Mick Pletcher

IT Implementer Gresham, Smith, and Partners

  • Greater Nashville Area TN

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

Investment Banking
Music
Architecture and Planning

Areas of Expertise

Sccm
MDT
SMS

Accomplishments

Summited Mount Kilimanjaro

2012-09-07

Summited Mount Kilimanjaro at Uhuru Peak

Top 50 Must-Read IT Blogs

2012-09-16

Mick's IT Blog

100 Leading IT Sites to Watch in 2013

2013-04-09

Mick's IT Blogs

Education

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.

Western Kentucky University

Bachelor of Arts

Economics

1996

Minors in Computer Science and Business Administration

Bowling Green High School

1990

Affiliations

  • Toastmasters International Member
  • Association of Information Technology Professionals

Sample Talks

Tweaking Microsoft Deployment Toolkit

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

Style

Availability

  • Keynote
  • Panelist
  • Corporate Training

Fees

$0 to $500*Will consider certain engagements for no fee