Michael Rau Email & Phone Number

Wylie

I am very happy to announce my new position as IT Manager of infrastructure at Bayco Products. Bayco has over thirty years of pride and the highest of quality built into every single product it designs and I couldn't be more honored to be the newest member of the team.

Farmers Branch Tx

MONI, the new Monitronics, is a subsidiary of Ascent Capital Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: ASCMA), and is one of the largest home security alarm monitoring companies in the U.S. Headquartered in the Dallas Fort-Worth area, MONI secures more than one million residential customers and commercial client accounts with monitored home and business security system services. The company is supported by the nation’s largest network of independent Authorized Dealers, providing products and support to customers in the U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico.

Farmers Branch

MONI, the new Monitronics, is a subsidiary of Ascent Capital Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: ASCMA), and is one of the largest home security alarm monitoring companies in the U.S. Headquartered in the Dallas Fort-Worth area, MONI secures more than one million residential customers and commercial client accounts with monitored home and business security system services. The company is supported by the nation’s largest network of independent Authorized Dealers, providing products and support to customers in the U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico.

Dallas Texas

IT DirectorResponsible for all aspects of I.T. department supporting offices in several locations. Accomplishments to date have included: •Created the company’s IT department by researching, sourcing and designing the system architecture and infrastructure.•Constructed and managed Windows 2000 active directory domain including Exchange 2000, SQL 7.0, SQL 2000 terminal\Citrix server, Office 2000/XP/2003, IIS 5.0, Symantec Enterprise firewall as well as the proprietary software used in the Land and water companies..•Migrate above Windows 2000 environment to Windows 2003, then to 2008•Migrate Exchange 2000 to 2003 to 2007 and then on to 2010.•Migrate SQL 2000 environment to SQL 2005, then to 2008•Deployed WAN/VPN connections for remote offices.•Policies and procedures regarding network security, system upgrades, equipment purchases and system backup.•Lowered TCO by implementing virtualization technology (Hyper-v).•Deployed Web\FTP servers.•Maintain and program phone system.•Intuited a work order management system to prioritize user requests.•Authored disaster recovery program.•Ensured integrity and security of proprietary information by monitor incoming and outgoing Internet activity by using a firewall.•Hire/Manage IT staff and outside consultants to build strong positive relationship with our customers (end users).

A self-administered Texas real estate investment trust that directly or indirectly owned and operated 71 commercial real estate properties with an asset value of $630 million.; Responsible for all aspects of I.T. department supporting 70 users in four locations. Accomplishments to date have included: Created the company's IT department by researching, sourcing and designing the system architecture and infrastructure.Constructed and managed Windows NT 4.0 domain including Exchange 5.5, 2000, SQL 6.5, SQL 7.0 terminal\Citrix server, MRI for windows, SMS 2.0, Office 2000, iis 4.0, Axent's Raptor firewall and Argus for windows.Upgrade above Windows NT environment to Windows 2000. Deployed wan connections for remote offices.Implemented Windows 2000 domains. Arcserve backup software, Exchange server 2000, Norton's corporate wide anti virus software, Microsoft's Front Page 2000, Veritas Wininstall, some Visual Basic skills, SQL server 2000, Microsoft ISA server and many others.; Policies and procedures regarding network security, system upgrades, equipment purchases and system backup.Intuited a work order management system to prioritize user requests.Authored disaster recovery program.Ensured integrity and security of proprietary information by monitor incoming and outgoing Internet activity by using a firewall.Managed IT staff and outside consultants.

Electronic Engineering, Electronic Eng.

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