Michelle Sollicito

Michelle Sollicito

Marietta, Georgia, United States
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● Google Cloud Enterprise Architect specializing in AI and Multi-Cloud Enterprise…

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Articles by Michelle

  • I Am Woman

    Here's my original poem celebrating womanhood I am limitless possibilities. I am infinite.

  • Shopify Opinions

    Here is a summary of opinions I have gathered on Shopify: Summary of Opinions on Shopify: Ease of Use: Many users…

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  • Printful and Printify Merger

    Comprehensive Analysis of the Printful and Printify Merger On November 5, 2024, Printful and Printify, two of the…

  • Artificial Intelligence in a Crisis

    Before Artificial Intelligence, social media was one of the most effective means of getting help and information to…

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  • AWS to Azure

    This article is written primarily for those who know AWS fairly well but are moving to Azure, which they know less…

  • Identity Governance and SaaS – Dining out at the Technology Restaurant

    This article is written by my colleague at Microfocus Rick Wagner. He has a way with words! This article makes it so…

  • Writing Your First Blazor Application

    How to get started with Blazor - creating a project within Visual Studio through to writing code. See the similarities…

  • Introduction to Blazor

    You may have heard about Blazor. It is a new model for creating C# code that includes a front end component, middleware…

  • Coronavirus and the Cloud

    Now that many Americans are either forced to work from home due to Coronavirus, or will be in the near future, many…

  • Why Bernie cannot do the math on universal healthcare

    You know why Bernie doesn’t know how much his universal healthcare plan will cost?? 1) Because right now…

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Experience

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    Atlanta Metropolitan Area

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    Atlanta, Georgia, United States

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    Atlanta, Georgia, United States

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    Marietta, Georgia, United States

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    Alpharetta, Georgia

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    Remote / Knoxville TN

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    Marietta GA

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Education

  • University of Greenwich Graphic

    University of Greenwich

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    Activities and Societies: Certification AWS Solution Architect Professional Google Cloud Professional Architect Azure Architect AWS Data Specialty AWS Security Specialty 2017 AWS Solution Architect Associate AWS 2017 Scrum Master Certification 2015 Cloud Computing Concepts Brainbench 2014 Microsoft Specialist 70-480 (HTML5, Javascript and CSS3)

    2013 Microsoft (MCTS) TS 515
    (Web App Development with .Net 4)
    2013 Microsoft (MCP)
    (SQL Server 2012)
    2011 Brainbench ASP.Net 3.5
    2009 Odesk C#
    2009 Brainbench ASP.Net
    2005 Brainbench ASP
    2004 Brainbench Network Security
    2004 Brainbench Info Tech Security…

    2013 Microsoft (MCTS) TS 515
    (Web App Development with .Net 4)
    2013 Microsoft (MCP)
    (SQL Server 2012)
    2011 Brainbench ASP.Net 3.5
    2009 Odesk C#
    2009 Brainbench ASP.Net
    2005 Brainbench ASP
    2004 Brainbench Network Security
    2004 Brainbench Info Tech Security
    2004 Brainbench ITAA Info Security Awareness
    2004 Brainbench Internet Security
    2003 Brainbench EJB 2.0 89%
    2003 Brainbench J2EE 89%
    2003 Brainbench Ecommerce Concepts 94%
    2003 Brainbench Ecommerce Implementation 90%
    2003 Brainbench Object Orientation 94%
    2003 Brainbench Java 2 Advanced 81%
    2003 Brainbench Java 2 Fundamentals 81%
    2003 Brainbench Project Management 74%
    2003 Brainbench Javascript 67%

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Licenses & Certifications

Volunteer Experience

  • Creator/Manager

    SnowedOutAtlanta

    - Present 12 years 5 months

    Disaster and Humanitarian Relief

    I created SnowedOutAtlanta, the fastest growing group in Facebook history, to help those stranded in the snow storms in Atlanta. I received a lot of press as a result (see below) and two awards - "Be Greater Atlanta" (SunTrust and the Atlanta Hawks) and an AMY (Red Pencil) award from the American Marketing Association.

    Features on "Today"
    http://www.11alive.com/news/article/320248/40/SnowedOutAtlanta-Facebook-group-featured-on-Today

    Snowedout atlanta saves pregnant…

    I created SnowedOutAtlanta, the fastest growing group in Facebook history, to help those stranded in the snow storms in Atlanta. I received a lot of press as a result (see below) and two awards - "Be Greater Atlanta" (SunTrust and the Atlanta Hawks) and an AMY (Red Pencil) award from the American Marketing Association.

