Michael Meissner

I possess expertise in many diverse, impressive and hard to find Technical, Managerial, Recruiting and Sales skills, capabilities leveraged for the advantage of any organization. Through experience and education, I acquired extensive Business Development, Staffing, Recruiting, Implementation, Business and Systems Analysis, Systems Architecture and Systems Engineering, Software Development, Management, QA/Test and Systems Support expertise. I excel in a variety of industries including: Health Care, Energy, Utilities, Telecom and Information Technologies.

I retain a mastery of adeptness with respect to implementation, project management, development and integration of information technologies. I sustain “hands-on” skills and have conceived, designed, and developed many applications including: web-based and database centric, OSS/Billing/Call Center, and wireless voice and data. I have several years of experience managing various full life cycle development projects utilizing a variety of development methodologies in both large and small environments. I maintain strong proficiencies in Database Engineering and Administration, Systems Engineering and Systems Administration, Network Engineering, Requirements Analysis and Business Intelligence.

I was trained at IBM Systems Engineering and Sales Schools and have successfully sold Professional Services and Software/Hardware/Services Solutions to large organizations globally.

Clients include:
AT&T
AT&T Wireless
AT&T Broadband
CSG
US Cellular
One Communications
US Army and Army National Guard
Covad
Time Warner Telecommunications
TCI (now Comcast)
Continental Cable
Jones Intercable
Telcordia
Media One
Qwest Communications
GTE
Mitsubishi
Sprint/Nextel
Nokia
TECO of Florida
Kaiser Permanente
State of Colorado
IBM
Sun Microsystems

I successfully developed long-term business in excess of $4.5M per year. My sales skills can be leveraged advantageously both in, and outside of any organization.

Michael Meissner’s Specialties:

Solutions Architect/Project Management/Systems Engineering for OSS and BSS Systems. Evaluations, Design and Development of Enterprise Applications. Business Requirements Analysis, Business Intelligence, and Transformation. NGOSS, ITIL, SOA, eTOM, TAM, TNA, SID and EAI Expert. Triple Play, Four-Play, Wireless Data, Mediation, Addressability, Monetization.

Michael Meissner’s Experience

Chairman

Solutions Architects, Inc.

(Information Technology and Services industry)

January 2009 — Present (11 months)

The Art of Information Sciences
Consulting Systems/Network Architect

CSC

(Telecommunications industry)

May 2008 — Present (1 year 7 months)

Design and Architecture for Site Wide Fiber Distribution throughout Nuclear Enrichment Plant. Duct Bank Design and Construction of Duct Bank and Horizontal Connectivity for IT, Fire, and Plant Control Systems.

VoIP integration with Nortel PBX and WiFi. Budget assessments, ROI, and Recommendations. Cost Analysis. Campus Wide Mobile Communications, Diesel Power Backup Design.
Consulting Systems Architect

Telcordia Technologies

(Telecommunications industry)

January 2008 — Present (1 year 11 months)

Systems Architect for Integration of OSS Systems with SAP Supply Chain Management and MDM, Work Force Management Systems and BSS Systems.

Competitive assessment of OSS Platforms. Competitive assements of Work Force Management Systems.
President

Inter-Planetary Communications Corp

(Telecommunications industry)

August 2007 — Present (2 years 4 months)

Senior Managing Consultant - Solutions Architect/Systems Engineer and Program Manager Software Engineering Life Cycle Projects, Systems Engineering and Solutions Architecture, Database Engineering, Rational (RUP). Manage Business Development, Marketing and Sales, Corporate Recruiting, and Channel Development. Consultant in design, development and management of enterprise information systems. Specializing in OSS and BSS Systems Implementations and Evaluations. NGOSS, eTOM, SID, TAM, TNA, ITIL, SOA implementations.
Programme Director/Solutions Architect

NetCracker Technologies

(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

January 2007 — August 2007 (8 months)

Managed several OSS implementation projects at multiple Telecommunications clients. Aided in sell cycle. Managed several teams of Developers, Business Analysts and Testers in the Software Development Life Cycle of OSS Systems. Crafted Project Plans, Resource Plans, SOW’s and Change Requests and Managed Client Relationship in the Professional Services aspects of Solution Delivery.
President/Managing Consultant

Information Mechanics, Inc.

