Ben Wilke Email & Phone Number

Eglin Air Force Base, Fl, Us

Huntsville, Alabama, Us

• Serves as acting Colsa Task Lead which includes approving time sheets, expense reports, and conducting performance reviews for employees in multiple divisions. Provides guidance and training to less experienced team members.• Acts as the technical and IT security lead for the EBX and EBA armament division which has multiple billion-dollar hypersonic programs for the EB directorate.• Supports over 300 users on various systems including NIPR, SIPR, and Special Access Program nodes.• Responsible for the inventory and updating of all comsec equipment such as VIPER’s, STE’s, and Taclanes.

Reston, Virginia, Us

• NIPR and SIPR admin to over 200 users in various NATO exercises which included provisioning accounts, adding users to groups, machines to both domains, and building networks in remote locations.• Led inventory control for 20 million dollars of equipment for all exercises worldwide.

Wakefield, Ma, Us

• Provided support for NIPR and SIPR machines and network devices for over 150 users, which included government and military service members. • Resolved over 1200 tickets using Remedy and SharePoint.• Acted as technical lead to branch SML for all hardware purchases, IT projects, and security issues.

• Acted as lead asset manager for a 100k budget per year for the research, procurement, and inventory for all IT equipment including routers, servers, switches, desktops, and laptops. • IT Project lead for multi million-dollar unmanned DOD programs which included working with vendors and all levels of management to ensure products were delivered on time and within budget.

Dallas, Tx, Us

• Performed as IT Vendor Manager for all international and domestic suppliers that were contracted by AT&T to supply IT services. This included managing connectivity to and from multi-million-dollar companies such as: Accenture, Tech Mahindra, Infosys, Cognizant, Tata, and HCL.• Led project to save over $500K with the successful transition from direct VPN tunnel connectivity to a HVD solution. This eliminated the need to provision individual firewall rules and costly network equipment.• Removed over 1,000 offshore contractors from unrestricted AT&T VPN access closing a potential security threat preventing millions of dollars in data loss.