    Features on "Today"
    http://www.11alive.com/news/article/320248/40/SnowedOutAtlanta-Facebook-group-featured-on-Today

    Snowedout atlanta saves pregnant woman
    http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/story/24581644/pregnant-woman-rescued-after-being-stranded-for-14-hours#axzz2t2Nk2yVA

    Lovely CBS story about how they helped using snowedoutatlanta
    http://atlanta.cbslocal.com/2014/01/29/this-is-something-you-should-do-in-a-snow-emergency/
    http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/story/24575661/woman-forms-facebook-group-to-help-others#axzz2rtXDEXQN


    Uplifiing person Michelle Sollicito
    http://www.uptv.com/blog/uplifting-person-michelle-sollicito-snowedoutatlanta

    WSJ Article
    http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303743604579355181702077204?KEYWORDS=snowedoutatlanta&mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052702303743604579355181702077204.html%3FKEYWORDS%3Dsnowedoutatlanta

Publications

  • Business Survival - A Guide to Business Continuity Planning and Disaster Recovery

    Lulu/IT Governance UK

    A full companion for anyone embarking on Business Continuity Planning and Disaster Recovery Planning in their organization.
    “Business Survival – a Guide to Business Continuity Planning and Disaster Recovery” is for experienced and inexperienced, technical, and non-technical personnel who are interested in the need for Business Continuity Planning within their organizations.
    These personnel include:
    Senior and Executive management, the decision-makers who make budgetary decisions…

    A full companion for anyone embarking on Business Continuity Planning and Disaster Recovery Planning in their organization.
    “Business Survival – a Guide to Business Continuity Planning and Disaster Recovery” is for experienced and inexperienced, technical, and non-technical personnel who are interested in the need for Business Continuity Planning within their organizations.
    These personnel include:
    Senior and Executive management, the decision-makers who make budgetary decisions Business Continuity Managers and their teams Chief Information Officers, who ensure the implementation of the Disaster Recovery elements of the Business Continuity Plan and play a large role in (and perhaps even manage or oversee) the Business Continuity Process The IT security program manager, who implements the security program IT managers and system owners of system software and/or hardware used to support IT functions. Information owners of data stored, processed, and transmitted by the IT systems Business Unit owners and managers who are responsible for the way in which their own unit fits into the overall Business Continuity Plan, but especially Facilities Managers, who are responsible for the way the buildings are evacuated and secured, providing floor plans and information to Emergency Services, etc. Human Resources Managers who are responsible for the “people” elements of the Business Continuity Plan Communications and PR Managers who are responsible for the communications policies that form part of the Business Continuity Plan Technical support personnel (e.g. network, system, application, and database administrators; computer specialists; data security analysts), who manage and administer security for the IT systems Information system auditors, who audit IT systems IT consultants, who support clients in developing, implementing and testing their Business Continuity Plans

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  • Various EBusiness Articles

    Informit.com (SAMS / QUE books)

    1. Corporate Governance, Business Continuity Planning, and Disaster RecoveryDec 1, 2005


    2. Securing Your LaptopJun 4, 2004


    3. .NET Coding StandardsSep 12, 2003


    4. Java Coding StandardsSep 5, 2003


    5. Developing and Enforcing Coding StandardsAug 22, 2003


    6. The Importance of Coding Standards in Building Quality IT SystemsAug 15, 2003


    7. Need an IT Job? Get Java Certified!Aug 8, 2003


    8. Building an E-Portal from…

    1. Corporate Governance, Business Continuity Planning, and Disaster RecoveryDec 1, 2005


    2. Securing Your LaptopJun 4, 2004


    3. .NET Coding StandardsSep 12, 2003


    4. Java Coding StandardsSep 5, 2003


    5. Developing and Enforcing Coding StandardsAug 22, 2003


    6. The Importance of Coding Standards in Building Quality IT SystemsAug 15, 2003


    7. Need an IT Job? Get Java Certified!Aug 8, 2003


    8. Building an E-Portal from ScratchNov 22, 2002


    9. E-Portal Software Options: A Comparison of Current ProductsNov 15, 2002


    10. Implementing E-Portals: The Technical IssuesNov 8, 2002


    11. Implementing E-Portals: the Business IssuesNov 1, 2002


    12. How to Perform a Security Audit - Part 1Dec 21, 2001


    13. How to Perform a Security Audit - Part 2Dec 21, 2001


    14. Selling E-business to the BusinessNov 16, 2001


    15. Technical Architectures for E-Business (Part 1)Apr 20, 2001


    16. Technical Architectures for E-Business (Part 2)Apr 20, 2001


    17. A Methodology for E-Business?Feb 9, 2001


    18. To DSDM or Not to DSDM?Feb 9, 2001

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  • Advanced Visual Basic 5 (and 6)

    Microsoft Press

    I was the Project Manager for Advanced Visual Basic 5 and Advanced Visual Basic 6 (I worked for The Mandelbrot Set and I interacted with Microsoft Press in creating this book). I came up with some of the concepts, did some technical editing and proof reading and guided the TMS guys through the book creation process.

