Mike Savage

mike@savagenet.us

Lead IT Infrastructure Specialist at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

IT Consulting for the greater Urbana-Champaign area.

Experience

Lead Infrastructure Technology Specialist

Applied Technologies for Learning in the Arts and Sciences (ATLAS) at the University of Illinois.

MECM Service Manager for the College of LAS.

System Administrator for Windows Servers and ESXI hosts.

January 2017 - Present

Information Technology Specialist

Applied Technologies for Learning in the Arts and Sciences (ATLAS) at the University of Illinois.

Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3 desktop support for the School of Earth, Society, & Environment.

MECM Service Manager for the College of LAS.

November 2014 - January 2017

Technical Support Assistant

Applied Technologies for Learning in the Arts and Sciences (ATLAS) at the University of Illinois.

Tier 1 and Tier 2 desktop support for the School of Earth, Society, & Environment.

September 2013 - November 2014

ATLAS SOS Student Technician

Applied Technologies for Learning in the Arts and Sciences (ATLAS) at the University of Illinois.

Provided Tier 1 desktop support for the School of Literatures, Cultures, & Linguistics.

September 2012 - August 2013

Education

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Bachelor of Science
Aerospace Engineering
August 2009 - May 2013

Skills

Operating Systems
  • Windows (7+, Server 2012+)
  • OSX/MacOS (10.6+)
  • Ubuntu (14+)
  • ESXi (5+)
Programming Languages
  • PowerShell/CMD
  • Shell/Bash
  • HTML/PHP/CSS
Misc.
  • Data Migration.
  • Recovering data from failing or mis-formatted hard drives.
  • Virus, Spyware, Ransomware, and Malware detection and removal.
  • Networking configuration.
  • Determining hardware needs and making recommendations.
  • Virtualization (VMWare, Hyper-V, VirtualBox, Parallels.)
  • Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager.
  • Windows and MacOS automation.
  • System status monitoring.
  • System Security. (User access control, Firewalls, Password management.)

IT Consulting

Please see the Skills section for an overview of the services I can provide. All price points include a free consultation.

To inquire about my services, please Contact Me!

Standard

$50/hr

  • Short term projects:
    • Fewer than 8 hours
    • Complete in under a month
  • Minimal on-site
  • Low-Moderate technical skill

Rush

$75/hr

  • Long term projects:
    • More than 8 hours
    • Complete in over a month
  • Mostly on-site
  • High-Advanced technical skill
  • Time sensitive

Corporate

$50-150/hr

  • Repeated/regular support for business
  • Rate determined by time commitment, nature, and priority of work