MICHAEL A. KENNEDY
*** **** *** ***** ~ Alpine, UT 84004
801-***-**** ~ cell: 801-***-****
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IT Manager
Proven manager of cross-functional teams with demonstrated leadership in
software development, project management, call center operations, QA, and
infrastructure from organizational, operational, strategic and process
perspectives. Expert in business security with extensive experience working
with credit card, government, and other regulatory agencies and development
of business continuity initiatives. (PCI / ISO / SAS70) Provided
leadership incorporating the most current encryption standards in both
software development and system infrastructure standards.
I am currently President of Utah's InfraGard program leading the state's
volunteer effort by combining the knowledge base of both public (FBI) and
private sector members sharing information and intelligence to protect
cyber security and other infrastructures.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
Areas of Expertise:
. Data Center Manager
. Project Management
. 10+ year's experience
. Team Leadership
. Strategic Planning
. Vendor Relationships
. Corporate Negotiations
. Systems Design
. IT Security
"Mike balanced well the need to service his in-house customers while
managing all the technical tasks that no one else understands. He works
well under pressure and in crisis situations - and we had a few."
Dale Munk, CEO, Sandlot
Utah Technology Council awarded ProPay to become the 3rd most technically
innovate and fastest growing company under my leadership.
Guaranteed QOS /SLA by bringing corporate services to 99.9997% availability
by creating a multi-regional infrastructure certifying continual system
availability servicing millions of International customers via fault-
tolerant, load-balanced, multi-regional site-to-site protection.
Improved security related issues by 97%, developing PCI and other
regulatory policies.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Director, ProPay, Orem, UT 2004 - 2008
. TCP/IP, Wireless, DNS, VMWare, SAN technologies,
. Brought company into compliance with industry security ratings resulting
in 0 breaches and annual PCI / CISP certifications.
. Implemented security policies and procedures protecting sensitive
customer information.
. Oversaw all technical operations of an international online ecommerce
credit card payment / processing company.
MIS Director, Sandlot Corporation, Provo, UT 1998 - 2004
. Led development of all operational internet focused multi-facility
environment. Designed and implemented systems to interface with customer
systems and applications on a global basis.
. Created global Sandlot App Farm, utilizing Citrix, VPN and firewall
technologies, giving every employee and customer their singular access to
properly authenticated apps.
. Developed ASP market leading to create a new corporate product generating
millions in revenue.
. Created a global inventory system, lowering operating costs sufficiently
to pay for the IT budget.
. Designed and implement company web intranet.
Global Information System Regional Manager, 3Com, Salt Lake City, UT
1996 - 1998
. Divisional architect, advancing technologies, implementing IT projects
and managing IT division.
. Conducted vendor negotiations, contracts and other activities for
external business community.
. Designed cross-training increasing staff preparation, response times and
job satisfaction.
. Awarded one of the top most efficient business technical facilities
nationally.
. Led division with the USR and 3 Com merger of the LAN / WAN system.
MICHAEL A. KENNEDY - PAGE TWO
Senior Division Manager, Western Division, US Robotics / Megahertz, Salt
Lake City, UT 1994 - 1996
. Key leader in the transition from Megahertz to US Robotics leading to
increased management responsibilities for USR's global advanced
technologies program.
. Created team to lead regional sites in volatile disaster recovery
operations.
. Nationally recognized for making Western Division one of the most
advanced technology centers.
. Linked networks of Palm, Wireless, and Canadian divisions with Rocky
Mountain manuf. division.
. Recruited and successfully designed stable systems and guaranteed a 99%
service agreement.
. Led USR's ISO certification program.
EDUCATION
BA, Political Science, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
VOLUNTEER
President, InfraGard, Salt Lake City, UT Present
. Provide members with education and training on counterintelligence cyber
crime and other matters relevant to informed reporting of potential
crimes or attacks on the nation's interests.
. Aid the private sector in liaising with the FBI to protect our nation's
cyber security through information sharing and analysis.
. Provide members with threat advisories, alerts, and warnings.