Michael Lucking

Current

Director of IP Development and Engineering at Telx
COO at GreatAccess.com

Past

Founder/Owner/Operator at Atlanta Internet Exchange (AtlantaIX)
VP Systems and Network Engineering at ViTrue, Inc.
President/COO at UNS, LLC. (Usenetserver.com)

Sr. Network Engineer at Epoch Internet
Director of Operations at Traveller Information Services / LiveOnTheNet.com
Senior Computer Scientist at Interface Solutions

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Education

University of Tennessee-Knoxville

Recommended

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Connections

466 connections

Industry

Internet

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Michael Lucking’s Summary

I thrive in executive leadership roles in technical fields including general Internet, data storage, system administration, programing design and management.

Michael Lucking’s Specialties:

Conceiving, developing and executing corporate strategies, operational management, budgeting/finance, contract negotiation, TCP/IP network design, SAN networks, UNIX server administration,

Michael Lucking’s Experience

Director of IP Development and Engineering

Telx

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)

May 2008 — Present (1 year 3 months)

After the acquisition of the Atlanta Internet Exchange by Telx, I came onboard to continue the management of the exchange and to oversee the creation of exchange points in other telx facilities. In addition to exchange management, I work on developing other IP related offerings.
COO

GreatAccess.com

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

July 2002 — Present (7 years 1 month)

GreatAccess.com, Inc. is an Atlanta based Internet Service Provider providing Internet and consulting services to small and mid-sized business in the Atlanta metro area.
Founder/Owner/Operator

Atlanta Internet Exchange (AtlantaIX)

(Privately Held; Myself Only; Internet industry)

September 2003 — May 2008 (4 years 9 months)

The AtlantaIX is a public internet exchange point in Atlanta, GA. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AtlantaIX or http://www.atlantaix.com for a little more detail! The AtlantaIX supports settlement free peering for some of largest content and network service providers in the US. In May 2008, the exchange was acquired by Telx.
VP Systems and Network Engineering

ViTrue, Inc.

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

May 2007 — May 2008 (1 year 1 month)

Over the course of my year with Vitrue, I created processes, procedures and tools to manage and monitor a 24/7 social media delivery platform.
President/COO

UNS, LLC. (Usenetserver.com)

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

August 2003 — May 2007 (3 years 10 months)

Usenetserver.com (UNS) is one of the largest Usenet/NNTP providers on the planet.
Sr. Network Engineer

Epoch Internet

(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Internet industry)

December 1999 — August 2002 (2 years 9 months)

Epoch Networks was, at one time, the largest privately held tier 1 (read settlement free) internet service provider (ISP). It was the fourth commercial internet backbone in the United States.
Director of Operations

Traveller Information Services / LiveOnTheNet.com

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)

March 1995 — December 1999 (4 years 10 months)

Traveller Information Services was the largest Internet Service Provider in Alabama.
Senior Computer Scientist

Interface Solutions

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

June 1989 — June 1994 (5 years 1 month)

Interface Solutions, Inc. is a systems development and management consulting enterprise.