Michael Christensen Email & Phone Number

Rockville, Md, Us

Irving, Texas, Us

Gaithersburg, Md, Us

Gaithersburg, Md, Us

At Planet Technologies, we are masters at understanding your mission objectives and optimizing the breadth of Microsoft solutions to meet your organizational needs. Our 20+ years of excellence in Microsoft Technologies and our core experience in Federal, State, and Local government as well as high compliance need industries, provide the unprecedented experience you need to meet your CMMC (Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification), NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology), and DFARS (Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations Supplement) compliance. Add to that our team of compliance professionals with decades of experience and you have an organization that can take you from end to end on your journey to the compliant cloud. We offer the following services and more:GCC High for the Modern Workplaceo Email, SharePoint, Teams, OneDrive, Azure AD, Intune, Azure Informationo Protection, Azure Govo Tenant to Tenant Migrationso NIST 800-171 and CMMC compliance components and requirementso End User Training and Adoption/Organizational Change Management Security and Threat AnalysisSecure Azure Environmentso Secure ECR for Government Contractors or Researcho IaaS, PaaSo Secure Data Estateo Secure DevOps and Developmental ServicesMicrosoft Security Complianceo SSP and POA&Mo CMMC Assessmento NIST 800-171o Response Plan and Testingo Disaster Recovery Planningo Full Assessment and Authorization (A&A) work in support of NIST 800-53 standardso Full HIPAA assessments and compliance workPlanet is proud to be 6x Microsoft Federal Partner of the year, 5x Windows Partner of the year, 4x Cloud Partner of the year and 4x Microsoft O365 Partner of the year. www.go-planet.comwww.linkedin.com/showcase/planet-technologies-defense-industrial-base-dib-community

Somerset, Nj, Us

My responsibilities include managing the day-to-day activities of four district managers and their teams of account executives covering state, local and education customers in SHI’s east region. I’m a leader involved in planning, strategizing and selling technology solutions to our customer base. My involvement demonstrates SHI’s commitment to helping them reach their technology goals. In addition to ensuring that we are bringing the best solutions and opportunities to our customers, I am the source of escalation to resolve any issues, questions or concerns. I believe in leading by example and am not shy to roll up my sleeves and be involved in the complexities of developing a solution for our state and local government, and education customers and partners. I place a heavy emphasis on mentoring, coaching and helping my team to be successful by joining them throughout the process to teach them how to operate more efficiently and support the needs of our customers.

Darmstadt, Hessen, De

I am responsible for managing the day-to-day activities of an account executive team that covers all 50 states, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Guam. I am the executive involved in the early planning stages and remain active throughout the implementation process, making sure our customers effectively and successfully deploy Software AG's recommended offerings in their challenging environments. My involvement demonstrates to our customers our commitment to helping them reach their digital integration goals. In addition to ensuring that we are bringing the best solutions and opportunities to our customers, I am the source of escalation to resolve any issues, questions or concerns. I believe in leading by example, and am not shy to roll up my sleeves and be involved in the complexities of developing a solution for our state and local government, and education partners. I place a heavy emphasis on mentoring, coaching and helping my team to be successful by joining them throughout the process to teach them how to operate more efficiently and support the needs of our customers

Darmstadt, Hessen, De

The digital transformation is changing enterprise IT landscapes from inflexible application silos to modern software platform-driven IT architectures which deliver the openness, speed and agility needed to enable the digital real-time enterprise.Software AG offers the first end-to-end Digital Business Platform, based on open standards, with integration, process management, in-memory data, adaptive application development, real-time analytics and enterprise architecture management as core building blocks. The modular platform allows users to develop the next generation of application systems to build their digital future, today.With over 45 years of customer-centric innovation, Software AG is ranked as a leader in many innovative and digital technology categories. Software AG has more than 4,300 employees, is active in 70 countries and had revenues of €873 million in 2015. Learn more at www.SoftwareAG.com.

Santa Clara, California, Us

Schaffhausen, Switzerland, Ch

Redmond, Washington, Us

Helped launch the US Public Sector Incubation Sales of Azure Services with a focus on Federal, State, Local, Education and Healthcare verticles. Responsibilities include selling the business value of Platform as a Service (PaaS) and Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) to the US Public Sector as well as managing the virtual team of the Solutions Team Unit (STU) with Public Sector opportunities. • Increased Azure adoption rate in US Public Sector by 1207% from FY12 to FY13• Achieved 221% of FY13 annual quota

Sunnyvale, Ca, Us

Built-out and managed the public sector sales team covering the Federal Civilian, Department of Defense, U.S. state, local and education verticals and the Canadian government.• Successfully launched Good’s name in the public sector and established “Good for Enterprise” as the standard mobile security solution• Developed the public sector channel to assist with product awareness, revenue stream and contract vehicles.• Advised and worked with CxO’s on the development of state wide mobile device policies in 13 states.

Redmond, Washington, Us

State and Local Government Account Manager, August 2004-August 2010Cultivated relationships with state governors, cabinet level secretaries and CxO’s and advised them on state technology solutions and services. Leveraged key partners and virtual team members to implement solutions. Consistently met and overachieved annual quotas. • SEAR Award – Top Sales Contributor, 2006.• CSI Award – 2007.• CPE Award – 2008.• SEAR Award – Top Contributor, 2008.• Top Subsidiary – 2007, 2008, 2009.• 100% Achievement, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010.

Aliso Viejo, Ca, Us

Developed and supervised sales team responsible for selling Microsoft infrastructure tools to state and local governments and higher education.• Met annual individual and team quota.• Defined, implemented and executed business plan for SLG/EDU.• Closed enterprise agreements with the District of Columbia and state of New York.

Provo, Ut, Us

Sold directory enabled solutions focusing on CxO level executives in state and local government territory.• Awarded CEO Club 2000 – Top 10% in sales.• Awarded Silver Medal Club 2000.• Consistently over achieved annual quota.• Developed and maintained partnerships with government integrators.

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