Mike Cuppett

Current

• Consultant (Oracle DBA) at Paladin Consulting, Inc.
• Consultant, Blogger and Aspiring Author at Self

Past

• IT Manager at ServiceMaster
• IT Manager; IT Supervisor; Oracle DBA at American Home Shield
• Sybase DBA at Hilton Hotels

• IT Manager at Coors Brewing Company
• Oracle DBA at Cummins Engine Company
• Oracle DBA; Network Engineer at City of Richmond
• Adjunct Instructor at ECPI Computer Institute
• Network Consultant at Management Technologies Inc.
• Soldier; Computer Specialist at US Army

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Education

• University of Maryland University College
• Park University
• University of Maryland University College - European Division

• United States Army
• Professional Development

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Recommended

26 people have recommended Mike

Connections

310 connections

Industry

Information Technology and Services

Websites

• My Blog
• My Portfolio
• IT Expert Book Store

Mike Cuppett’s Summary

"Delivering Business Solutions through Technology Alignment"

Mr. Cuppett is a 20+ year industry veteran specializing in delivering business enabling technology solutions. His track record reveals strong leadership, focused team development and personalized staff mentoring resulting in exceptionally effective and goal-driven teams. His broad experience covers many core disciplines including:

Operations – supporting the 24x7x365 availability of critical applications and databases, including an e-commerce environment generating $100M+ in revenue.

Security – implementing controls and policies to meet SOX, PCI-DSS, disaster recovery/business continuity, internal and external audits and forensic processing governance compliance.

Infrastructure – designing highly-available, excellent performing system architectures driven in response to the business’s strategy and demand.

Quality – instituting change management processes for packaging and delivering software releases, including testing and monitoring requirements. Performing as Test Director for large scale application releases concerning U.S. Army applications used in the European theater of operations.

Mr. Cuppett has successfully led teams responsible for distributed systems, database and data warehouse operations, application development, security, data center operations, e-commerce environments, desktop technologies, networks and telecommunications. Mr. Cuppett’s continual focus on delivering solutions based on the needs of the business while improving the customer’s experience has proven to be a powerful and successful strategy. Mr. Cuppett holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Management and Computer Information Systems and an Associate of Science degree in Computer Studies. As a lifelong learner, Mr. Cuppett is currently pursuing dual graduate degrees focused on Financial Management and Information Systems and the CISSP security certification.

Mike Cuppett’s Specialties:

Leadership, mentoring and staff development | Delivering IT services aligned with business demand | Oracle database performance tuning | IT infrastructure stability | IT Security and Compliance | Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity

Mike Cuppett’s Experience

• Consultant (Oracle DBA)

  Paladin Consulting, Inc.

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  September 2009 — Present (4 months)

  Client is Hilton Worldwide

• Consultant, Blogger and Aspiring Author

  Self

  (Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

  September 2001 — Present (8 years 4 months)

  Available for short-term projects (locally or remotely) and or writing opportunities.
  
  A few ideas about where I can help:
  Infrastructure stability
  Security planning, including DR, BCP, PCI and SOX
  Budget planning
  Strategic planning
  Staff mentoring
  Candidate phone screening
  Project management
  Just about everything concerning Oracle databases
  SMB web site SEO optimization
  SMB book store addition to web sites

• IT Manager

  ServiceMaster

  (Privately Held; Consumer Services industry)

  September 2006 — June 2009 (2 years 10 months)

• IT Manager; IT Supervisor; Oracle DBA

  American Home Shield

  (Consumer Services industry)

  August 2001 — September 2006 (5 years 2 months)

• Sybase DBA

  Hilton Hotels

  (Privately Held; Hospitality industry)

  April 2000 — August 2001 (1 year 5 months)

• IT Manager

  Coors Brewing Company

  (Public Company; TAP; Consumer Goods industry)

  July 1998 — April 2000 (1 year 10 months)

• Oracle DBA

  Cummins Engine Company

  (Automotive industry)

  July 1996 — July 1998 (2 years 1 month)

• Oracle DBA; Network Engineer

  City of Richmond

  (Government Agency; Government Administration industry)

  July 1994 — July 1996 (2 years 1 month)

• Adjunct Instructor

  ECPI Computer Institute

  (Higher Education industry)

  1994 — 1995 (1 year )

• Network Consultant

  Management Technologies Inc.

