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Michael Shimpa

Michael Shimpa

Maple Grove

Summary

Accomplished in leading large-scale technology transformations, I excel in technical leadership, operations and strategic planning, particularly in cloud, infrastructure and container platform engineering. My expertise spans across multiple enterprise technologies, driving significant improvements in application hosting and infrastructure platforms and systems. I value collaboration and customer relationships, have successfully managed teams of 150+, showcasing a blend of hard and soft skills.

Overview

26
26
years of professional experience

Work History

AVP, Application Platform Engineering

Travelers Insurance
11.2024 - Current

Responsible for designing, building and maintaining application hosting and infrastructure platforms, both on-prem and in the cloud. Lead combined team of 150+ and direct teams of Sr. Directors and AVPs. Responsibilities include -

  • Managed Container Services - Manage teams that design, build and maintain enterprise container platforms such as Kubernetes (AWS EKS, Cloud Foundry, Red Hat OpenShift etc.), including container image governance practices
  • Cloud Platform Services - Manage teams that support public cloud foundations and services (AWS, Azure etc.), including hybrid cloud/on-prem designs
  • IaaS Compute Services - Manage teams that design, build and support all on-prem IaaS compute services, including all infrastructure and IAC technologies (VMWare, Dell, HPE, Nutanix, Terraform Enterprise, Puppet Enterprise etc.)
  • Integration / Runtime Services -Manage team that design, build and support application runtime and integration environments (IBM Liberty / WebSphere App Server, JBoss, IBM WebSphere MQ, MuleSoft API Mgmt etc.)
  • Storage Services - Manage team that supports all storage services (Dell ECS, PowerMax Powerscale, Commvault etc.)

AVP, Managed Container, Integration & Runtime

Travelers Insurance
02.2022 - 11.2024

Responsible for on and off-prem managed container platforms and runtime and integration services


  • Managed Container Services - Manage teams that design, build and maintain enterprise container platforms such as Kubernetes (Pivotal Cloud Foundry, Open Cloud Foundry, AWS EKS, Red Hat OpenShift etc.), including container image governance practices
  • Integration Services -Manage team that designs, builds and supports application integration environments (IBM WebSphere MQ, IBM DataPower, MuleSoft API Mgmt etc.)
  • Runtime Services - Manage team that designs, builds and supports enterprise application runtime environemnts (IBM Liberty / WebSphere App Server, Red Hat JBoss etc.)

Sr. IT Director, Cloud Solutions Platform

Travelers Insurance
11.2014 - 02.2022

Responsible for the design, development and implementation of Cloud Platform as a Service (PaaS) solutions and emerging cloud technologies

  • Pivotal Cloud Foundry, Red Hat OpenShift


Sr. IT Director, Middleware Application Services

Travelers Insurance
01.2014 - 11.2014

Responsible for designing, building and supporting Middleware application hosting environments and support technologies

  • IBM WebShere Application Server, Red Hat JBoss


Sr. IT Director, Messaging & Gateways

Travelers Insurance
01.2013 - 12.2013

Responsible for enterprise email and Integration Platforms. Technologies -

  • Enterprise email systems (Microsoft Exchange, Lync)
  • Enterprise Integration Systems (IBM WebSphere MQ, DataPower)

Sr. IT Directory, Identity & Access Management

Travelers Insurance
04.2008 - 12.2012

Responsible for designing, building and maintaining enterprise Identity and Access Management solutions

  • Enterprise Security and Single Sign-on technologies (CA SiteMinder)
  • Identity Management technologies (SailPoint IdentityIQ)


IT Director, Middleware JEE & Messaging

Travelers Insurance
01.2004 - 04.2008

Responsible for Java application hosting and application integration technologies

  • IBM WebSphere Application Server, Red Hat JBoss
  • IBM WebSphere MQ

Sr. IT Analyst, EBusiness Solutions

Cargill
12.1998 - 01.2004

Webmaster responsible for -

  • building and maintaining web sites/portals
  • Java application server administration
  • Linux administration
  • Enterprise search technology

Education

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

University of North Dakota
Grand Forks, ND
01-1998

Bachelor of Science - Industrial Technology

University of North Dakota
Grand Forks, ND
01-1998

Skills

  • Strategic planning
  • Risk Management
  • Leading Teams
  • Customer Service and Relationship management
  • Financial management
  • Technical acumen and leadership
  • Vendor management
  • Crisis and problem management
  • Operations management

Timeline

AVP, Application Platform Engineering

Travelers Insurance
11.2024 - Current

AVP, Managed Container, Integration & Runtime

Travelers Insurance
02.2022 - 11.2024

Sr. IT Director, Cloud Solutions Platform

Travelers Insurance
11.2014 - 02.2022

Sr. IT Director, Middleware Application Services

Travelers Insurance
01.2014 - 11.2014

Sr. IT Director, Messaging & Gateways

Travelers Insurance
01.2013 - 12.2013

Sr. IT Directory, Identity & Access Management

Travelers Insurance
04.2008 - 12.2012

IT Director, Middleware JEE & Messaging

Travelers Insurance
01.2004 - 04.2008

Sr. IT Analyst, EBusiness Solutions

Cargill
12.1998 - 01.2004

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

University of North Dakota

Bachelor of Science - Industrial Technology

University of North Dakota
Michael Shimpa