Management Manager
Resume:
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Michael D. Schleif
Hoffman Estates, IL 60195
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MISSION
Guiding people to discover solutions to business challenges; and continuously
improving quality in businesses, processes & services; I shall contribute to,
participate in & promote customer satisfaction.
SOLUTIONS
PROVIDER
Thirty (30) years expertise in architecting, developing, implementing, optimizing,
testing & troubleshooting business systems.
Strong "hands on" technical knowledge with programming, networking, project &
systems management.
Track record for diagnosing complex problems, identifying root causes & consistently
delivering effective solutions that exceed expectations.
Proven ability to implement business solutions that leverage technologies to decrease
costs, increase performance, strengthen security & positively affect the bottom
line.
Management success leading & mentoring cross-functional teams to interface with
key business units, including Engineering, Executive, Finance, Human Resources,
Manufacturing, Marketing & Operations in multi-cultural global Enterprises.
Solid career in directing programs that implement Distributed Systems Management
(DSM), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Enterprise Systems Management
(ESM), Network Management Systems (NMS) & customized, management
applications.
QUALIFICATION
HIGHLIGHTS
Business Improvement Process
Client Relationships
Continuous Quality Improvement
Distributed Systems Management
E-Commerce Systems
Electronic Data Interface
Enterprise Systems Management
Enterprise Resource Planning
Information Technology
Network Management Systems
Network Security Audits & Systems
Process Improvement Process
Program Management
Project Engineering
Project Management
Quality Assurance
Security Management & Testing
Strategy Development
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TECHNICAL
EXPERTISE
APIs
BEA Tuxedo; BMC Patrol; CA UniCenter; CompuWare EcoTools; IBM Websphere; IT
Masters/MasterCell; Java Beans; Java Plug-in; SNMP & RMON; Tivoli (ADE, AEF,
EIF)
DATABASES
Access; DB2; dBase; FileMaker Pro; FoxBase; MySQL; Oracle; Paradox; Postgresql;
SQL Server; Sybase
FRAMEWORKS
Apache; BMC Patrol; CA UniCenter; COM/DCOM; CommandPost; CompuWare
EcoTools; CORBA; J2EE; LDAP; MRP; Netcool; NetView; RPC; Tivoli; Tomcat
HARDWARE
Apple/Macintosh; Bridges, Hubs, Routers, Switches; DEC Alpha; DNC, CNC, NC &
PLC; HP (RISC); IBM (360, AS/400, Power PC, RS/6000, System 36);
LAN/WAN; PC's; Peripherals; RAID storage; SAN; SCSI (1 through U160); Sun
(SPARC, Ultra); Tandem
LANGUAGES
APL; ASN.1; ASP; Assembler; [GM]AWK; BASIC; C/C++; CSS/CSS2; Delphi;
Fortran; HTML; IOS; Java; JavaScript; Lisp; MRL; PAL; Pascal; Perl;
PowerBuilder; Prolog; Python; REXX; sed; SGML; Shell (Bash, Bourne, C, Korn);
SQL; Tcl/Tk; Visual Basic; X11; xBase; XHTML; XML
MIDDLEWARE
Apertus; ConnectDirect; MQ/Series; Orbix; OrbixTCP; Topcom; TraxWay; Tuxedo
NETWORKS
ARP; ATM; DHCP; DNS; DOCSIS; E1, E2; Email; Ethernet; FDDI; Internet, Intranet,
Extranet; IPX-SPX; MAC; MAN; OFDM; OSPF; QoS; RIP; RMON (v1, 2); SNA;
SNMP (v1, 2, 3); Sonet Ring; T1/DS1, DS3; TCP/IP (IPv4, 6); Token Ring; VoIP;
VPN; Wireless LAN/WAN (802.11[abg]; 802.16)
SECURITY
(3)DES; AES; AirSnort; Blowfish; Brutus; Cain & Abel; Crack/Cracklib; DCE; dig;
DSniff; Encryption; Ethereal; Ettercap; Firewall (filter, ipchains, iptables); GnuPG;
Honeyd; Intrusion Detection (IDS); IpTraf; John the Ripper; Kerberos; Kismet;
L0phtCrack 4; LSOF; Nemesis; Nessus; Netcat; NetFilter; Network Stumbler;
NGrep; Nikto; NMAP; NTop; OpenSSH; OpenSSL; PGP; PuTTY; SAINT; Sam
Spade; SARA; Snort; SolarWinds Toolsets; SSH; STunnel; TCPDump; traceroute;
TripWire; VPN (IPSEC, FreeS/WAN); ZoneAlarm
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SOFTWARE
AutoCAD; Corel/WordPerfect Office; CorelDRAW!; CVS; FrameMaker; Groupwise;
IBM Websphere; Lotus Notes/Domino; Maple; MathCAD; Microsoft Office (Word,
Excel, Powerpoint, &c.); Mozilla/Netscape; Open Source Solutions (OSS); Oracle
Applications; RCS; Mercury Interactive; Peregrine ServiceCenter; Remedy ARS;
Tivoli/IBM [Access Manager; AEF; Distributed Monitoring; Enterprise Console;
Framework; GEM; GSO; Identity Manager; Inventory; NetView; Remote Control;
SecureWay; SIS; Software Distribution; Storage Manager; TDS; TLL; User
Administration; Workload Scheduler (Maestro)]
SYSTEMS
Linux (including Debian, Red Hat, Mandrake, SuSE); Microsoft OS's (DOS, Windows
3x - XP, including 2000/2003Servers); MVS; Netware; OS/2; OS/360, 370, 390,
400; OS/X; Pascal; Stratus VOS; UNIX (AIX, AT&T, *BSD, HP-UX, IRIX, NCR,
SCO, SunOS/Solaris); VAX/VMS
WORK
HISTORY
Platinum Systems Specialists Inc
.
