About Tier3 Technologies
Tier3 Technologies is a mid-west based company founded in 2005 by Michael Paynter, and is privately-owned. Paynter, an information technology veteran, envisioned a company that took the best of class delivery systems and built them to suit each enterprise’s specific needs. "We wanted to learn the business objectives of our customers, and deliver IT performance exceeding anything they’d done before." said Paynter. "Our Cloud Services Platform delivers across multiple industries and delivers unparalleled performance time after time." The company specializes in Business Continuity Planning, Data Center Consolidation & Rationalization, Virtualization, Disaster Recovery, Wide Area Networking Application Acceleration and Network Monitoring.
Michael Paynter, Owner and CEO
Michael Paynter is the founder and CEO of Tier3 Technologies. His background includes key positions at BellSouth, AT&T, Paradyne and Lucent Technologies. He has achieved a number of recognition goals and was named to the BellSouth President’s Club. As an entrepreneur, Michael has been involved in a multi-national startup, Spacecards, in the role of President and CEO; and as Sales Vice President of Vobix, a startup in the Application Services Provider (ASP) industry.
Michael served in several positions within Kentucky State Government as the result of an appointment by Governor Brereton Jones. This included chairing the Strategic Planning Subcommittee of the Kentucky Information Resource Management Commission (KIRM), when in the role of Commissioner of Administrative Services and Chief Information Officer for the Kentucky Revenue Cabinet. Key achievements included the first statewide network for a State Police organization powered by AT&T UNIX Computers, as well as the first "Software Defined Network, SDN" deployment to a state government.
Tier3 Technologies Team
The Tier3 Technologies team consists of a group of Senior Consulting Engineers that collectively have over 100 years of experience in the IT field. All are certified in the essential toolkit utilized by Tier3 Technologies to delivery our Cloud Services Platform. These top line certifications come from various technologies, including VMware, Microsoft, Cisco, Riverbed Technology, EMC, and many more.