Mike Cote

About Mike Cote

Technology leader with over 25 years experience in planning, organizing, directing, and evaluating IT service operations and processes. Business focused technologist with a proven track record of meeting aggressive goals, delivering strategic software projects, detecting critical business service deficiencies, and developing technology strategies and solutions for our business partners. Effective in building partnerships with senior executives, department leaders, vendors, staff, and administrative teams. Brings a clear understanding of scalable technologies and its role in enabling business strategy within the broader context of continuous improvement, cost containment, and IT governance.Specialties: Strategic Technology Planning & IT Advisory • ERP Application Evaluation & Deployment • Fractional CIO • Cost Analysis • IT Project Management • Contract Negotiation • Risk Management • Store Development • Operations Management • Policy/Procedure Development • SDLC • Sarbanes-Oxley • PCI DSS Strategy • Cross Functional Team Building

Experience

1. Owner Managing Partner

   Netverta

   Oct 2016 — Present · Houston, TX, US

   If you feel as though you’re in the dark when it comes to the technology challenges your business faces, you’re not alone. Many small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) avoid addressing their IT problems due to uncertainty, lack of knowledge, and thoughts of having to spend its already limited budget. As your business grows, so too does your workload and the demands you place on your company\'s software applications, network architecture, and internal shared technology services. Netverta will help you build the right technology solutions for your business.Fractional CIO ServicesBusiness VoIP Phone SystemsWireless NetworksCloud Computing (Hosted Services)Network Design & ArchitectureIT Project ManagementStore Development & ConstructionDisaster Recovery/BackupsManaged IT Services & Support

Education

• Louisiana Tech University

  Bachelor of Arts - BA

  1990 — 1994

• University of Phoenix

  MBA, Technology Management

Skills

• Analysis
• Sarbanes-Oxley
• Leadership
• Software Development Life Cycle (Sdlc)
• Business Process
• Project Planning
• Supply Chain
• Strategic Planning
• Consulting
• Information Technology
• Business Intelligence
• Retail
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Strategy
• E-Commerce
• Enterprise Software
• Bmc Remedy
• Sharepoint
• Training
• IT Service Management
• Sap
• Ms Project
• Change Management
• Crm
• Itil
• Management
• Team Building
• Business Analysis
• Project Management
• Team Leadership
• IT Management
• Budgets
• Software Implementation
• Unix
• Vendor Management
• Operations Management
• Sdlc
• Process Improvement
• Risk Management
• Team Management