July 2000
- date
Architected Tivoli/Oracle solutions, integrating IBM Tivoli Access Manager for
e-business and Oracle9iAS components via Oracle's highly scalable, reliable, and
secure LDAPv3-compliant directory, Oracle Internet Directory (OID).
Deployed WebSEAL server, a component of IBM Tivoli Access Manager for
e-business, to manage access to all Web servers and centrally control Web
resources as a single, logical Web space, regardless of platform.
Designed, developed and deployed customized applications, using application APIs
to access services and allow native Java applications to access IBM Tivoli Access
Manager for authorization decisions.
Demonstrated throughput capability of over 300,000 extranet operations/minute and
more than 10,000 extranet operations/minute/CPU.
Centralized security management across WebSphere Application Server (WAS) and
non-WAS applications to allow a complete single sign-on solution across the
enterprise.
Designed, wrote, tested and evaluated custom programs to integrate third party point
products into Tivoli environment
Designed, developed and deployed line of security products based on Open Source,
including event correlation, firewalls, remote control, remote network management
system and VPN's
Designed, developed and deployed custom Network Management System based on
Open Source and IT Masters' MasterCell, emphasizing Pareto principle and
iterative business process improvement
Managed documentation of custom application architecture, business impact,
ongoing management, return on investment and support
IT Masters
September 2000
- January 2003
Designed, developed, tested & deployed custom EventAdapters for IT Masters'
MasterCell product
Consulted and developed package to integrate Peregrine ServiceCenter to MasterCell
Designed, developed and tested notification system into MasterCell
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Ameritech/IBM
December 1999
- July 2000
Architected Tivoli/IBM Distributed Systems Management solution
Designed, deployed and evaluated Tivoli Framework, Distributed Monitoring,
Enterprise Console, Inventory and Software Distribution pilot projects
Designed, wrote, tested and evaluated custom programs to integrate third party point
products into Tivoli environment, including ADSM, AIX systems management and
security systems
Managed documentation of Tivoli architecture, business impact, customizations,
ongoing management, return on investment and support, using SGML and
WebSphere intranet
Ameritech/Y2K
August 1998
- December 1999
Designed, deployed and tested WAN, scaled duplication of Ameritech's entire
production WAN, for Y2K flow through testing and certification
Architected Tivoli/IBM Distributed Systems Management solution to remotely manage
the entire WAN, from IBM & Amdahl mainframes through desktop workstations
Designed, deployed and evaluated Tivoli Framework, Distributed Monitoring,
Enterprise Console, NetView, TDS and Tuxedo pilot projects
Designed, wrote, tested and evaluated customized programs to integrate third party
point products into Tivoli environment, including ADSM, AutoSys, HP OpenView
and MQ/Series
Designed, wrote, tested and evaluated custom hooks to integrate telecommunications
applications into Tivoli environment, including ConnectDirect, Orbix, OrbixTCP,
TraxWay and Tuxedo
Managed documentation of Tivoli architecture, business impact, customizations,
ongoing management, return on investment and support, using SGML and
WebSphere intranet
Ameritech/Tivoli
November 1997
- January 1999
Architected Tivoli/IBM Distributed Systems Management solution
Designed, deployed and evaluated Tivoli Framework, Distributed Monitoring,
Enterprise Console, GEM, Inventory, Maestro, NetView, Software Distribution,
Remote Control and SEC pilot projects
Designed, wrote, tested and evaluated customized programs to integrate third party
point products into Tivoli environment, including ADSM, AutoSecure, AutoSys, HP
OpenView and MQ/Series
Designed, wrote, tested and evaluated custom hooks to integrate telecommunications
applications into Tivoli environment
Managed documentation of Tivoli architecture, business impact, customizations,
ongoing management, return on investment and support
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Ameritech/ACI
September 1996
- November 1997
Architected Tivoli/IBM Distributed Systems Management solution
Designed, deployed and evaluated Tivoli Framework, Distributed Monitoring,
Enterprise Console, Inventory and User Management pilot projects
Designed, wrote, tested and evaluated custom programs to integrate third party point
products into Tivoli environment
Designed, wrote, tested and evaluated custom hooks to integrate telecommunications
applications into Tivoli environment, including ConnectDirect, Orbix, TraxWay and
Tuxedo
Managed documentation of Tivoli architecture, business impact, customizations,
ongoing management, return on investment and support
United Technologies Group
January 1995
- January 1998
Managed technical support for 150 Management Recruiters International (MRI) inter-
and extra-office networks
Established software testing protocols for MRI corporate development
Increased (MRI) office-to-office throughput 400%
Created and managed Tivoli/IBM consulting practice
Specified and managed hardware and engineering for systems integration practice
Designed and implemented custom programs for remote client site management
EDUCATION
Northwester University,
Evanston, IL
BA
math/philosophy - 1976
SUMMARY
! Commitment to quality & customer satisfaction
! Advanced process & system theory & practice
! Rigorous analysis & problem solving
! Statistical analysis, including DOE, QFD, SPC & TQM
! Hands-on design, implementation, management & training
! Superior written & oral communications
! Public speaking & formal presentatio
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