Benjamin Petersen Email & Phone Number

Seattle, WA, US

Seattle, WA, US

Santa Clara, CA, US

Sr. Mgr of Infrastructure specializing in Virtualization, VMware, Containers, and Virtual Desktop Infrastructure

Santa Clara, CA, US

• Manager of Infrastructure Services - Virtualization. Technologies that the department oversees are VMware Datacenter products (vCenter, vROPS, vRealize Automation, vRealize Orchestrator, SRM) Virtual Desktop.
• Member of Architecture Review Board
• Member of Community of Practice - Architecture
• Member of Change Approval Board
• Established Agile format for team to push initiatives and department goals
• Manage team toward automation to accomplish new initiatives

Santa Clara, CA, US

Principle Infrastructure Engineer (Virtualization)- Technology agnostic team supporting, designing, implementing, and automating all areas within SVB. Groups including infrastructure, operations, development, and networking.Architect and deployed fully active/active design of VMware Horizon VDI solution for 800+ concurrent users worldwide.Architect a.

• Design, implementation, and maintenance of Global VMware VSphere Environment o 50+ Servers, 300+ VMs, 14 Countries
• Design, implementation, and maintenance of Virtual Desktop Infrastructure for Global company deploymento 100+ concurrent userso Secure Internal/External Access for VDI to better protect company IPo Virtual Application.
• Performs high-level root cause analysis for service interruption, recovery, and creating preventive measures
• Maintains system infrastructure and user documentation for hardware/software implementations
• Create, design, maintain, migrate, and manage Exchange 2013/O365 for 1800+ userso Single Sign On / ADFS high availability implementationo Azure DirSync implementationo User Migration to O365 cloud from On Prem Exchange
• Project Management with internal team and external vendors for multiple projects

Mason, OH, US

• Design, manage and procure all technology related items for a $12 Million dollar revenue company
• Design, manage, and maintain sever environment running on the VMware VSphere platform
• Support and maintenance of user environment of over 120 users with multiple site locations
• Design, setup, and manage Cisco router and switch environment
• Implement multiple SAN storage solutions for VMware and file sharing environment
• Manage external team of developers for corporate website

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Elected to represent the LX Technologies shareholders as a member of the board.

Phoenix, Arizona, US

• IT Systems Administrator for Total Transit, Inc.
• Systems Administrator of over 70+ Windows Servers
• VMWare Enterprise Plus configuration and maintenance
• NetApp SAN configuration and maintenance

• Project manager and lead technician for system installations, network upgrades and maintenance projects including upgrades from Windows 2000 domain to Windows 2008 domain, migration from POP3 email server to Exchange.
• Developed technical solutions and authored accreditation packages.
• Directed IT support for over 100 Active Directory domain and Microsoft Exchange accounts across multiple operating system platforms, networks, and domains. Provide direct customer support resolving hardware-software.
• Developed training plans and schedules.
• Directly managed system and network security through intrusion detection, and network monitoring. Maintained security log records and documentation. Installed and managed Cisco routers, switches, wireless devices.
• Recruited, trained, and oversaw Technical Arts department volunteer staff of over 40 people to meet the needs of weekly services attended by 2500+ people.

• At Pure Heart, the Associate Pastor of Worship and Arts is an extension of the Worship Pastors role. Although I serve at the discretion of the Worship Pastor & Senior Pastor, I am also personally responsible for many.
• Lead worship service 2 times a month for a church with 2500 in weekly attendance
• Lead worship in other ministries around campus when not leading in main service (Youth, Children’s, Young adults, and Legacy)
• Created and maintained a volunteer staff of 30+ team members in Technical Arts (Audio, Media, and Live Video with 4+ camera positions)
• Participate in the creation and maintenance of 30+ band members and singers on the worship team
• Technical Director of weekend services when not leading in a worship capacity

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• Clients included L3 communications, Army Core of Engineers and Johnson Controls. End client installations included the Federal Bureau of Investigations, Clarksburg west Virginia,, San Diego Naval Training facilities.
• Quality assurance manager for in-house developed software including developing and planning for future software needs, and training integrators, installers and clients on software systems.
• Managed Engineering Department, including interviewing and hiring prospective employees, overseeing daily operations of production output and project development as well as personnel needs.
• Created and maintained Windows Active Directory Network. Set up onsite and phone support for needs of customers, integrators and installers working in the field.

• Managed and maintained network operations center with over 500 active web servers for Atjeu, Inc.
• Managed on-site and overseas technical support teams.
• Setup and configuration of web based servers in Unix, Linux, and Windows Servers.
• Assisted clients on the creation of websites and virtual sales systems.

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• Supported over 4000 Active directory domain and Microsoft Exchange user accounts across multiple operating system platforms, networks, and domains.
• Planned and implemented migrations from Windows NT4 and Exchange 5.5 systems to Windows Server 2000 and Exchange 2000.
• Designed and maintained, backup solution, Kronos timekeeper, and Network based Anti-virus solutions for all corporate and remote location sites.
• Directed and trained help desk and desktop support technicians to resolve computer/software issues at corporate and off site locations.

• Established policies and programs and performed general management of business functions.
• Created and managed all aspects of computer needs for established accounts, including consulting, designing and configuring complex computer networks.

• Direct IT support for 12 users and 20 workstations on a NT 4.0 server environment.
• Maintained POS program for online and onsite transactions.