Michael Calkins

Current

Director at Teracore, Inc.
Library Steward at PSVillage
Founder; Board Member at Compiled Logic

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Past

Services Executive at PS Strategies
Chief Operations Officer at Noblestar
Senior Manager at Noblestar

VP Professional Services at Kurion
Director, Consulting Services at i2
Director of Professional Services at SMART Technologies
Principal, Business Intelligence Services, National Practice at IBM Global Services
Consultant at Perot Systems
Systems Engineer at EDS

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Education

SUNY Potsdam

Recommended

15 people have recommended Michael

Connections

294 connections

Industry

Information Technology and Services

Websites

Michael Calkins’s Summary

Extensive and broad-based experiences and achievements in IT and consulting. Recognized for building and leading teams and organizations in both service-focused and product-focused companies. Key skills include:

Service Development -- Software Design & Deployment
Best Practices for Service Organizations-- Systems Integration
Process Development --Market Research -- Efficiency Improvements
Long Range Business Planning -- Change Management
Risk Management -- Database Development & Migration
Leadership Development

Michael Calkins’s Specialties:

partnership development, IT compliance, international & national dispersed teams, corporate data needs, legacy system integration and migration

Michael Calkins’s Experience

Director

Teracore, Inc.

(Privately Held; Management Consulting industry)

August 2009 — Present (4 months)
Library Steward

PSVillage

(Information Technology and Services industry)

June 2009 — Present (6 months)
Founder; Board Member

Compiled Logic

(Privately Held; Public Safety industry)

July 2006 — Present (3 years 5 months)

Founder in a Software as a Service (SaaS) solution that streamlines towing operations from tow slip through recovery or auction, enabling collaboration and information-sharing via a secure, multi-jurisdictional data repository.
Services Executive

PS Strategies

(Management Consulting industry)

December 2008 — July 2009 (8 months)

Project Management and Strategic Consulting, including Professional Services strategy development for both pure services and product companies.
Chief Operations Officer

Noblestar

(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

October 2005 — December 2008 (3 years 3 months)

Directed worldwide consultants and PMO oversight of all client consulting and education engagements. In addition, directed HR, Recruiting, Marketing, and internal IT Support operations and personnel.
Senior Manager

Noblestar

(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

June 2001 — October 2005 (4 years 5 months)

Assisting in the building of Noblestar’s consulting organization by providing leadership and implementation of service offerings. Provided project management and technical support of sales activities and service deployments
VP Professional Services

Kurion

(Information Technology and Services industry)

March 2000 — April 2001 (1 year 2 months)

Responsible for building a Professional Services organization to deliver Kurion’s software products and services.
Director, Consulting Services

i2

(Public Company; ITWO; Computer Software industry)

August 1999 — February 2000 (7 months)

Led consulting organization with the SMART product set in providing enterprise software product offerings in the CRM space. Managed consultants and partner staff in pre-implementation requirements, project scope assessments, and implementation engagements.
Director of Professional Services

SMART Technologies

(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

August 1997 — August 1999 (2 years 1 month)

Led the development of a consulting organization with SMART Technologies from initiation though acquisition to i2 in providing enterprise software product offerings in the CRM space. Managed consultants and partner staff in pre-implementation requirements, project scope assessments, and implementation engagements.
Principal, Business Intelligence Services, National Practice

IBM Global Services

(Public Company; IBM; Information Technology and Services industry)

March 1994 — July 1997 (3 years 5 months)

Goal was to assist in the establishment of a national practice for consulting in data warehousing and digital libraries. Assumed responsibilities for practice and business results, including engagement deliverables, client satisfaction and profit.

Also, as a Project Executive, was challenged with providing large-scale object-based, cooperative and distributed applications development along with systems management solutions to Global 500 companies utilizing IBM and non-IBM based technologies. Performed marketing, contract negotiations, project staffing, solution delivery, department finances, as well as personnel management/development.
Consultant

Perot Systems

(Public Company; PER; Information Technology and Services industry)

April 1990 — March 1994 (4 years )

Assisted in delivery of IT consulting services for Global 1000 clients by acquiring knowledge in technologies and their deployment.
Systems Engineer

EDS

(Public Company; HPQ; Information Technology and Services industry)

April 1985 — April 1990 (5 years 1 month)

IT development support of GM’s Truck and Bus division. Became the team leader for the division’s Accounts Payable System. Served as both the UNIX System Administrator and then the team leader for development of applications in INCA (EDS developed CASE tool).

Michael Calkins’s Education

SUNY Potsdam

BA , Computer Science, Psychology , August 1980 — May 1984

Additional Information

Michael Calkins’s Websites:

Michael Calkins’s Groups:

The Greater IBM Connection: IBM's alumni program for past and present IBM employees
PSVillage
Austin High-Tech
Professional Services Recruiters
IBM Rational Enthusiasts
Perot Systems Employees and Alumni
Business Intelligence & Analytics Group
Master Data Management Interest Group
Austin Top Guns
EDS Alumni
Cloud Computing
TechExecs Network :: Senior IT Executives Network
IBM Global
Potsdam College Alumni
SUNY Potsdam Alumni
Always A Tiger!
Detroit Red Wings NHL
OpenAir Users
Mainframe (COBOL,JCL,DB2,CICS,VSAM,MVS,Adabas/Natural ) Experts
Noblestar Alumni