Michael Ortega | Experts Exchange

Michael Ortega

Director of Sales Engineering, Americas

Dallas,
Texas,
United States of America

Web Page:

http://www.catonetworks.com

Member Since: 2010/02/12

Industry: Computer & IT

Top Skills:

Cisco Routers VPN

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Message

It's where the most challenging situations need perspective from, so "outside the box" is generally where you'll find me.

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Total points557,841

Questions: 13

Solutions: 413

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Videos:

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Group Discussions: 1

Live: 6

Professional Background

Systems Engineer

CATO Networks

September 2017 – Present

Senior Solutions Architect

Internetwerx, Inc.

August 2005 – September 2017

Education

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Languages

English

Native or Bilingual Proficiency

Portuguese

Limited Working Proficiency

Level Progress

Current: Level 16

Michael needs 20,159 points to level up.

LVL 17

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Overall

16

557,841
Exchange

7

109,655
Windows Server 2008

6

78,744
SBS

5

52,819
Outlook

5

51,815
Cisco

4

49,932
Windows Server 2003

4

49,820
Routers

4

43,704
Networking

4

36,148
Hardware Firewalls

4

33,730
VPN

3

30,298
Microsoft Server OS

3

27,593
DNS

3

25,148
Networking Hardware-Other

3

24,248
Microsoft Legacy OS

3

22,167
Active Directory

3

21,116
Windows 7

3

18,780
Windows XP

3

18,636
Windows Server 2012

3

18,165
Dell

2

16,464
Network Security

2

15,650
Network Management

2

15,400
Microsoft Virtual Server

2

15,278
Storage

2

14,992
Windows OS

2

14,416
Microsoft IIS Web Server

2

13,600
Switches / Hubs

2

13,112
Microsoft Server Apps

2

12,100
Wireless Networking

2

12,080
DHCP

2

11,800
Email Servers

2

11,434
Server Hardware

2

11,092
Microsoft Applications

2

11,000
Microsoft Office

2

10,400
Windows Networking

2

10,232
Web Browsers

2

10,099
Email Protocols

2

9,668
Virtualization

2

9,668
VMware

2

9,200
Microsoft 365

2

9,101
Network Analysis

2

9,016
Network Architecture

2

9,000
iPhone

2

8,000
Software Firewalls

1

7,866
Storage Software

1

7,500
Printers and Scanners

1

7,264
Internet Protocol Security

1

7,000
Disaster Recovery

1

6,800
Hyper-V

1

6,669
Cloud Computing

1

6,600
Email Clients

1

6,368
Networking Protocols

1

6,230
Components

1

6,196
SSL / HTTPS

1

6,050
Apple Networking

1

6,000
Wireless Hardware

1

5,550
Voice Over IP

1

5,500
Security

1

5,300
Displays / Monitors

1

5,092
BlackBerry

1

4,600
Anti-Virus Apps

1

4,220
Apple Hardware

1

4,000
Internet / Email Software

1

4,000
Internet Explorer (IE)

1

4,000
Internet Protocols

1

4,000
Microsoft SQL Server 2008

1

4,000
Miscellaneous

1

4,000
Network Operations

1

4,000
Storage Hardware

1

4,000
WSUS

1

4,000
iOS

1

4,000
iPad

1

4,000
Windows 2000

1

3,400
.NET Programming

1

3,200
Broadband

1

3,168
Acronis

1

3,000
Apple OS

1

3,000
Desktops

1

3,000
Hardware

1

3,000
OS Security

1

3,000
Server Software

1

3,000
Remote Access

1

2,800
Email Software

1

2,750
Multimedia Programming

1

2,664
Windows 10

1

2,550
PC

1

2,500
Software

1

2,500
Web Development

1

2,400
AntiSpam

1

2,300
Laptops Notebooks

1

2,092
TCP/IP

1

2,080
Apache Web Server

1

2,000
Application Servers

1

2,000
C#

1

2,000
Citrix

1

2,000
Cloud Services

1

2,000
Conferencing Software

1

2,000
HTML

1

2,000
HTTP Protocol

1

2,000
IP Telephony

1

2,000
Mac OS X

1

2,000
Microsoft 365 Enterprise

1

2,000
Microsoft DOS

1

2,000
Microsoft SQL Server

1

2,000
Microsoft SharePoint

1

2,000
Microsoft Word

1

2,000
Philosophy / Religion

1

2,000
Smartphone Programming

1

2,000
Smartphones

1

2,000
System Utilities

1

2,000
Unix OS

1

2,000
Web Development Software

1

2,000
Windows Live Mail

1

2,000