fiber Optics (Router and Network Cards)o Thin Net Cable Connections/Modemso Network Cablingo Wireless Networkingo Printerso Software Supporto Hardware Support● Facilitated Full Conversion of Novell 5 based Network to Active Directory based Network.o Converting over main file server and permissions of a Novell 5 file server. Domain Controller and Exchange were already in place. ● Managed all Active Directory accounts, Email Mailboxes, and Group Policies.● Manage all backups of Active Directory Server and AS400 backup.● Worked on Time clock project with touch screen Windows machines and card scanners.o Used HID Card Programmer and programmed prox cards.o Touch screen systems used Compsee Turbo Wedges for card inputs● Managed installation of all new PC’s and Laptop’s via Acronis Trueimage cloning software● Facilitated migration of physical Windows Servers to VMWare Virtualized Servers● Managed CNC’s connectivity to the network with various software:o ProDNCo ProComm Pluso C-Link● CNC’s Supported:o Moriseikio Okumao Monarcho Whitney● Whitney 3400● Whitney 3500● Whitney 4400• All with various controllers, some with Windows and some without.o Messer● MG80● MG MPC 2000o Kinetic● Custom cable wiring for Whitney CNC

Dade County Ga

IT Professional/System Administrator ● Sole support for a Windows based network including: o Servers ● Windows Server 2000● Windows Server 2003● Windows Small Business Server 2000● Windows Small Business Server 2003o PCs● Windows 95● Windows 98● Windows 2000● Windows XPo Routers/Hubso Network Cablingo Wireless Networkingo Printerso Software Supporto Hardware Support

Chattanooga, Tennessee Area

IT Professional (Intern Student)● Business Modeling with IDEF0, IDEF1, IDEF3, and DFD.● Data Modeling.● Technical Support for applications, i.e. checking for new versions and/or updates to current software.● Testing new software for compatibility. ● Technical contact for software● Programming in C++ and Visual Basic for company applications.● Design applications that interface and retrieve data from Oracle Databases.● Design applications that can take data, parse it, and reformat the data to be used in another application. i.e.: convert data from application to another.● Design and update websites using html editors or specialized editors such as Microsoft FrontPage.● Support for hardware such as network printers

Chattanooga Tn

IT Professional (Co-op Student)● Running network (CAT 5) cable.● Repairing PCs● Converting Pre Windows NT PCs to Windows NT.● Cloning/Imaging PCs.● Installing servers.● Installing network cabinets with routers.● Installing numerous types of software on users PCs.● Upgrading software on users PCs.

Bs, Computer Science Information Systems

As, Computer Science