Michael Ackerman

President & CEO, Comsworld, Inc

Consummate Enterprise Architect, Program Manager and General Management Executive with 10+ years of experience driving and managing technical solutions to drive growth and profitability in challenging and competitive markets. Strong leadership, communication, negotiation, creative and analytical skills. Decisive, solutions-focused and results-oriented. Strong track record of identifying and working towards solutions to meet requirements of specific business relationships. Combines cross-functional expertise in: ▪ Strategic Vision & Planning ▪ Systems Migrations/Transitions ▪ Leadership & Management of People ▪ Budget & Financial Planning ▪ Mission-Critical Project Management ▪ Contract & Vendor Negotiations ▪ Architecture Analysis & Design ▪ IT Sales & New Market Development AREAS OF EXPERTISE Strategy Development & Execution. Defining strategic direction, creating internal positioning and value proposition, and assisting with operating/financial models. Strategy & Tactics Alignment: Educate the organization and collaborate with leadership to drive consistency in technical and application architecture, IT roadmaps and technology operationalization. Operations Experience. Plan and execute the move of servers between data centers for Fortune 500 company, deployment of servers and manage systems engineers, technical architects, data analysts, programmers, application administrators and DBAs. Enterprise Architecture Expertise. Streamline, optimize and maintain overall plan for enterprise applications, increasing asset utilization, performance and recoverability in mission-critical environments. IT Sales & Client Relationship Development. Cultivate, negotiate and maintain profitable, long-term customer relationships with Sr. level executives. Leadership & Management of People. Successfully mentored and coached staff to improve skills and knowledge some of which were promoted or went on to accept positions of higher responsibility. Proven ability creating a culture of empowerment where excellence is rewarded and resources are given the skills and tools to be successful.