    Other authors
    • Peet Morris
    • Mark Sewell
    • Mark Hurst
    • Chris Debellot
    • Bill Vaughn
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Patents

  • Craigslist Stripper

    US TXTTOAD0001

    CraigslistStripper - strips out a given craigslist ad and posts it automatically to a website (e.g. TxtToAd.com)
    EmailToAd - strips out the ad details from an ad sent via email and posts it automatically to a website (e.g. TxtToAd.com)
    FacebookToAd - strips the details from a posting of a product and posts the ad automatically to a website (e.g. TxtToAd.com)
    SensiTags(TM) - sniffs an email or Facebook ad for tags (e.g. Microdata info) and uses it to add more details to an ad for a…

    CraigslistStripper - strips out a given craigslist ad and posts it automatically to a website (e.g. TxtToAd.com)
    EmailToAd - strips out the ad details from an ad sent via email and posts it automatically to a website (e.g. TxtToAd.com)
    FacebookToAd - strips the details from a posting of a product and posts the ad automatically to a website (e.g. TxtToAd.com)
    SensiTags(TM) - sniffs an email or Facebook ad for tags (e.g. Microdata info) and uses it to add more details to an ad for a product on a website (e.g. TxtToAd.com)

    See patent

Courses

  • Event driven Javascript (later rebadged as AJAX)

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  • Internet Mgt Tools (ftp, netstat, ipconfig, trace, telnet, ssh)

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  • Internet Security

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  • Java development, EJB and JSP

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  • Microsoft Certification (70-515) Passed on April 5th 2013

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  • The history of the internet

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Projects

  • TxtToAd.com

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    Shopping Made Simple!
    Send a Txt or Email, Create an Ad! It's That Simple!
    Like Craigslist but more National in focus, and easier!
    Like Ebay but more Local in focus, and easier!
    We automagically do most of the work for you!
    Now known as Facebook Marketplace (for which I got zero credit - but I am very proud that I started it off!)

    See project
  • Various projects

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    On request I can send a zip file containing various pieces of work - including documents and coding.
    In the meantime see some of my work at http://portal.exceptiona.com

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Honors & Awards

  • Points of Light Award (Pres George H W Bush)

    Points of Light

    Presented with award by Neil Bush on behalf of and in the presence of his father President George HW Bush at the 25th anniversary of President George HW Bush's presidency.

  • AMY Award (Red Pencil)

    American Marketing Association

  • Be Greater Atlanta Award

    SunTrust Bank and The Atlanta Hawks

Test Scores

  • Aws solution architect professional

    Score: 79%

  • AWS Sys Ops Administrator

    Score: 859

  • AWS Sysops Administrator

    Score: 859

  • AWS Solution Architect Associate

    Score: 803

  • CERT Trained

    Score: PASS

    Involves:
    First aid
    Light Search and Rescue
    Disaster Mgt knowledge

  • Many Certifications in Technical Topics

    Score: PASS (see below )

    2013 Microsoft (MCSE) SE 461 (Querying Microsoft SQL Server 2012)
    2013 Microsoft (MCTS) TS 515
    (Web App Development with .Net 4)
    2011 Brainbench ASP.Net 3.5
    2009 Odesk C#
    2009 Brainbench ASP.Net
    2005 Brainbench ASP
    2005 Brainbench VBScript 5.5
    2004 Brainbench Network Security
    2004 Brainbench Info Tech Security
    2004 Brainbench ITAA Info Security Awareness…

    2013 Microsoft (MCSE) SE 461 (Querying Microsoft SQL Server 2012)
    2013 Microsoft (MCTS) TS 515
    (Web App Development with .Net 4)
    2011 Brainbench ASP.Net 3.5
    2009 Odesk C#
    2009 Brainbench ASP.Net
    2005 Brainbench ASP
    2005 Brainbench VBScript 5.5
    2004 Brainbench Network Security
    2004 Brainbench Info Tech Security
    2004 Brainbench ITAA Info Security Awareness
    2004 Brainbench Internet Security
    2003 Brainbench XML 90%
    2003 Brainbench EJB 2.0 89%
    2003 Brainbench J2EE 89%
    2003 Brainbench Ecommerce Concepts 94%
    2003 Brainbench Ecommerce Implementation 90%
    2003 Brainbench Object Orientation 94%
    2003 Brainbench Java 2 Advanced 81%
    2003 Brainbench Java 2 Fundamentals 81%
    2003 Brainbench Project Management 74%
    2003 Brainbench Java 1 93%
    2003 Brainbench Javascript 67%
    2003 Microsoft MCSD (VB6/SQL Server 2000)
    2002 Brainbench RDBMS concepts 98%
    2002 Brainbench MS Access 71%
    2002 Brainbench HTML 3.2 91%
    1999 Microsoft MCP VB5
    1999 Microsoft MCP SQL Server 7
    1999 Microsoft MCSD (VB5/Sql Server 7)

  • FEMA Certified

    Score: PASS

    http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/IS/courseOverview.aspx?code=IS-100.b IS 100
    http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/IS/courseOverview.aspx?code=is-700.a IS 700

Languages

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Organizations

  • Witches

    Owner

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    Aims to help women in tech careers. Esp women who are disadvantaged in some way and single moms

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