Wences Michel

	Web site: http://m1labs.co
	Twitter: @WMichel
	LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wencesmichel/

Seasoned enterprise architect and consultant with in-depth expertise in solutions development, infrastructure testing, pre-sales and post sales delivery of Data Center Infrastructure Architectures and Information Security. Skilled at gathering business requirements and transforming key customer business drivers into cost effective technical reference architectures while leveraging best of breed enterprise technologies for company-wide initiatives.

Professional Expertise
Information Technology, Data Center Best Practices, Information Systems Security, Mobility, GRID/HPC, Cloud Computing, Virtualization and Operating Systems

Languages
Native English Speaker with fluency in Spanish and Portuguese

Skills
A US Marine, enterprise architect and team player who adapts and learns new technologies quickly. Tenacious and improvises and innovates for success. Takes complex business requirements and converts them into technical requirements. Transforms complex requirements into manageable pieces and develops modular solutions. Operating Environment Technologies, Eco Data Center Virtualization, Web 2.0 & Cloud Computing with an emphasis on Information Security is his domain. Develops technical collateral including white papers, blueprints and blogs to help educate customers, partners and colleagues. Served many years as a Sun Operating Systems Ambassador & Sun Security Ambassador. Drives sales opportunities and revenue, mentors and educates field sales, partners and customers. Contributes to product development and engineering by serving as a “”voice of the customer”” advocate and provides key technical feedback to Engineering/Product Teams.

Specialties: TOGAF Certified and ITIL Foundations certified. Familiar with security, quality and process management methodologies including ISO9000, ISO 17799, CMM, SEI, COBIT, and others. Former Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)