Mick Michel is a Vietnam era veteran who served in the Marine Corps where he received training in advanced electronics. After his service in the military, Mick went on to serve 20 years as a police officer, attaining the rank of Chief of Police. For the past 16 years he has worked in the Information Technology field serving as a consultant to several different industries, and worked as an IT supervisor for the Florida Department of Corrections-Southern Region. Born and raised in Iowa, Mick enjoys the outdoors, motorcycle riding and major projects utilizing his skills as a fixer mason.

The duties of the Government Operations Consultant I are varied and unpredictable.  On a given day Mick may be called upon for response to and resolution of issues in any of the areas for which he is responsible: 

• Maintenance and support of the entire South District network including the district office in Fort Myers and the branch office in Marathon;
• Inventory control, specifications, purchase and planning;
• Timely communication with the Office of Technology and Information Services (OTIS) in Tallahassee in order to maintain smooth operation of servers, frame relays, routers and hubs;
• Development and implementation of training plans and agendas;
• Coordination with Geographic Information Systems staff;
• And troubleshooting and technical assistance for challenges which DEP staff encounter when working with the specialized software and hardware necessary to perform their jobs.