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City of Sunny Isles Beach Michael H. Sales, Certified Information Technology Architect Professional Profile Mr. Sales is an IBM Certified Information Technology Architect possessing a mature and diversified skill set. He is experienced in leading technical teams in complex consulting and design engagements, and has participated in many proposal development and RFP response efforts, providing technical content and consulting insight. His demeanor, credibility and communication skills have contributed to the development of successful customer relationships. His professional maturity and skill set have also earned him a position as a leading practitioner in IBM Global Services' Northeast Practice and a professional instructor for IBM methods and technologies. Mr. Sales is experienced with consulting methods, network strategy and requirements development, network architecture and design and video surveillance infrastructure design. His work has spanned several sectors including: financial services, public, telecommunications, manufacturing and distribution. His unique application of business perspective to projects enhances his technical expertise. Mr. Sales possesses excellent analytical skills and excels at verbal and written communication. Professional Experience and Accomplishments Mr. Sales has led and performed on consulting engagements which involved: • ■ Detailed network assessments, including topology, capacity, performance and cost of ownership • Network strategy, architecture and design definition • Development of Requests for Proposal on clients' behalf • Design and implementation of network testing facilities • Network management tools requirements design, implementation and customization • National and global server consolidations • Systems Management process definition Engagement Experiences Team Leader and Network Architect for the U.S. portion of a worldwide server consolidation project for a major global financial services firm. Responsible for a 12- member team performing the analysis and design to reduce approximately 630 Intel and UNIX servers to less than 200. Role also included wide -area network bandwidth analysis to support similar server consolidations in two European countries. Team Leader and Network Architect for a series of engagements at a major global financial services firm. These engagements focused on the campus data network at the firm's 4500 -node United States headquarters, and included assessment, strategy, • architecture, design and implementation phases which included the creation of a network testing laboratory. The network's architecture and design significantly Use or disclosure of data contained on this page is subject to the restriction in the 20 disclosure statement of this document.