Mike Tate

Experience

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  Datamatic

  Mar 1997 - Apr 1998

  Systems Implementation Coordinator
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  EXE Technologies

  Apr 1998 - Mar 1999

  System Administrator
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  Sprint

  Mar 1999 - Oct 2014

  Responsible for designing and leading overall effort to deploy the first private cloud for Sprint IT built on VMware’s vCloud Director. Led several vendor proof-of-concepts to decide cloud platform of choice. Drafted business case and met with IT executive leadership to drive investment for cloud. Met with key IT stakeholders to sell the approach and gained conceptual buy-in for a cloud service model for Sprint development organizations. Partnered with IT Operations to design infrastructure requirements for the private cloud. Developed an internal marketing campaign to grow adoption of the private cloud as the solution of choice for development environments. Developed on-boarding process for cloud tenants. Partnered with several IT organizations to deliver IaaS, PaaS, and DBaaS catalog solutions in the cloud. Developed new Cloud Support Team to manage cloud infrastructure and trained staff. Led all private cloud efforts for Sprint including initial exploration of NFV technologies for mobile network edge services. Show less

  • SENIOR TECHNICAL ARCHITECT – PRINCIPAL CLOUD ARCHITECT

    Oct 2011 - Oct 2014

  • SENIOR TECHNICAL ARCHITECT – DATACENTER AUTOMATION

    Oct 2010 - Oct 2014

  • Senior System Administrator

    Mar 1999 - Oct 2010
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  Intel Security

  Nov 2014 - Jul 2015

  IT Cloud Engineering Lead

  Private cloud product owner, architect, and team lead. Led all technical initiatives related to private cloud operations at Intel Security. (See McAfee LLC and Intel for progressive career at Intel Security)

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  Intel Corporation

  Jul 2015 - Apr 2017

  IT Cloud Engineering Lead

  Private cloud product owner, architect, and team lead. Led all technical initiatives related to private cloud operations at Intel for the Intel Security BU. Also served as lead consulting Architect for Intel’s transformation from OpenStack to vRealize Automation as the reference private cloud platform for Intel’s broader IT organization.

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  McAfee

  Apr 2017 - Sept 2018

  Senior Staff Engineer - Cloud Solutions Architect

  Private cloud product owner, architect, and team lead. Led all technical initiatives related to private cloud at McAfee. Led all work planning and execution across a global Cloud Operations Team while employing agile methodology. Subject matter expert for vRealize Automation platform and all cloud related automation. Maintained private cloud technology strategy for McAfee. Maintained cloud reference architectures and led all efforts for next generation cloud solutions. Interfaced with all levels of executive management and teams across IT and Engineering organizations. Director-level input to staffing decisions across the private cloud and virtualization organizations. Managed vendor relationships related to private cloud and consulted on new vendor contract negotiations. Served on VMware’s Customer Technical Advisory Board since 2015. Participated on multiple Design Partnership Programs with VMware and helped steer VMware product development efforts. Contributor to two VMware onsite beta exercises for Project Tango (VRA 8 beta). External industry exposure includes speaking sessions at Gartner I/O Conference 2017 and VMworld Conference 2018, including industry analyst roundtables. Show less

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  Citi

  Sept 2018 - May 2021

  Built and lead a global DevOps organization supporting Citi’s private cloud operations, infrastructure automation, and OS management automation. I was brought in to transform Citi’s existing private cloud operations team into a cross-functional DevOps organization and to lead efforts to modernize Citi’s IaaS private cloud architecture. I led design and development for Citi’s next generation IaaS private cloud solution. I championed a new culture dynamic built on a high degree of team collaboration, cross-functional roles, and implemented an Agile framework. I developed a culture of continuous learning and evolved my organization into a group of innovators focused on automation at every level. Show less

  • INTERIM GLOBAL HEAD (INTERIM DIRECTOR) – VIRTUALIZATION, SDN, AND AUTOMATION

    Oct 2020 - May 2021

  • GLOBAL LEAD (SENIOR MANAGER) - CLOUD AUTOMATION PLATFORM

    Sept 2018 - May 2021
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  Freddie Mac

  Jun 2021 - now

  Engineering Technical Lead