Michael Baxter Email & Phone Number

Shelton, Connecticut, United States

Hopkinton, MA

• Supported pre-sales and sales teams through validation of proposed solutions and test plans, end-to-end build, testing, and documentation of proposed solutions. Presented resulting product to field and customer.
• Worked as part of a team to deliver remotely-accessible XtremIO X2 and PowerVault ME4 environments built on an environment utilizing automated, scripted resets of storage platforms and VMware infrastructure to decrease.
• Architected and implemented discrete VDI on XtremIO and VxRail implementation andbenchmarking environments, allowing for sales team or direct customer delivery of proofand related collateral.
• Worked as part of a cross-functional team to provide external VPN access to enable remote customer access of POC environments.
• Provided hands-on lab support, maintenance, and monitoring of the Hopkinton Proof of Concept lab.

Hopkinton, Massachusetts, United States

Plan, implement, and maintain lab fiber and network infrastructure for four separate labs with multiple internal customers. Deploy Microsoft Active Directory domains as required to facilitate ease of access across varied internal environments. Monitor and maintain hardware platform for Remedy helpdesk and asset tracking system, and assist Remedy developer.

Implemented small scale IP network utilizing Cisco switching, VMware ESX, OpenFiler, and FreeNAS, for internal administrative usage.

Provided front-line technical support to field personnel, internal and external EMC customers, and EMC distributors on diverse UNIX system variants. Primary areas of responsibility included Red Hat Linux, SuSE Linux, and VMWare ESX hosts connected to EMC CLARiiON and Symmetrix storage. Other duties included recording and updating customer service call.

Performed installation, maintenance, and troubleshooting of the school district’s computers and network components. Job responsibilities included the installation and service of PCs, printers, networking components, and UPS devices. Duties also included service and administration of servers as well as user account and email management. Obligations also.

Electrical Computer Engineering / Management Information Systems

Information Technology