Ben Lawrence Email & Phone Number

Atlanta, Ga, Us

New York, Ny And Atlanta, Ga

We are an IT Managed Service Provider with over 40 years of combined experience focusing on providing IT consulting services for small to medium sized businesses. We specialize in all phases of IT infrastructure and all tiers of support. We are highly skilled in migrations and application rollouts.

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Responsible for overseeing the IT strategy for the newly formed Scripps National Network and ensuring that it aligns with the business strategies of senior leadership.

Greater Atlanta Area

I oversee all IT operations and the infrastructure for our Atlanta based headquarters as well as our sales office in New York. I work directly with the CEO and CFO to outline IT's role in the strategic planning for the company.

Greater Atlanta Area

Greater Atlanta Area

Manage all IT operations for the Atlanta headquarters as well as all remote locations. Reporting directly to the V.P. of IT Operations.

Greater Atlanta Area

Atlanta, Ga

Worked exclusively with application owners to technically document, test and prepare applications for the Windows 7 readiness initiative.

Greater Atlanta Area

Oversee all direct support for the top 100 Executives in the company. Designed and implemented proactive measures in order to facilitate a redundant, minimum down time environment. Responsible for consultation, recommendations, purchasing and ultimate implementation of all new technologies that would benefit the Executives in their roles. Overseeing the current HP Elite Pad tablet Proof of Concept project that is designed to cut in half the number of devices each employee would have to carry, ultimately saving the company hundreds of thousands of dollars Assigned by upper management to develop a SIPOC map in order to set the framework for 2014 employee objectives.

Greater Atlanta Area

Sole responsibility for all IT functions for the fast growing Atlanta Falcons Physical Therapy business. This includes consulting and purchasing, all deployment and configuration, forecasting future needs based on projected growth and the management of all day to day support functions. Managed 3rd party company (PossibleNow) which was responsible for all day to day support for the remote physical therapy locations. Also responsible for the day to day and game-day support of the Atlanta Falcons Ticketing and Retail Operations at the Georgia Dome as well as the AMB Group Family Office and The Arthur M Blank Family Foundation.

Greater Atlanta Area

Primary function in this role was the migration of over 1200 staff email accounts, as well as all mobile devices (Blackberry, IPhone, Android, and windows Mobile) from the current Exchange server environment to a hosted cloud environment. This migration process also consisted of desktop troubleshooting, Windows 7 configuration and updating, configuring accounts on the BES and in Active Directory, and extensive customer contact requiring excellent communication skills.

Orlando, Florida Area

Orlando, Florida Area

Managed all internal desktop support for Disney’s Global Merchandising group. Responsible for initial hardware/software consultation, design specifications, ordering, and setup. Setup and configured all mobile devices. Primary for all video teleconferencing and content sharing across both domestic and international offices. Responsible for Business Objects reporting for inventory control as it pertained to merchandise within the various theme parks. Spearheaded an inventory control and asset management system that resulted in a $72,000 a month savings on unnecessary leased equipment.

Greater Atlanta Area

Progressive startup business specializing in Premium on line digital advertising. Opened in June of 2008System Admin duties - Project managed and successfully met all deadlines and budgets for the voice, data, and cable setup for both the Atlanta and NY offices. Responsible for the oversight of the transition from Mac Mail to a hosted Exchange environment. Setup and maintained all Mac workstations, printers, and routers. Also setup and configured all Blackberries and IPhones for both offices. Responsible for learning our ad server system and generating ad tags in order to traffic into our publishers system. Client Relations duties - Development of the client on boarding documentation and all related training materials. Oversaw all final contract negotiations for ad operation directives. Configured the client profile in the Burst/Ad Conductor ad serving system. Once complete, oversaw the training of the client for their user interface (Publisher Account Center). This was a thorough walkthrough of the reporting, analytical, account reconciliation, and final distribution of payment functionality to the client.

Greater Atlanta Area

Provided project management and desktop/network support for all divisions of CNN and Turner Broadcasting (TBS) as one of two Leads in 28-member Production Support department supporting 8,400+ users for this leading global media/entertainment company, reporting to the Director. Set up, configured, and troubleshoot PCs. Installed and maintained all software/hardware. Acted as lead Architect and Project Manager of LAN for major industry conferences (RTNDA and NAB) supporting CNN Newsource Sales and requiring five-month preparation and on-site administration of network/PCs, and satellite systems.Key Achievements: Served as dedicated IT support for two highly visible groups totaling 100 staff, including TBS Strategic Planning and CNN Newsource Sales team generating $10+ million in annual sales. Received 2001 Star Performer award for “above and beyond” service on RTNDA/NAB conference. Achieved three Technology Services Employee of the Month awards (two in 2003 and one in 2001). Reduced annual cell phone costs $43,200 (from $54,000 to $10,800) by initiating and negotiating with AT&T a flat monthly rate using Blackberry devices for 22-member CNN Newsource sales force. Instrumental in integrating fractured department composed of multiple separate factions into a cohesive, cooperative team by recommending and facilitating monthly department lunch meeting. Initiated and developed Intranet-based knowledge forum for all technology services groups to streamline support by providing venue for sharing ideas, problems, and solutions. Upon arrival at the company, I was strategically placed in the legal department for nine months in order to improve the service and support structure that was in place. Primarily responsible for maintaining the document management system (PCDOCS), and ensuring Y2K compliance of all desktops and systems.

Greater Atlanta Area

Greater Atlanta Area

Greater Atlanta Area

Hartford, Connecticut Area