Michael Lucas Millsap

About Michael Lucas Millsap

Accomplished professional with a diverse background serving in leadership roles within both corporate and military sectors. Expertise in Risk Assessment, Risk Mitigation, Information Security, Physical Security, Operations Continuity Management, Resiliency, and Business Recovery of complex systems with National Security implications. Experience in assembling and leading multi-disciplinary teams toward a common goal, adept at working in dynamic and challenging environments. A natural communicator, effectively liaising at the highest levels, while simultaneously mentoring and developing junior staff. Possesses the fortitude, determination, and confidence to make hard decisions in ‘no room for errors’ environments. Success derived from application of lessons learned analysis and industry best practices to plan, execute and deliver stakeholder objectives. United States Air Force Veteran. Please feel free to email me at m••••••••@gmail.com

Experience

1. Datacenter Operations Manager

   Microsoft

   Aug 2020 — Present

   Collaborates with the Regional Director of Operations and partners with peer DCOMs and Global Program Managers to drive and implement consistent programs at all Microsoft datacenters globally- Oversees the build out, onboarding and operationalization of new datacenter capacity- Directs the incident and outage process to ensure proper root cause analysis and appropriate follow-up with affected site contacts- Empowers a culture of safety, security, resilience, and compliance in all aspect of datacenter activities- Builds, leads, manages multidisciplinary operations and support teams of high-performing individual contributors and their ongoing talent development- Manages and oversees datacenter site services, critical environments, logistics, security, and deployment operations- Collaborates and coordinates with multiple internal business groups to ensure the successful delivery of service levels- Analyzes production operations and initiates corrective actions to ensure operational stability- Initiates and establishes quality standards for the Datacenter teams and manages those initiatives through to completion- Leads through change by bringing clarity, generating energy and delivering success

Education

• Air Force Institute of Technology-Graduate School of Engineering & Management

  Graduate Certificate

  2016 — 2017

• The Citadel

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Psychology

  2009 — 2013