MICHAEL A. KENNEDY

*** **** *** ***** ~ Alpine, UT 84004

801-***-**** ~ cell: 801-***-****

abxx2k@r.postjobfree.com

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.

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