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EDITIONVOL.29 · 1996—2026
OPERATORMike Vaughn, Architect
LAST WRITE06 MAY 2026

Builtto operateunder load.

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A live resume for the architect behind Plan-B: 29+ years of infrastructure, security, ERP, AI automation, integrations, and project leadership - now focused on delivering with developers and trusted business partners.

Mike Vaughn
OPERATORM.V.
Disaster Recovery Project Management Custom Development Integrations AI & Automation DevOps Cybersecurity BI Cloud Networks Leadership Disaster Recovery Project Management Custom Development Integrations AI & Automation DevOps Cybersecurity BI Cloud Networks Leadership

Who I am, what I can lead,
and where Plan-B is going next.

01 / Experience
A

29 years across the stack - from keyboard to boardroom.

A long history of owning difficult systems end to end: disaster recovery, R&D infrastructure, ERP, BI, cybersecurity, AI, automation, integrations, and the business processes that connect them.

FULL HISTORY04
02 / Skillset
B

Architect, builder, and project leader with trusted teams behind him.

Plan-B delivery combines my architecture, design, and leadership with developers, implementation partners, and specialists I trust.

CAPABILITIES03
03 / Goals
C

Next direction: AI, automation, integrations, and security platforms.

The work I want now is ambitious: AI and automation, ERP/CRM integrations, SIEM/MDR delivery, architecture, and projects where failure is not an option.

START A CONVERSATION08

An index of what
I bring into the room.

The value is not a job title. It is the ability to understand the business, design the architecture, choose the right people, and lead the project until the system works in production.

/ 01

Foundations. Infrastructure & Networks

Architecture, design, recovery strategy, cloud/on-prem decisions, and senior technical leadership for the substrate everything else runs on.

ArchitectureDisaster RecoveryCloud / On-PremNetworksDesign
/ 02

Defense. Cybersecurity & Risk

SIEM, SOC, MDR, privacy-readiness work, monitoring, response, and security decisions grounded in operational reality.

SIEM / SOCMDRPrivacyIncident ResponseRisk
/ 03

Frontier. AI, Automation & Leadership

AI systems, automation, process discovery, delivery leadership, and the practical work of getting teams to adopt new capabilities.

AI & AutomationProcess DiscoveryProject LeadershipPartnersChange Mgmt
/ 04

Systems. Custom Dev, BI & Integration

Custom development, ERP/CRM integration, middleware, BI, analytics, and the glue between systems of record and real operations.

Custom DevelopmentERP / CRMIntegrationsBI & AnalyticsData

v.29 —
a career, in releases.

A high-level changelog of role eras, current build status, and the education track that continues alongside the work.

RUNTIME
29+ years
MODE
Founder / architect
2023 - present

Plan-B owner & delivery lead

Owner of Plan-B, building AI automation, integrations, SIEM/MDR, architecture, developers, and trusted implementation partners. In parallel, CTO for PlaySmart and Sarig Electric.

CURRENT BUILD
2019 - 2023

Challenge Group CIO / CTO

Group technology leadership across airline logistics, ERP, BI, development, DevOps, network, security, infrastructure, and multi-country IT teams.

v.28.x
2015 - 2019

Check Point Software Technologies R&D infrastructure

Led critical R&D infrastructure, compilation environments, labs, automation, storage redesign, vCenter orchestration, and production systems.

v.25.x
2008 - 2015

Senior infrastructure project management

DR design, networks, and integrations across enterprise stacks.

v.20.x
1996 - 2008

Engineering systems administration

Hands-on across the stack. Where the patterns were learned.

v.10.x
Education

BSc CS & Information Systems MSc in progress

Computer Science & International Business - currently underway.

CREDENTIAL

100+ projects delivered
across systems that cannot afford to fail.

A ten-year summary across airline logistics, R&D infrastructure, data centers, ERP, AI automation, security operations, and group IT leadership. Built to show trust, range, and delivery under pressure.

100+projects delivered
4 → 30Challenge Group IT growth
12h → 4hCheck Point compile window
100%PlaySmart sales calls QA'd
/ 01 - INFRASTRUCTURE & DR

Data centers and recovery programs that kept the business moving.

Designed Challenge Group's Israel data center and Belgium airport container data center, including the DR architecture, vendor selection, and implementation leadership.

Saved hundreds of thousands of euros by using a mobile data center at Liège Airport instead of building a dedicated room.
Container DCBusiness ContinuityVendor Delivery
/ 02 - AIRLINES & LOGISTICS

Operational software for cargo, warehouses, and live airport work.

Led in-house systems for Challenge Handling and Challenge Airlines, including a WMS for five hangars and a stable management system for animal flight operations.

Reduced warehouse training to one day with guided iPad workflows, forklift instructions, and live IoT pallet signals.
WMSIoT SensorsAir Cargo
/ 03 - R&D PLATFORMS

Critical engineering platforms for thousands of developers and QA users.

Architected and implemented infrastructure changes for Check Point's compilation environment, R&D labs, automatic QA, testing program, and virtual lab control plane.

Built a four-vCenter cluster with an orchestrator to manage 20,000 VMs reliably, while cutting compile sessions from roughly 12 hours to 4 hours.
4 vCenters20,000 VMsOrchestration
/ 04 - AI & AUTOMATION

Production AI systems that changed sales quality control.

Built PlaySmart AI systems that analyze successful and failed sales calls, detect anomalies, and generate coaching reports for sales managers.

Moved QA coverage from partial call sampling to 100% call analysis while removing a manual review position from the process.
AI AnalysisSales QAProduction
/ 05 - ERP & INTEGRATIONS

ERP, CRM, middleware, and business process integration.

Delivered Priority ERP upgrades, website-to-ERP-to-CRM middleware, Sarig Electric's SharkNinja EDI/API integration, and Challenge Group business systems across six companies.

Connected operations, finance, warehouse, logistics, and sales processes across companies instead of leaving them as isolated systems.
Priority ERPEDI/APImonday.com Dealer
/ 06 - SECURITY OPERATIONS

Plan-B SIEM, SOC, and MDR built for real production clients.

Designed and built cloud and on-prem SIEM/MDR capabilities to support Israeli Privacy Protection Amendment 13 readiness, MSP onboarding, and MSSP partner delivery.

The platform is live, onboarding direct clients, MSPs with their clients, and MSSPs that need a production-ready security operations stack.
SIEMSOC / MDRAmendment 13

Need the long version? The project archive can hold deeper case studies by company, role, problem, scope, result, and technology.

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100+projectsshipped.

PROJECTS SHIPPED100+
YEARS DEPLOYED29+
INDUSTRIESSaaS · Logistics · Software Development · Airlines
CURRENT FOCUSPlan-B Founder

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