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  January 1994 — June 1994 (6 months)

• Soldier; Computer Specialist

  US Army

  (Government Agency; Military industry)

  December 1983 — January 1994 (10 years 2 months)

Mike Cuppett’s Education

• University of Maryland University College

  MS/MBA , Financial Management and Information Systems , 2007 — 2012 (expected)

  In progress...

• Park University

  BS , Management and Computer Information Systems , 1999 — 2001

• University of Maryland University College - European Division

  AS , Computer Studies , 1990 — 1992

• United States Army

  Military Leadership, Communication and Computer Training 1984 — 1989

  1989 United States Army, Fort Gordon, GA
  Basic Non-commissioned Officers Course (leadership training) - 10 weeks
  
  1988 United States Army, Fort Benjamin Harrison, IN
  Computer Programming School – Distinguished Graduate – 10 weeks
  
  1987 United States Army, Fort Bliss, TX
  Primary Leadership Development Course (leadership training) - 4 weeks
  
  1986 United States Army, Fort Huachuca, AZ
  Communications Equipment Installer Course – 6 weeks
  
  1984 United States Army, Fort Gordon, GA
  Fixed-station Communications Specialist Course – 19 weeks

• Professional Development

  2008 Essentials of Web Application Security
  
  2007 ITIL Foundation Training
  
  2006 Tongue Tide Speakers Program (corporate version of Toastmasters)
  
  2005 Six Sigma Yellow Belt Certificate
  
  2004 Project Management Certificate

Additional Information

Mike Cuppett’s Websites:

• My Blog
• My Portfolio
• IT Expert Book Store

Mike Cuppett’s Interests:

Problem solving, reading, writing, jigsaw puzzling. Learning to speak German and to play the piano.

Mike Cuppett’s Groups:

Past - Chair, Finance Committee, Providence Baptist Church

Active - Student Member, IEEE

Active - Student Member, IEEE Computer Society

Past - Publicity Officer, Mid-South Oracle Users Group (MidSOUG), Memphis, TN

•    Christian Professionals Worldwide
•    The Enterprise Architecture Network
•    IT Specialist Group
•    LinkEds & writers
•    IT Governance
•    Information Security Community
•    Consultants Network
•    US Army
•    Front End of Innovation
•    US Army Signal Regiment
•    E-Commerce Network
•    ISACA Professionals
•    CIO Forum
•    Army Strong Leaders
•    Park University Alumni Association
•    ITIL v2 / v3 Service Management (ITSM) and ISO 20000 + Subgroups
•    ORACLE PRO
•    ISO 27000 for information security management (2000+)
•    University of Maryland University College Alumni
•    Oracle Senior DBA Group
•    U.S. Veteran
•    Hilton Family of Hotels -Active Employees or past Employees
•    IT Core Infrastructure
•    UMUC - Graduate School of Management & Technology
•    Security Leaders Group
•    BoardSource
•    KLOVE Listeners & Supporters
•    ServiceMaster Alumni
•    MillerCoors Employees and Alumni
•    Association of US Military Veterans
•    IT Focus Expert Group
•    Leaders & Thinkers
•    Cummins Career Networking Group
•    Networking Memphis
•    Finance Focus Expert Group
•    The Value Of a Veteran
•    Global Jobs Network
•    Memphis Information Technology Professionals
•    Memphis Area Oracle User Group (MAOUG)
•    New writers
•    Memphis ITIL Community

Mike Cuppett’s Honors:

2001 Teamwork Award, American Home Shield, April 2002

Oracle Certified Database Administrator (OCP), June 1998

Certified Oracle Database Administrator, Chauncey Group, March 1997

1983 – 1994 Awarded two Army Commendation Medals, five Army Achievement Medals and three Good Conduct Medals (3 years of service per medal), selected as a command-level “Soldier of the Year” and “NCO of the Year” and recognized as the winning team leader during an annual military training exercise while serving 10 years in the United States Army.

Completed the 1992 International Four Day March Nijmegen - visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nijmegen for details about this historic celebration. Go Army!

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