Michael is a seasoned professional with more than three decades of experience creating enterprise and solution architectures, developing requirements, technology strategies, and roadmaps for various clients from Fortune 100 companies, the U.S. Department of Defense, as well as Allies and Partner Nations in Eastern Europe and Latin America. Michael has a strong background in Enterprise Architecture, as well as in cybersecurity architectures, systems engineering, and software engineering. He has been the lead person on many commercial and government projects, delivering them successfully and within budget on a regular basis, and has a unique skill to create a clear vision in chaotic situations. His areas of expertise include complex hybrid cloud architectures, network security stacks, large-scale infrastructure upgrades, security operations centers, and more.Michael helps organizations address complex problems, increase value, enhance growth, and boost their business performance. He uses his business acumen to offer unbiased advice, knowledge, and specific skills that an organization may not have. He focuses on the strategy, structure, management, and operations of an organization and works to find alternatives and propose suggestions for change, as well as helping with extra resources to execute solutions.Architecture Frameworks: TOGAF, DoDAFCybersecurity/Network Solutions: Trellix, FortiNET, Palo Alto, Check Point, Cisco, Juniper, Arista, Allied Telesis Governance & Frameworks: ITIL v3, COBIT, Lean Six Sigma, Sarbanes Oxley, SEI CMM, Industry best practices, IT Strategy, Gap Analysis, ROI Development, Application Rationalization, Network Virtualization, Server Virtualization, Application Virtualization, Agile Development Methodology, PMBOK
Listed skills include It Strategy, Information Security, Software Design, Business Process Design, and 46 others.