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Michael, as Noblestar's Chief Operating Officer, balances the needs of consultants, clients, products, technology, and project teams. He strongly believes that if you successfully build and manage a plan, you can plan to succeed. Within this role, Mr. Calkins provides resource management to sales and delivery engagements, leads organizational processes to support the consulting staff, and works with the project teams to assist in their success.
Michael has been part of Noblestar since 2001. He has over 22 years of experience with both service-focused and software product-focused companies, in successful startup organizations as well as large consulting organizations. He has been successful as a software developer, solution architect, project manager, and organizational manager. His career traces a history of extensive, broad based experiences and achievements in all facets of delivering consulting services.
Previously to his work with Noblestar, Michael was Vice President of Professional Services for Kurion, where he was responsible for developing the company's consulting program and service offerings. He held this role from the early stages of the company, though its acquisition to iSyndicate. Michael was also the Director of Consulting for the Customer Management product suite at i2 Technologies, and preceding its acquisition, held the same role with SMART Technologies where he organized and grew the professional services organization.
His career in consulting also includes employment as a Principal with IBM Global Services, a Senior Consultant at Perot Systems, and a Systems Engineer with EDS.
Michael holds BA degrees in Computer Science and Psychology from SUNY Potsdam. He currently lives in Austin, Texas with his wife and teen aged daughter, while his son attends Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine. | 