Michael Prairie

Michael Prairie currently serves as the Corporate Crane Business System Manager at Crane Company, where responsibilities include developing and implementing strategic process improvement initiatives that enhance operational efficiency and align with organizational goals. Prior to this role, Michael held positions as an IT Support Specialist, leading projects such as the migration of Crane PaperSave to the cloud and facilitating the transition of end users to new laptops during a company split. Experience also includes supporting the Springfield Water and Sewer Commission with end-user support and leading a significant operating system migration project. Michael began a career in IT as an intern at Integra Optics, Inc., focusing on network and hardware troubleshooting. Michael holds a Bachelor's degree in Information Technology from the University at Albany.