Michael Roberts
SPC5, ICP-ATF, ICP-TAL, A+, Network+, Security+, MCP
Clayton, North Carolina
(910) 273-8385
mroberts@mroberts.us

Overview
IT industry professional with more than 22 years of experience in bringing technology and software to the marketplace. Cisco, ComTIA, Microsoft, SAFe and ICAgile certified with extensive scope of responsibility, Michael has a proven track record of delivering optimal results in high-growth environment and using data and technology to achieve goals. I enjoy speaking at events to showcase capabilities, working with clients to develop a solution to a business problem, and working with my coworkers to foster a true team environment that enables business.
Work Experience
director of customer engagement
- Responsible for top line revenue for products and services, including a specific gross margin per product. Team exceeded sales goals for team by over $1M in second year with the company, and increased gross margin by 3x.
- Organized and managed a direct sales team of up to 10 individuals in 3 distinct job roles: Regional Training Advisors, National Account Managers, and Enterprise Program Management. Reduced turnover and created culture of teamwork.
- Advised executive team members on product and service packages, marketing efforts, and conferences/events to maximize return on investments.
- Traveled extensively as a subject matter expert to conferences to show the company’s experience in the Agile, DevOps, Data Analysis, Project Management and Business Analysis training and consulting areas.
- ASPE was acquired by Cprime in September 2019.
COO
- Started with the company in it’s infancy as a Tier 1 Technical Support rep and worked to managerial position within 1 year. Over the course of approx. 9 years became Customer Service Manager, Sales Manager, COO for a subsidiary (DigiVerge), VP of Operations, CIO and then COO for the remaining 10.
- Responsible for all technical and operational assets including sales, marketing, customer service and call center responsibilities, technical support, systems administration, network and systems engineering and application development.
- Technical organization serviced over 10,000 customers on a 24×7 basis for various technologies ranging from web servers and database servers to internet access and connectivity.
Developed partnerships with technology companies that provided services to AIT customers.
Technology Experience
VMware ESX/vSphere (10+ years), LAMP stack (10+ years), Citrix XenServer (6 years), VPN (10+ years), Cisco IOS (10+ years), LAN/WAN (10+ years), Cisco Call Manager (10+ years), Red Hat and CentOS Linux distributions (10+ years), Windows Server (10+ years), TCP/IP (10+ years), DNS (10+ years), General Networking (10+ years), Agile development methodology (10+ years), WordPress (10+ years), SMTP server troubleshooting (10+ years), NFS/NAS (10+ years), Perl (10+ years), PHP (10+ years), CSS (7 years), HTML (10+ years), CSS3/HTML5 (4 years), MySQL (10+ years), MS SQL (10+ years), PCI Compliance (10+ years), HIPAA Compliance (4 years), Microsoft Office (10+ years), Key Account Management (10+ years), KPI creation (10+ years), License management (10+ years), Contract negotiations (15 years), Internet marketing (10+ years), IoT (4 years), social media marketing (10+ years), Salesforce (4 years), SugarCRM (8 years), Marketo (2 years), API Integrations (9 years), Scaled Agile Framework (2 years)
Education & Certifications
Methodist College
Now known as Methodist University
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration
Scaled Agile Framework
Certified SAFe® 5 program Consultant (SPC)
ICAgile
Agile Talent (ICP-TAL)
Agile Team Facilitation (ICP-ATF)
CompTIA
A+, Network+, Security+
CompTIA ID COMP001005749395
Public Speaking
Cedar Rapids BADD (IIBA Eastern Iowa) – Nov 2019
Title: The Impact of DevOps on the Business Analyst
KC Mid-America PMI Chapter Professional Development Day – Oct 2019
Title: Mission to Mars: An Agile Adventure
Wisconsin Business Analyst Development Day (WIBADD) – May 2019
Title: Mission to Mars: An Agile Adventure
IIBA Minneapolis/St. Paul Professional Development Day – April 2019
Title: Mission to Mars: An Agile Adventure
Southwestern Ohio Business Analyst Conference (SOBARC) – April 2019
Title: The Impact of DevOps on the Business Analyst
PMI Mid-Nebraska Chapter Professional Development Day – Nov 2018
Title: Mission to Mars: An Agile Adventure
IIBA Birmingham Chapter – Sep 2018
Title: Benefits of SAFe to the agile (or non-agile) enterprise
IIBA St. Louis Professional Development Day – Sep 2018
Title: Mission to Mars: An Agile Adventure
NCPMI Public Sector CoP – Apr 2018
Title: Agile in the Public Sector: Overcoming the Challenges
NCPMI Program Management Office CoP – Oct 2017
Title: Mapping Project Management to DevOps-style work flows
Along with approximately 35 direct client webinars, lunch and learns, etc.