Michael J. Rivett
rivettmj@rivett.org

Address
	2926 Faubush Ct.
	Independence, KY 41051
	(513) 324-0507

Career Objective
	Provide direction and support to both technology and people within an IT organization.

Education
	1998 to 2004
	University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
	Bachelors of Science in Computer Science Engineering

	1997 to 1998
	Columbus State Community College, Columbus, Ohio

Experience
	Spring 2007 to Present
	Kendle International, Cincinnati, Ohio
	-Provided design and support for Blackberry Enterprise Servers
	-Engineered and implemented global VMware ESX Server environment for data center power reduction
	-Redesigned and secured external DNS and web infrastructure
	-Engineered and implemented enterprise wide PKI infrastructure
	-Engineered and implemented VMware View for remote desktop connectivity
	
	Spring 2003 to Spring 2007
	Cinergy, Duke Energy, Cincinnati, Ohio
	-Worked with team to provide high-availability systems to Energy Merchant Business Unit
	-Worked on level 3 support for 1500+ windows servers
	-Engineered and implemented large scale VMware ESX Server environment for server virtualization project
	-Installed and maintained Citrix Metaframe application and terminal server farm environment for Maximo power plant ticket management system
	-Provided support for Energy Merchant SQL2000 database servers
	-Maintained security updates for DMZ and internal servers
	-Provided troubleshooting for NT based systems and software
	-Completed domain consolidation from NT4 to Windows 2000 Active Directory
	-Supported Exchange server environment
	-Installed and supported linux monitoring servers
	-Configured and supported Blackberry Server for Exchange for 600+ devices
	-Team lead on Active Directory integration project for merged company

	Fall 2000 to Spring 2002
	Broadwing Communications, Cincinnati Bell, Cincinnati, Ohio
	-Built and deployed enterprise-wide backup solution for Novell Netware servers
	-Worked with team to maintain and manage security and availability of file and print services for a 5000+ user network on both Novell and Microsoft platforms
	-Involved in the troubleshooting and systems maintenance of the enterprise network
	-Designed and developed account creation software package for NT environment


Published Documents
	Techniques for fisheye lens calibration using a minimal number of measurements.
	Nathan Mundhenk; Michael Rivett; Xiaoqun Liao; Ernest Hall, Vol. 4197, The International Society for Optical Engineering.

	Simple obstacle detection to prevent miscalculation of line location and orientation in line following using statistically calculated expected values. 
	Nathan Mundhenk; Michael Rivett; Ernest Hall, Vol. 4197, The International Society for Optical Engineering.


Special Knowledge
	Operating Systems:	
	Windows 2008 Server; Windows 2003 Server, Windows 2000 Server / Pro, Windows NT Server / Workstation, Windows XP, WindowsME/98/95, Windows 3.1x, MSDOS, Mac OS, X/9/8/7/6, ASIP 6.4/6/5/4, Novell 5.x/4.1x, Solaris 5.9/5.8/5.7, HPUX, GNU/Linux

	Programming Languages / Markup Languages:
	C++, Visual Basic .NET/6.0, Java, Borland Turbo Pascal, HTML, PHP4

	Applications:
	Citrix Metaframe 1.8/XPe/3/4/4.5, VMware ESX 1.5.x/2.x/3.x, VMware Virtual Center, VMware P2V, Compaq Insight Manager / SIM, Microsoft SQL Server 2000/7.0, AutoCAD version 11 and 14, Microsoft Office 2007/2003/XP/2000/97, FrontPage 2003/XP/2000/97, Remedy, Visio, Bindview, Lotus Notes 6.x/8.x

Certifications:
	Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE), Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP), Certified Project Manager (CPM)

Beta Tests:
	Windows 2000, XP, .NET Server / 2003, Longhorn / 2008, Windows ME, Windows Update Beta, Corporate Update Beta, VMware ESX 2.5/3.0

Activities
	College:	
	-Robotics Team (1 year co-chairman)
	-Teaching assistant -  Intro to ECECS Computer Science
	-Member of Institute of Industrial Engineers


References   
	Available upon request.