Michael Backus Email & Phone Number

Rochester, Ny, Us

Buffalo, New York, United States

- Aligning disparate teams around a common vision and core set of priorities including cloud adoption, system reliability/resilience, and data governance- Motivating and inspiring people from different areas of expertise including line of business, application development, database, security, and platform engineering- Intentionally building alliances by collaborating across traditional silos to unlock value (e.g., alliances of Microsoft and Unix based teams, on-prem & cloud, etc.)- Using thought leadership to create buy-in from people with diverse backgrounds/interests and moving initiatives forward quickly with less cost- Delivering results and driving agility and performance by fostering a results-oriented culture of accountability (e.g., enforcing agile accountability rituals)- Developing a diverse workforce for competitive advantage by creating development opportunities and strengthening the pipeline of diverse talent (e.g., Pluralsight)- Embracing diverse ideas and creating conditions for change and innovation across diverse/fluid teams (e.g., DEVSECOPS integration and automation initiatives)- Growing value by leveraging P&L and risk drivers to maximize return on investment (e.g., encouraging the voice of the customer in agile rituals to test and grow value)

Little Rock, Arkansas Area

- Invigorated data architecture vision for Vestcom and aligned various data teams around that common vision including systems of record and data warehouse- Inspired and motivated data team leads and energized their teams to accelerate change resulting in increased database reliability, performance, and accessibility- Built alliances between data teams, platform system teams, and application development teams to meet or beat project deadlines at reduced cost- Utilized prior experience to influence data strategy throughout the organization by building buy-in from key stakeholders (e.g., line of business owners, etc.)- Coached and developed team leaders to build critical capabilities and increase competitiveness (e.g., held/sponsored brown bag lunch sessions, etc.)

Performing SQL Server database administration, database development, and VB.net development in a retail marketing IT services environment.

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

- Responsible for database projects at US Bowling Congress (non-profit)- Architected and executed database migrations and consolidations into server clusters and SANs with multiple enterprise instances - Created web database apps utilizing ASP.Net 2.0/C# and SQL stored procedures- Administered and optimized SQL Server databases for public web applications

Greendale, Wisconsin, United States

My ex-wife and I owned a profitable brick & mortar and online store Pawprints Across Your Heart in Greendale, Wisconsin. We sold the business in March of 2009. - Designed and configured the online store and point of sale systems- Provided webmaster, SEO, and online marketing services

Brookfield, Wisconsin, United States

- Responsible for multiple enterprise level databases including merge replication- Custom programming of stored procedures, functions, triggers, etc.- Optimized multiple RAID SANs utilizing file groups and parallel processing- Supported ASP.Net w/ C# web database applications

Sturtevant, Wisconsin, United States

- IT Team Lead for company subsidiary with staff of 3-4 people- Project management, support management, budget, hiring & training new IT staff- Responsibilities include coordination of all support activities for a global implementation of the JD Edwards OneWorld ERP system

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

- Performed analysis, design, programming, testing, and implementation of a client/server inventory and scheduling system

Racine, Wisconsin, United States

- BPCS Systems analysis, TCP/IP support, and web authoring.- Systems analysis and custom programming in RPG and Basic on AS/400 for Milwaukee financial brokerage firm.