Michael Snyder

Background

About Michael Snyder

Data Center Coordinator/ Lead System Administrator University of Minnesota Lead Data Center Coordinator Data Center Coordinator - I act as a technical business liaison to a variety of departments within the Office of Information Technology. I am currently administering the back end (Networking, power, SAN Fiber, racking /stacking / monitoring, etc.). Lead Server administrator (VMware, Windows, Novell) Administered the VMware ESX (4.x) platforms connected to an EMC & Hitachi SAN. Over 30+ physical Platforms and 600+ Virtual Machines which were supported over this period. Maintained and supported server hardware and networking running VMware ESX, using the management packages of vSphere, vCenter to provide HA capabilities.(Including Site Recovery Manager), along with the P2V conversions of several hundred machines. Managed team of six - Expert level The team which I managed was responsible for all system support relating to Microsoft servers as well as VMware platforms and also the tape backup systems. During this period I planned and over saw the conversion to Microsoft Windows on all Novell server platforms which were administered. Network Engineer St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Companies September 1985 – September 1992 Woodbury, MN ACTIVITIES & AWARDS Earned the rank of Eagle Scout of The Boy Scouts of America (1975) EDUCATION Computer Operations Certification MS Office Suite Windows – Server Windows - Desktop 7 / XP VMWARE 2.x – 4.x TCP/IP LAN and WAN Certified in VMWARE ESX End to End Server administration Certificate in Advanced Project Management – Carlson School of Management Certificate in Internetwork Management Certifications in Agreement negation, Conflict resolution, Building work relationship – Continuing education University of Minnesota IBM Certified Specialist for Token Ring