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

November 1993 — December 2006 (13 years 2 months)

Senior Managing Consultant, Manage Professional Services including Software Engineering, Systems Engineering Practice, Database Engineering, Rational (RUP), and QA/Test Practices. Managed Business Development, Marketing and Sales, Corporate Recruiting, and Channel Development. Managed Corporate ISP’s Data Center. Account Management and Sales. Consultant in design, development and management of enterprise information systems.
Senior Managing Consultant

Berger & Company

(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

February 1992 — November 1993 (1 year 10 months)

Application Design Studies, Requirements Studies, Workflow Analysis, Process Engineering, Project Management, Systems Design, Business Recovery Planning, Strategic Planning, Facilities Design and Management, Network Design and Planning, Telephony Integration RFP Preparation, and Proposal Evaluation, IS Management, Training, and Technology Forecasting. Call Centre/Data Centre/NOC design and operation.
Advisory Systems Engineer

IBM

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; IBM; Information Technology and Services industry)

May 1987 — February 1992 (4 years 10 months)

Strategic Systems integration and Knowledge Engineering. Facilitated Joint Application Design Sessions, Requirements Studies, and Strategic Planning Sessions. Configuration Management. Data Centre/Call Centre/NOC design, consolidation and operation. BSS integration. Managed Knowledge-Based development teams. System Engineering including total systems design, network design, and data center design. Re-engineering of applications and business processes. Technical marketing support for Large Systems, UNIX, AS/400, Local and Wide Area Networks, and workstations.
Data Centre Manager/Research Fellow

Colorado School of Mines

(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Education Management industry)

May 1987 — October 1988 (1 year 6 months)

Managed Scientific Applications Data Centre, Marketing of Schools research capabilities. Coordinated resources to formulate responses to RFP’s. Designed and developed system to track research funding opportunities. Conference Development and Coordination.
Consulting Field Engineer/Project Management

Schlumberger International

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Oil & Energy industry)

June 1986 — May 1987 (1 year )

Designed and developed Expert Systems to analyze well log data from Measurement-While-Drilling Devices. Off-Shore Engineer managing well logging operations
Systems Manager

Colorado School of Mines

(Educational Institution; 501-1000 employees; Computer Networking industry)

September 1983 — May 1985 (1 year 9 months)

Systems Manager for Universities VAX, Apollo, and NOVELL systems. CAD and GIS Consultant. Programming for Advanced Engineering applications including mapping, finite element analysis, fluid flow models, and 3-D modeling, Trained faculty, students and staff in use of University Systems, Networks, Compilers, and Applications including CARL (Colorado Access Research Libraries) and early Internet.
Geotechnical Engineering Consultant

Mammoth Information Services

(Privately Held; Myself Only; Oil & Energy industry)

June 1980 — August 1984 (4 years 3 months)

Provided Information Management Services to the Natural Resources Industries, serviced fortune 500 companies such as Amoco Production Companies, Sohio Petroleum Company, Microgeophysics Corporation, Overland Exploration, Max P. Arnold and Associates and Bird Oil Corporation, Designed and developed software to collect, monitor, and analyze data from passive seismic array instrumentation for the Two Forks Dam Project. Designed survey and developed software for the appraisal and evaluation of gravel reserves and industrial mineral inventories. Designed ground magnetic survey of the Grand Canyon and systems to collect, transfer, and edit data for mainframe (IBM S/360, IBM S/370) processing and GIS modeling (Prime). Exploration database design and management using VSAM. Inventory, transfer and conversion of mineral lease data.
Exploration Geological Engineer

Paul Calaway Oil and Gas

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Oil & Energy industry)

September 1982 — May 1984 (1 year 9 months)

Exploration Geologist, subsurface engineering, and prospect evaluation using automated mapping and computer analysis techniques.

