Management
Michael T. Cook | President & Founder
Michael is the President and Founder of Corporate IT Solutions. He started his technical career straight out of high school in 1989 assisting in the support of a 200 node Novell network environment for four years; it is from there his thirst to gain intimate knowledge, experience and expertise in each area of Information Technology started. Four years following his departure from his first technical job he then moved into a Microsoft technical support role supporting the first versions of Microsoft Windows and then onto the Beta version of Windows 95 and Windows Server NT 4.0. Leaning toward the in-depth technical aspect of systems he then went on to work for IBM providing corporate training to Fortune 500 companies. Following his 2 year tenure of training it lead him into the systems integration field where within a handpicked team performed worldwide technology rollouts and migrations for EMC over a 4 year span. Gaining enterprise experience and values from his time at EMC, Michael decided to dissect the enterprise approach and customize it for the small to medium size business containing several aspects; value, honesty, friendly service, communication, and strong teammates. Starting with these principals he leveraged his former and current contacts within the industry and started his own consulting practice. Since its inception in 2001 starting on the downslide of the technology boom and one of the worst economic times for technology, Michael and his growing devoted team have been fortunate enough to stick to their principles and values by offering the same consistent services.
Jeff Boardman | Solutions Architect, Partner
Jeff got his start in the IT field at a young age starting in high school by working summers in the IT department for the Attleboro Public Schools. During Jeff’s senior year of high school, he was appointed the first student to be on the city of Attleboro’s technology committee. He wrote the future technology plan with the committee.
In 1999, Jeff attended the Baron Institute of Technology and graduated with honors from the electronics program. His first job out of Baron was at the help desk for US Robotics. Due to Jeff’s drive and ambition, Jeff was promoted to help desk team leader. In order to continue to expand his career, he later moved on to work at Motorola as a QA engineer.
In 2001, Jeff joined Michael Cook during the founding year of Corporate IT Solutions. Jeff first started as a Junior Systems Engineer and over the years he has advanced his skill set and is now in charge of all of Corporate IT Solutions Data Center Operations. Jeff’s zeal for technology is endless and that passion translates to all the tasks he performs here at Corporate IT Solutions. Jeff is a VMware Certified Professional and holds certifications in Citrix, Microsoft and Dell Equallogic. Jeff is dedicated and committed to his work in the field of Information Technology. Jeff has played a key role in the success of a number of Corporate IT Solutions largest projects. Jeff’s knowledge of IT and ability to provide mutual respect from clients has assisted Corporate IT Solutions in its goal to maintain long-term customer relationships.
Joshua Dinneen | Director of Sales and Marketing
Joshua comes to Corporate IT Solutions with over 10 years of experience in selling IT solutions to fortune 2000 companies. Josh got his start working for AT&T in the commercial markets of the Greater Boston Area and worked his way up to the Global Markets before leaving to advance his career in a managerial role. Josh continued to progress in the IT industry as he spent the last 3 years working for one of the largest domestic technology integrators selling advanced technologies consisting of unified communications, wireless, security, optical, telepresence, storage, managed and hosted services as well as supporting network systems, Virtualization and Microsoft Infrastructure solutions. Among the many accomplishments in his professional careers; none can over shadow the 8 years he served in the United States Marine Corps.
Mario Brum | Director of Professional Services
Mario has been in the IT industry for well over 25 years and possesses vast knowledge in business centric IT solutions. After running his own successful IT consulting firm for over 6 years and developing his own unique electronic documentation methodology, he has since worked for organizations such as US Air Force, INS and Lucent Technologies as a Lead/Sr. Systems Engineer/Consultant, GreenPages Technology Solutions as their Sr. Consultant of Enterprise Solutions and Mosaic Technology as their Sr. Director of Enterprise Solutions.
His background includes designing, implementing and managing data management solutions such as, Networked Attached Storage (NAS), Storage Area Networks (SAN), both iSCSI and Fibre Channel, data backup/restore, Continuous Data Protection (CDP), capacity optimization (CO), File and Storage virtualization and Disaster Recovery solutions. Exposure to these technologies has given Mario experience and certifications in a diverse range of products. There are new emerging technologies that he continues to research to help enhance his knowledge in this space such as VMware with specific focus on VDI and SRM are current areas of focus as clients embrace the benefits of datacenter virtualization.
Some of his certifications include;
• Microsoft MCSE 2003, MCSA 2003, MCP
• Certified Symantec Netbackup Professional • SNIA Certified Fibre Channel Professional • Certified Isilon Engineer • VMware Certified Professional • Certified EqualLogic Engineer Certified EMC PA • Certified CommVault Administrator • Certified Xiotech Engineer (MCXE) • Certified TSM Administrator • Certified HDS USP Engineer • Certified CA Ent. Backup Systems Engineer • Certified F5 ARX Engineer • Certified HP Enterprise Solutions Pro.
• Certified StorageTek Systems Engineer • Certified Symantec Enterprise Vault Pro.
• ITIL 2.0 Certified
• EMC Enterprise Storage Networks
• Certified Information Security Systems Professional
Mario has a proven track record in solving diverse technical challenges from small to large clients, possesses excellent interpersonal and communications skills and has been a customer oriented, diligent architect for the past 18 years. Mario was the co-founder of Storage Networking User Group in New England (www.snugne.com) and sits on the End User Council at SNIA (Storage Networking Industry Association). Mario also works with some of the largest Venture Capitalists firms providing guidance and leadership in new and up and coming technologies with goto market strategies.