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Mick Pletcher

IT Implementer | Gresham, Smith, and Partners

Greater Nashville Area, TN, UNITED STATES

IT Implementor at Gresham, Smith and Partners

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Biography

Solutions oriented software deployment administrator and automation specialist with an expertise in scripting, thereby allowing for less human intervention, more discrete computer troubleshooting and maintenance during company hours, and detecting and solving problems before user discovery.
Project management skills to effectively deploy new products and services
Demonstrated capacity to implement disaster recovery procedures for rapid recovery
Hands-on experience leading all stages of system development, including requirements definition, design, architecture, testing, and support.
Skilled at developing effective security policies and procedures, project documentation and milestones, and technical/business specifications.

CORE COMPETENCIES: Network & Systems Security; Cost Benefits Analysis; Regulatory Adherence; Data Integrity/Recovery; Disaster Recovery Planning; Contingency Planning; Research & Development; Risk Assessment; Cost Benefits Analysis

Specialties: Automation scripting to lesson human intervention, VPN client, VB Scripting, System Management Server, Microsoft Deployment Toolkit, System Center Configuration Manager, batch programming, Powershell

Industry Expertise (3)

Investment Banking

Music

Architecture and Planning

Areas of Expertise (3)

SMS

Sccm

MDT

Accomplishments (3)

Summited Mount Kilimanjaro (personal)

2012-09-07

Summited Mount Kilimanjaro at Uhuru Peak

Top 50 Must-Read IT Blogs (professional)

2012-09-16

Mick's IT Blog

100 Leading IT Sites to Watch in 2013 (professional)

2013-04-09

Mick's IT Blogs

Education (3)

Western Kentucky University: Bachelor of Arts, Economics 1996

Minors in Computer Science and Business Administration

Bowling Green High School: 1990

Tennessee Foreign Language Institute: Spanish 2008

I took 4 years of Spanish in high school and college. I went back to school to re-acclimate myself with my prior Spanish education.

Affiliations (2)

  • Toastmasters International Member
  • Association of Information Technology Professionals

Sample Talks (1)

Tweaking Microsoft Deployment Toolkit

Tips and tricks to setting up MDT to be more efficient and with less human interaction

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Availability

  • Keynote
  • Panelist
  • Corporate Training

Fees

0 to 500 *Will consider certain engagements for no fee