Michael Meissner’s Education

Colorado School of Mines

Math Engineering 1987 — 1988

Applied Artificial Intelligence, Metallurgy, Computer Science, Management Information Systems.

Activities and Societies:

Research and Development Office
IBM Large Systems School

Certification , Large Systems Engineering , 1987 — 1987

Configuration, Design, Operations of Large Systems. Data Center Design, Sales Engineering.

Activities and Societies:

Golden Circle
System Engineering Symposium
Public Sector Industry Marketing
CAE, Utilities, Oil and Gas, Telecommunications Marketing and Sales
Knowledge Engineering
IBM Marketing School

Certification , Marketing and Sales , 1987 — 1987

As a techical systems engineer, I was presented with the extrodinary opportunity to attend IBM's world renowed sales school. Considered along with Xerox's to be amongst the best sales schools in the world. Practical Experience in marketing to C-Level down and Bottom Up scenerios. Developed skills in writing proposals, Level of Efforts, return on investment analysis, and the "art of the deal"
Colorado School of Mines

Geological Engineering 1982 — 1985

Geological Engineering, specializing in Economic Geology: Placer Deposits, Oil and Gas Exploration and Development, Well Log Analysis, Gravel Deposits, Economic Evaluations of Prospects and Operations, Remote Sensing, Planetary Geology, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Computer Aided Design (CAD), Finite Element Analysis, Geophysical and Physical Survey Engineering.

Activities and Societies:

Editor and Contributor to school "literary magazine", The Alumet. Managed "Campus Networks" and Technical Computing Labs.
Arapahoe High School

High School Diploma , General Studies , 1978 — 1981

Activities and Societies:

Vice President of Key Club
Bluegrass Band
Student Council
Debate Team
Warrior Football
Warrior Lacrosse
Isaac Newton Middle School

Basic Studies 1975 — 1978

Activities and Societies:

Jazz Band
Knight Football
Knight Wrestling
Warrior Baseball
Student Counsel
Carl Sandberg Elementary

General Studies 1969 — 1975

Everything I needed to know about life I learned in Kindergarten

Activities and Societies:

Warrior Baseball
Warrior Football
Student Counsel

Additional Information

Michael Meissner’s Interests:

Scuba Diving, Skiing, Splenuckering, Fishing, New Technology, Technical Writing, Origami, Mayan Ruins, History of Lanquage and Writing, Gemology, Coal Bed Methane, Oil Sand, Horizontal Drilling, Heshemite Kingdom of Jordan, Wireless Technologies, Freemasons

Michael Meissner’s Groups:

PADI, DAN sustaining Member, Boy Scouts of America

IASE
ASSODIGITALE - www.assodigitale.it -
International Association of Software Architects
The Greater IBM Connection: IBM's alumni program for past and present IBM employees
American Red Cross
Telecom Professionals
Ancient Free & Accepted Masons (AF&AM)
GreenTek
Service Oriented Architecture Special Interest Group
The Enterprise Architecture Network
PADI
ITIL-ME
Association of Information Technology Professionals
Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI)
LinkBelize
Near Field Communications Group
The 4-Hour Academy
Wireless Telecommunications Worldwide
Wireless Internet Industry Executives (WIIE)...6,000+ members & growing!
CASE STUDY BANK
Telecoms Billing Network
OSS/BSS Professionals
BSCS
The Asterisk Group
Latin America Telecom Specialists
DOCSIS 3.0
Green Convergence
OSS Guru's
CrossConnects North America: Telecom/Telephony Sales Professionals Group
SAP Banking
Telemedia-Network
Telecom OSS / BSS Professionals
Corporate Treasury & Cash Management
The Greatest Minds 2009
OSS Professionals Group
TelcoSphere - Caribbean & Latin America
O3 Excellence
TelecomAdvisors International News and Discussion Group
IT Sales & Marketing