Morgan A Miskell Sr

https://www.linkedin.com/in/morganmiskell

(C) 980-***-**** (E) ac0b07@r.postjobfree.com

Executive Summary

Results driven C- level executive with over 20 years of sales, data networking, IT (Information Technology), data center and NOC (Network Operations Center) experience for several privately held companies. A great eye for detail, the ability to communicate with all levels of clients, investors, division leaders, and all team members. All of these skills and experience would be an asset to any company.

Small Business Development

Leadership/communication skills

Client account management

Customer-oriented

Direct Selling for Large Accounts

Product development

Critical Business Continuity

Planning and Implementation

Windows Systems Administration

Data Center Management

Data Center Implementation

Data Center Automation

Scripting for Automation of Tasks

Virtualization / VMWare / Cloud Services

Vsphere / Vcloud

Linux Systems Administration

-Perl/Bash Scripting

-Apache/Tomcat/Coldfusion/Nginx

Routing WAN/LAN design,

implementation and management

utilizing advanced protocols

including but not limited to BGP, OSPF,

VLAN’s.

Routing Redundancy Protocols like LAG,

VRRP, HSRP, MCT and Spanning Tree.

Firewall Design, Implementation and

Management

Web/E-mail/DNS Service Implementations

Advanced Application Management

MySQL/MSSQL Administration

Professional Experience

01/1996 – Current Carolina Internet – Charlotte, NC, USA VP of Facilities & Engineering / Chief Technology Officer

Designed, built and maintained four data centers.

Engineered, built and maintained complex WAN/LAN across the four data centers including all peering and paid bandwidth providers.

Optimized, monitored and maintained all aspects of network integrity including security, performance, upgrades and routing optimization.

Dual Stacked delivery of ipv4/ipv6 solutions.

Acted as senior sales engineer for creation of customized and complex solutions that would be engineered specifically for a customer or project.

Strong co-location/managed hosting/telecommunication knowledge used to sell a full range of products and services.

Linux Systems Administration, security and MySQL Administration

Trained and managed sales engineers to optimize their sales performance and help create brand recognition.

Trained all sales staff in products and direct selling techniques with regards to critical advantages.

Managed response process for all large RFP/RFQ quotations.

Maintained all vendor relationships and negotiated pricing models and growth plans facilitating large savings to the corporation.

Directly negotiated pricing and sold co-location, managed hosting and cloud services to customers in the local and global markets.

Sales verticals included a wide range of clients from small local business to multi-million dollar contracts with large corporations. 01/1986 – 12/1995 metalsAmerica / The International Metals & Chemicals Group – Philadelphia, PA, USA / Shelby, NC, USA

Designed and implemented WAN networking including voice and data for 5 remote office.

Migrated Offices from proprietary networking to TCP/IP.

Managed ERP II software system and storage systems.

Programmed software modifications which saved the company millions of dollars.

Created and implemented best practices for all areas of IT.

Evaluated, specified and purchased new technologies for IT that resulted in extensive savings to the company.

Education

1986-1990 Drexel University – Philadelphia, PA, USA Mathematics

Associations

North Carolina Technology Association

Charlotte Chamber of Commerce

American Registry for Internet Numbers

North American Network Operators Group

Tech After 5 Charlotte

ASHRAE

References

Available upon request

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