Michael Bruder Email & Phone Number

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Lead engineer on large scale SIP deployment and Cisco CallManager / Communications Manager platforms.

• Began a career in technology as a student in 1999 through Concordia's work-study program gaining experience in computer repair, customer support, and troubleshooting. • Worked directly with senior administration on implementing major technology initiatives including rebuilding and redesigning the network infrastructure from the ground up bringing in 70+ redundant routers and switches, new network security and monitoring equipment, a campus-wide Voice over IP system (600 phones), WiFi for… Show more • Began a career in technology as a student in 1999 through Concordia's work-study program gaining experience in computer repair, customer support, and troubleshooting. • Worked directly with senior administration on implementing major technology initiatives including rebuilding and redesigning the network infrastructure from the ground up bringing in 70+ redundant routers and switches, new network security and monitoring equipment, a campus-wide Voice over IP system (600 phones), WiFi for every dorm, office and classroom, all of which increased the reliability and speed of the campus network allowing for better access to technology, information, and collaboration. • Organized a committee consisting of senior university administrators, faculty, staff, and students to look at moving Concordia's e-mail system to a hosted solution provided by Google. • Brought Internet2 to the campus by partnering with other Minnesota private colleges and the University of Minnesota providing for better collaboration amongst the schools involved. Future projects include disaster recovery, federated logon between the schools, and streaming video. • Started "Innovation Mondays" modeled after the IDEO Inc. concept of discussing new and emerging technology ideas, and how to incorporate those ideas into new innovations for the university.• Elected president of Concordia's Staff Organization, which is responsible for implementing initiatives for non-faculty employees of the university, and innovating in areas such as professional development, internal networking, service to the campus and surrounding community, and employee recognition. Responsibilities include participation in Concordia's President's Cabinet, and the university Strategic Planning Committee. • Managed the $185,000 Network & Telecommunications Budget Show less

ITM 430 Network Infrastructure and SecurityTopics covered include modems; communications protocol, standards, and devices; local area network and wide area network topologies, hardware, and software; network management; and the future of networking and distributed computing

Configured and maintained server technologies, LAN, wireless, and VoIP platforms.

Supported laptop and desktop hardware and applications.

Tier 1 support for University faculty, staff, and students.

Mba, Organizational Leadership, 4.0

Activities and Societies: MBA Alumni Association Projects • Developed a marketing plan for Google Android. • Wrote an industry analysis.

Ba, Theology, Greek, Hebrew, 3.9