Michael E.

Olson MMIS, CISSP, MCSE

3015 Millstream Ct. Herndon, VA 20171
Ph: (913) 226-1430 email: mo110b3ce@westpost.net
Objective
Obtain a challenging position in Capacity Planning, Performance Management or En
terprise Architecture.
Functional summary
I have 14 years of extensive experience in the computer industry. Specifically,
I have been responsible for the management, deployment and maintenance of most c
urrently deployed enterprise applications, hardware and network operating system
s. Typical responsibilities include Capacity Planning, Performance Tuning and au
thoring Technical White Papers for Executive Management. I hold a Masters in Man
agement Information Science. I am or have been certified as a Certified Informat
ion Security Professional (CISSP), ITIL, MCSE, and Network +. (Active Security C
learance)
Employment
Oct. 2009-Oct.2010 Y3K Consulting/Agilex
Chantilly, VA
Capacity Planner/Senior System Engineer
Capacity Planning and Load Test support for Veterans Administration Chapter 33 P
roject.
" Devised overarching load test and capacity plan for VA Chapter 33 Project.
" Devised and calibrated baseline models for applications, servers, network devi
ces and storage.
(RHEL, Windows 2003, Apache, Weblogic, Oracle, VMware, NetApp, 3PAR)
" Deployed and maintained Load Test Management software
(Load Runner, OEM, Teamquest, Wire Shark)

Nov. 2007- June 2009 Northrop Grumman

Chantilly, VA
Capacity Planner/Senior System Engineer 5
Provided Capacity Planning and Performance Management support for all DoD Health
Care Systems
" Devised and calibrated baseline models for servers, storage and network device
s.
(HP-UX, Windows 2003, Citrix, EMC, HDS)
" Assisted in troubleshooting and identification of capacity/performance issues
" Extensive experience with application modeling, reporting and performance moni
toring
" Evaluated impact of proposed DoD IPV6 implementation on HealthCare Systems
Mar. 2007-Aug.2007 Acumen Solutions
Vienna, VA
Project Manager, Data Center Consolidation
Responsible for migration of two VeriSign Data Centers to Sterling, Virginia
Sept. 2005-Mar.2007 SAIC Falls Chu
rch, VA
Capacity Planner/Senior System Engineer
Delivered Capacity Planning and Enterprise/Information Architecture support for
all DOD HealthCare Systems worldwide. Capacity Planning & Enterprise Architectur
e support for Pfizer Data Center Consolidation Project
" Devised and calibrated baseline models for servers, storage and network device
s.
(HP-UX, AIX, Windows 2003, RHEL 4, VmWare, EMC, HDS, CISCO, Egenera Blades)
" Optimized configurations to maximize utilization of existing assets.
" Generated eighteen month rolling forecasts in order to maximize ROI for expend
itures
" Assisted in troubleshooting and identification of capacity/performance issues
" Extensive experience with application modeling, reporting and performance moni
toring
via system monitoring tools.
May 2000-Sept.2005 Sprint
Overland Park, KS.
Team Lead-Capacity Planning/Performance Team
Responsible for enterprise wide performance tuning and Capacity Planning with mo
re than eight thousand servers and a sustaining budget of one billion dollars ut
ilizing HP-UX, Solaris, Linux, AIX and WinTel Platforms. Tools: HP Openview, Tea
mquest View, Teamquest Modeler and Concorde NetHealth.
" Devised and implemented common statistical modeling process, Scale Model Testi
ng and standardized MIS alarm metrics.
" Reorganized capacity planning to align with ITIL principles.
" Tier-4 support for all Severity 1 outages.
" Project managed replacement of existing E-10K and V-Class hardware with more c
ost-effective hardware.
" Developed training curriculum for the Capacity Planning Team of 20.
" Audited all IT Projects greater than one hundred thousand dollars.
" Partnered with Application Administration to develop and deploy enterprise log
ging standards.
" Decision maker for Server Consolidation Team, tasked with reducing Information
Technologys sustaining budget by $100 million in 2004. Savings of $124 million
achieved to date.
" Implemented purge initiative as part of Information Lifecycle Management initi
ative which reclaimed thirty terabytes of storage.
Feb. 2000 - May 2000 Intellimark/IRS
Nashville, TN.
Senior Technical Consultant
Responsible for maintenance and troubleshooting of UNIX based Aspect Telephony S
ystem for Internal Revenue Service. (Multiple T1 lines, 11OO trunks and Geotel R
outers) Secret Clearance-expired 2005
April 1999- Feb 2000 Intellimark/American Century
Kansas City, MO.
Senior Technical Consultant
Completed evaluation, acquisition and deployment of Y2K remediation tools for tw
enty-two hundred clients. Delivered Tier-3 support and root cause analysis of pa
rallel efforts (WinTel, IIS4 and SQL Server 6.5).
July 1998- March 1999 J.B. Hunt Corporation
Lowell, AR.
System Engineer/Network Administrator
Provided Desktop Support for 400 NT and OS2 Workstations. Configured DB2 Gateway
s and collaborated on building their first Intranet site utilizing Skill Vantage
. Delivered technical support for Peoplesoft HR & Financials packages. Responsi
ble for day to day management of six MIS Interns.
Nov.1997 - May 1998 Teksystems/Montgomery-Kone
Moline, IL.
System Engineer/Network Administrator
Delivered Tier-2 support and problem resolution for fifty satellite locations. M
igrated Novell Network from Novell to Windows NT. Managed multiple Novell and NT
Domains as well as Exchange Server.
Sep. 1992 - Oct 1997 Dealer Marketing Services, Applied Systems
, Parsons
Technology
Mid-West
Computer Technician
Created Peer-to-Peer Networks for clients. Provide remote support of company sof
tware by phone and modem via Reachout and Pcanywhere32. Delivered Tier-2 problem
resolution for clients in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico. Resolved i
ntegration problems between Microsoft Office Suite and proprietary systems softw
are. Delivered Call Center support for multiple Software Packages on Windows, Ma
cintosh and Novell.
Military
U.S. Army, 1st Infantry Division Desert Storm 1990 -1991
U.S. Army, 1st Calvary Division Ft.Hood, TX. 1987 - 1989
Education
Bachelor of Science, University of Iowa, 1992
Master of Management Information Science, Friends University, 2003
References
Available upon request
Awards Received
Sprint Star Award, 2002
Sprint Excellence Award, 2002
Southwest Asia Service Medal, 1991
National Defense Service Medal, 1991
Army Achievement Medal, 1989,1991
Army Service Ribbon, 1989
Good Conduct Medal, 1989