Benjamin D. Wakefield is a Software Engineer at HX5 Sierra, LLC. He possess expertise in .net, c#, microsoft sql server, software development, web development and 44 more skills. Colleagues describe him as "Ben came into IMT at a time when we were making a difficult transition from being a primarily LAMP-oriented development shop to a .NET-oriented development shop. On top of the technology migration, we were also going through a merger-acquisition of another tech and marketing firm. We were a small dev team taking on a lot client work in a very fast-paced environment. Ben was able to quickly take over the reigns on a lot of poorly-written legacy code. It's one thing to be able to write good code (which Ben can do very well), but it's a whole different (and much harder to master) skill set to be able to step into a landmine of spaghetti code and be able to quickly decipher what's going on in order to fix critical production-impacting defects. Ben saved our bacon on more than one occasion. I don't know how we could have made it through that time period without his expertise. Ben is very passionate about development, and is the type of person that is always staying on top of his education, something I value a lot when working with developers - the "always learning" mantra. He is a true craftsman and takes pride in his work. Ben's a great source to go to for new and refreshing ideas - he is able to both give and take constructive criticism, realizing the best ideas come about from great minds collaborating. Ben also works well with clients. I was able to delegate some work to Ben that required his direct interaction with internal and external customers, not something that more introverted types can handle. With the heavy workload that we had, it was nice to be able to give someone like Ben an assignment and know that it would be taken care of correctly and on time without the constant need to follow-up on progress. It was a pleasure to work with Ben, I highly recommend his work and leadership abilities." and "I worked with Ben while he was a web-server administrator. He taught me a great deal about administering a LAMP stack, including essential Bash commands, and the server-side perspective of web development. Ben is a hard worker, and is passionate about the work he does. Whenever we had an issue, Ben went out of his way to get things done."