Summary
Michael Everett is a Senior Solutions Engineering Manager with nine years in solutions and systems engineering at F5 and over two decades of hands-on network engineering experience. He specializes in designing and supporting large corporate networks with deep expertise in IP routing/switching, BGP, OSPF, IPSec VPNs and multi-data center load balancing. At F5 he has progressed from field systems engineer to systems engineering manager and now leads solutions engineering, blending customer-facing pre-sales work with product feedback and SME leadership. He regularly translates complex architectures into practical deployments for SLED and enterprise customers, and helps shape product roadmaps through cross-functional collaboration. Based in Mentor, Ohio, he pairs enterprise-scale technical depth with a long track record of post-sale customer enablement and regional training. A rare combination of practitioner and manager, he brings both operational history from Progressive and strategic solution-building at F5.
9 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer
Perry High School
Bacherlor of Science, Communications Systems Management, Bacherlor of Science, Communications Systems Management at Ohio University
MCIS, Computer Science, MCIS, Computer Science at Cleveland State University