Michael Faris

Current

• Systems Engineer at First Data Corporation

Past

• Senior Network Engineer at Aviall, Inc
• Senior Network Engineer at CompuCom Systems, Inc.
• Senior Network Engineer at Various Companies

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Connections

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

Websites

• Novell Author Page
• Linux and Stuff - Blog
• Twisted Thoughts - Humor Blog

Michael Faris’s Summary

Systems Engineer with over 20 years experience. Expertise in installations, conversions, management and troubleshooting of Linux systems and the maintenance of client/server applications.
Technical Author for Novell's Cool Solutions, authoring over 30 articles in the last several years.

Michael Faris’s Specialties:

Identity and Security Management designing and provisioning.
Meta-directory design and implementation.
System conversion and migration.
Systems include Novell OES 2, SuSE, RedHatand other Linux distros.

Michael Faris’s Experience

• Systems Engineer

  First Data Corporation

  (Privately Held; Financial Services industry)

  September 2009 — Present (3 months)

• Senior Network Engineer

  Aviall, Inc

  (Public Company; Airlines/Aviation industry)

  January 2004 — September 2009 (5 years 9 months)

  Responsible for the company's Novell NetWare v6.x, Microsoft Windows NT/2K/03 and SuSE Linux Enterprise v9.x/v10 Server's installation, diagnosis and maintenance. Research, develop and implement new technologies to improve efficiency, automate and streamline Aviall's internal IT.

• Senior Network Engineer

  CompuCom Systems, Inc.

  (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  May 1995 — February 2002 (6 years 10 months)

  Staged and implemented NetWare 4.x to 5.x Conversion for 118 Servers.
  Created a Automated Installation CD for NetWare 5 Servers.
  GroupWise 4.1 to 5.5 Conversion for 8,000 email users, 152 Post Offices and 18 Domains – Conversion completed in 18 days.
  Design and Implementation/Maint. of 30,000+ object tree project.
  Netware 3.12 to 4.11 upgrades for 110 national sites and 6,800 users. Conversion included ~2,800
  desktop upgrades to Win95 with apps and ~120 NetWare 3.12 servers to Netware 4.11.
  Performed daily WAN monitoring for 20 servers and implemented Disaster Recovery procedures for Major Accounts. Accounts include Kraft Foods, Fannie Mae, Unisys, AT&T, First Union National Bank and Bell Atlantic.
  Configured and implemented 2 FTP servers using NW4.1 w/ Unix Print Services.
  Configured and maintained 3Com Routers using Frame Relay (Sprint).

• Senior Network Engineer

  Various Companies

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  June 1987 — May 1995 (8 years )

  Senior Network Engineer with 20 years experience. Expertise in installations, conversions, management and troubleshooting of network devices and the maintenance of client/server applications.
  Authored AppNotes for Novell - http://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/author/3535.html

Additional Information

Michael Faris’s Websites:

• Novell Author Page
• Linux and Stuff - Blog
• Twisted Thoughts - Humor Blog

Michael Faris’s Groups:

Certified Linux Professional - SUSE 10
Master Certified NetWare Engineer

•    Blue: The DallasBlue Business Network (25,000+ members)
•    Open Source Universe
•    The Linux Foundation
•    Linux Expert
•    BMW owners (worldwide)
•    Novell Partners
•    Novell Community Chat Irregulars (NCCI)
•    BMW Car Club of America
•    Novell
•    AVIALL EMPLOYEE ALUMNI

Michael Faris’s Honors:

Aviall's IT - Achieving Results Award 2006
Novell BrainShare 2008 - Session Speaker for Best Practices for Migrating NetWare 6.5 to Open Enterprise Server 2 Linux

Michael Faris’s Contact Settings

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