Mike Ribaudo
About Mike Ribaudo
Mike Ribaudo serves as the Global Principal Infrastructure Architect at American Tower, specializing in cloud technologies and system administration. He has extensive experience in infrastructure management and has held various engineering roles across multiple companies over several decades.
Work at American Tower
Mike Ribaudo has held multiple roles at American Tower since 2011, currently serving as the Global Principal Infrastructure Architect since 2021. His previous positions include Principal Infrastructure Engineer and IT Infrastructure Architect, where he worked on various infrastructure projects. His responsibilities involve managing a large-scale virtual environment with 86 ESX hosts and over 2000 virtual machines. He has also installed and supported hyperconverged infrastructures, including VxRack and VxRail, and configured AWS regional VPCs and Storage Gateways.
Education and Expertise
Mike Ribaudo earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Clarkson University, where he studied from 1978 to 1982. He specializes in various technologies, including AWS, Storage Gateways, and vSphere versions 3.5 to 6.7. His expertise extends to system administration platforms such as Linux, Solaris, Unix, and Windows. He is also knowledgeable in EMC products like Isilon, VNX, and XtremIO, as well as backup solutions like Veeam.
Background
Before his current role, Mike Ribaudo worked at several organizations, including HP (formerly 3Com), where he served as a System Engineer and Support Analyst from 2006 to 2010. He also held the position of Manager at Kollsman Instruments from 1982 to 1990. His experience includes roles at BJ's Wholesale Club as a Sr. Software Specialist and SunGard Financial Systems as a Data Center Manager. His career reflects a strong foundation in IT operations and infrastructure management.
Achievements in Infrastructure Management
Throughout his career, Mike Ribaudo has performed multiple upgrades of vSphere, managing transitions from ESX 3.5 to newer versions. He has configured and established backup policies for AWS instances and supports several HP Blade System C7000s. His work in managing a large-scale virtual environment and supporting hyperconverged infrastructures demonstrates his capability in infrastructure management and system administration.