Michael Bowman Email & Phone Number

Oklahoma City, OK, US

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States

I am responsible for the Technology Operations Group at Tinker Federal Credit Union. This includes the Infrastructure and Network teams. For a period of about 18 months I also managed the Operations Support group (Help Desk and Desktop groups). I continue to function as a working manager, which includes VMWare, Linux, storage and UCS operations.

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States

All duties as an Information Specialist II plus duties as a team leadInternal technical lead for the IBM Connections 5.0 rolloutWorked on the IBM WebSphere 8.5 migrationLead for the IBM Connections 6.0 migrationLead for the deployment and migration to a new storage arrayDeployment and initial responsibility of VMware’s NSX–V productResponsible for.

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Area

Responsible for the VMware virtual environment across multiple datacentersResponsible for the Avamar infrastructureResponsible multiple hardware platforms including IBM X and Pureflex series plus Cisco UCS bladesExtensive involvement with installing and initial configuration of IBM WebSphere, including Connections, Portal SameTime and QuickR.

IT Consulting for limited number of customers in the Oklahoma City Metro area. Responsibilities include:Managing Windows 2003 Active Directory domainsManaging backup systems, i.e Acronis, Backup ExecPatch ManagementNetwork design and implementationSystem design and salesProviding intermediary assistance with other vendors as necessaryImplementing VPN.

Oklahoma City, OK

Responsible for the Disaster Recovery site systemsRan proof of concept recovery with VMware SRM in anticiaption of configuring SRM for productionWorked with the Infrastructure Team to help maintain data center serversWorked with other groups to run disaster recovery tests

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Area

Primary point of contact for the management of multiple vSphere 4.1 HA / DRS clustersPrimary point of contact for the management of Microsoft ISA proxy serversBackup point of contact for Active Directory administrationImplemented monitoring systems using Dell IT Assistant for hardware health and Nagios for software and resource issuesWorked on several.

Work with administrators to diagnose issues ranging from hard drive failures to HA / DRS issues in ESX to a variety of Linux related issuesWork with EMC Storage Queue when necessary to assist or for assistance resolving cases involving SANs and iSCSIContinue to maintain and develop ability to quickly grasp a new situation and find a solution for the.

Call Center Type environment handling all levels of Dell Server EquipmentWorked with customer of all knowledge levels to correct issuesCases range from simple part replacement to complex issues dealing with Direct Attached Storage clusters, various Microsoft and other third party issues.Training covering diagnosing and corrective actions when working with.

Responsible for maintaining servers, workstations, and network at all locationsWorked with Cisco Equipment, 2600, 1600, 1700, 3600 series routersMaintained NT4 and Exchange 5.5 Environment until it was replacedInstalled and maintained Windows / Exchange 2003 AD EnvironmentParticipated in projects not normally involved with IT, such as ATMs, Federal Wire.

Constantly monitored plant processesRequired resolution of various types system problemsCreated a help desk database to find recurring problems with systems.Analyzed system problems and relayed that analysis to Sr. Systems personnel for quick resolution Continued refinement of communication skills, both oral and written