Michael Tharp

Background

About Michael Tharp

An experienced IT Leader and as Senior Manager/Director in organizations such as WestJet, FurtureLink, and Canadian Pacific, my objective is to earn the status of "trusted advisor" to my friends, my family, my team, and my customers; both internal AND external. I will accomplish this.by remembering that my role is one of SERVICE to them.by striving to understand their perspective and be respectful, calm and considerate.with uncompromising integrity, conducting myself in a manner that reflects positively on myself and my organization. An experienced leader of IT professionals, I am an ITIL certified IT professional with market leading experience in the architecture, build out, and operations of Enterprise Datacenter Solutions, Software Defined Datacenters, and Secure Multi-Tenancy. I specialize in the application of technology to achieve the vision and execute on the mission of any organization. Specialties: Building and managing Teams, Business Intelligence, Business Development, Leadership, Coaching, Datacenter Infrastructure, Server Virtualization & Consolidation, Systems Management, VMware, Microsoft, Cisco UCS, SAN, VDI, SMT, Cloud Services, Continuous Service Improvement and Service Management.".It is amazing, what can be accomplished, when no one cares who gets the credit." Kelly Johnson