Micheal Staples Email & Phone Number

Austin, Tx, Us

Austin, Texas

• Managed multiple global software engineering teams with 7-10 engineers• Operated multiple Tier-1/Tier-2 applications including:o Revenue recognition app ensures systems are installed and operating correctly and is responsible for recognizing 90% of the company’s revenue.o Performance guarantee app ensures customers are compensated if their system underperforms their contract’s expected energy schedule.o Mobile/web monitoring for 500k residential customers.o Simulation engine supporting 60k sales quotes a day plus 500k simulations based on actual weather conditions.o Airflow/Distributed messaging data pipelines + Snowflake data warehouse to support reporting and analytics of monitoring telemetry data.o Residential customer and financier reporting responsible for maintaining contractual obligations and securing new 100M+ funds.o Virtual Power Plant (VPP) – Allowed customers to participate in VPP programs to earn money.• Implemented Engineering Operation Excellence “EOE” program to ensure best practices for security, observability, monitoring, CI/CD, P1/P2 response, Service-Level-Objectives for all applications• Implemented on-call strategy to ensure applications are always covered by engineering support.• Performed annual performance reviews, promoted engineers and procured new talent.• Managed multi-million-dollar budget.• Strong cross-functional leadership implementing changes to critical processes, capturing more accurate data, resulting in happier customers.• Performed scrum ceremonies: Roadmap planning, sprint planning, grooming, retro.• Instituted standard practices for Git repos, branching strategies, storing documentation with the codebase and CI/CD to simplify processes and increase engineering efficiency.• Continuous stakeholder communication across a multitude of departments – Asset Management, Sales, Care, Performance Engineering, Fleet Analytics, Invoice Compliance, Accounting, Operations

Austin, Tx

• Developed ETL strategy to gather data from external sources including Salesforce, Maximo, SQL Server, and Time-Series database to create an enterprise data mart used across customer facing departments.• Utilized Microsoft CDC (Change Data Capture) to ETL data at near real time to our data mart.• Managed developers to use best practices and continuous improvement to develop efficient and high performance TSQL, SSIS and SSRS projects.• Improved interdepartmental relationships by providing expertise to other DBAs within the company, helping tune their databases and queries for optimal performance.• Designed C# ASP.NET AJAX report management application for departments to collaborate and manage reports delivered to our customers, reducing the management overhead of our BI team by 25%.• Developed a report to save $50,000 annually in unrealized solar lease anniversary credits.• Developed a TSQL "set-based" time zone conversion methodology to easily convert any UTC time to any local time+ Daylight Savings Time to simplify our reporting platform and facilitating accuracy for our customers.• Converted spreadsheet-based data management to SQL backend for more reliable master data• Created report to analyze solar system performance issues, reducing 600-people hours a month.• Redesigned major reports for Utility, Commercial and Residential sectors to meet the needs of our customers and reduce managerial overhead of configuring reports by making report components modular.• Collaborated with stakeholders on the company’s future data platform using AWS technologies/Big Data strategies.

Austin, Tx.

I am an independent consultant providing organizations throughout the U.S. with high-quality solutions including SQL database management, data reporting strategies and optimizations, Microsoft client/server solutions, web development, VMware/Hyper-v virtualization as well as networking and storage methodologies I am also associated with Software Works Inc. and provide the aforementioned services to clients running Ross ERP. Integrity, dependability, and punctuality is extremely important to me and I ensure all of my clients understand that solutions and methodologies I recommend will align with their company's focus.

Austin, Texas Area

I am responsible for the overall direction of the Business Intelligence initiative. Using the Microsoft BI platform, I continually develop reports against the ERP/TPM applications that drive executive level business decisions, ultimately saving the company thousands of dollars. I am currently tasked with converting all reports from a no longer supported Business Objects application to Microsoft's BI platform. I have also developed a data warehouse and analytical tools using SSIS/SSAS to provide a highly responsive and consistent reporting structure throughout the organization. In addition to providing intuitive reporting, I also maintain and optimize multiple SQL databases which serve the company's ERP and Trade Promotion Management software. On top of all of this, I balance this initiative while managing all facets of the organization's IT strategy.

Austin, Texas Area

I am responsible for orchestrating the IT infrastructure consisting of blade servers, SAN, network switches, phone system, client computers and telecommunication services. I have implemented virtualization technology to reduce physical equipment needs and the TCO for the server infrastructure. I also manage various software packages including Microsoft Exchange 2010, Office 2013, Windows 7, Windows 8, Hyper-V 2012, etc. In a fast paced, JIT production environment, I am able to conduct high-end IT functions while resolving day-to-day user issues/requests.

Henderson, Tx

Over 8 years I single-handedly administered IT infrastructure consisting of servers, SAN, network switches, phone system, client computers and telecommunication services. I implemented VMware Vsphere virtualization technology to reduce physical equipment needs by 85% and the TCO for the server infrastructure. I also managed various software packages including Microsoft Exchange 2003, Office 2010, Windows 7, Ross ERP, etc. In a critical production environment, I was able to conduct high-end IT functions while resolving day-to-day user issues/requests. In parallel, I came into a Planning & Scheduling Manager role to help smooth out ripples in the production jobs that ran through the manufacturing facility. I was able to use my development skills and create solutions using ASP.NET/AJAX/TSQL to create interactive scheduling tools to create visibility/increase efficiency of our production job flow.

Marshall, Tx

Responsible for maintaining a branch of a multi-domain Windows Server Forest, telecommunications systems and client computers. Coordinated with a global organization to ensure consistent policies and technologies were implemented in a timely manner. I also resolved user questions/issues over my tenure at Titan Dynamics.

Bachelor'S Of Science, Computer Information Systems (Focus In Software Engineering)

Associates, Information Technology