Phil Benton Email & Phone Number

Greater Chicago Area

Over 15 years of professional technology experience in a range of industries, currently focused on both virtualization and storage for both local office and Data Center deployments. Experienced in both the utility and deployment of VMware ESXi and Xenserver for virtual environments and Synology, Lenovo and similar NAS devices, as well as Equallogic, IBM and NetApp SAN for storage. In addition to virtualization and storage, also a daily working knowledge of Veeam Backup and Replication, HPC VM Explorer, Code42, and Cohesity backup solutions. Currently responsible for the virtual environments, storage, and backup solutions for CrossRealms and all most CrossRealms clients that rely on these systems.

Elk Grove Village Il

DCO 2nd Shift Team Lead at Regional Datacenter One (RDC1) for Chase Responsibilities of leading a three man team that included daily break-fix ticket resolution, server and infrastructure deployment, copper and fiber cable paths, server and infrastructure decommission and project management.

Chicago Il

Primary responsibility included the development, deployment, and ownership of FreeBSD and Linux systems in the production environment, including but not limited to:Squid-based proxy servers for internet accessSnort based systems for IPS/IDSSendmail systems for outbound mail routingCisco Ironport Spam filtering solutions for incoming mailSquid Reverse Proxy servers for Lotus Notes and OWA access from the internet.Bluecat and BIND based DNS systems for both LAN and Internet DNSLinux based FTP and Apache servers

Fort Knox Ky, Schweinfurt Germany

Sep 1985 thru February 1986Basic Training/AIT (OSUT) at FT. KnoxFebruary 1986 - February 1988Deployment Bravo Co, 3rd Battalion 64th Armored Division 3rd Infantry Schweinfurt GermanyFebruary 1988 - Jan 1989Deployment US Army Armor Center Ft. Knox