Benjamin Winfrey

**** ************ ****** #*** • Alexandria, Virginia 22305

Cell: 703-***-**** • E-mail: c276w3@r.postjobfree.com

Experience Summary

Hands-on technical experience with an in depth knowledge of IT systems and critical infrastructure; proficient at

improving facility and data center solutions to ensure continuity in production environments, and increasing efficiency

through skillful design, collaboration and implementation of advanced systems, platforms and technical units.

Hardware/Equipment: IBM; Cisco Catalyst core switches and routers; Avocent KVM switches; EMC; Tandberg;

Dell; Blue Coat; Checkpoint; SUN; EMC; UPS systems: APC Symmetra, MGE; Liebert HVAC; Static switch gear;

Pre action fire suppression systems; Cummins Generators; Netbotz temperature/liquid sensors, IP cameras; Copper

Cat 5&6, Fiber OM 1&3; network patching

Server Software/Applications: VMware vCenter; Linux; Novell; Windows; Data Center Planner; StruxureWare

Central; ModBus; Microsoft Suite, Visio; Windows; Avocent DS View; AutoCAD

Networking: TCP/IP, DHCP, DNS, DDNS, SNMP, SMTP

experience details

Booz Allen Hamilton, Mclean, VA August 2009 – November 2012

Consultant, Critical Infrastructure Engineering & Management

Supported the design, operation and management of the firm’s production and disaster recovery facilities, as well

as 90+ labs and externally managed hosting facilities

Collaborated with clients to optimize systems management, network operations, environmental monitoring and

critical infrastructure reliability within production facilities

Led teams of 5-16 employees for infrastructure relocation efforts including exchange, VMs, SAN, security,

networking, and telecom equipment; initiated cross team collaboration to complete the relocation efforts with

minimal downtime and reduced cost

Managed KVM integration for 90+ environments to allow 24/7 remote access to systems and reduce response

times from 70 hours to 30 minutes

Oversaw the design and installation of fiber optic and copper infrastructure in the firm’s production and disaster

recovery environments

Worked with electrical contractors to evaluate and purchase upgrades for UPS equipment including input/output

electrical and power distribution components based off site survey and blue print specifications

Developed procedures, documentation and templates to streamline deploying and maintaining the firm’s IT

critical infrastructure and server environments

Oversaw emergency and preventative maintenance on UPS and HVAC units to mitigate failure to a system or sub

system in the firm’s production environments

Created documentation based on best practices for remote office site surveys to gather data that is used to size,

purchase and deploy network, telecom and UPS equipment and install environmental/UPS monitoring and video

surveillance

Managed scheduled office power and water outages by working with client teams, facilities and building

management to either gracefully power down IT and UPS equipment, or supply battery backup and standalone

supplemental AC units to maintain services, depending on employee and client project requirements

Booz Allen Hamilton, Mclean, VA January 2009 – August 2009

Self Employed Contractor, Critical Infrastructure

Initiated the first phase of a 10 phase relocation plan to move the company’s main production data center to a new

colocation facility in Equinix; phase 1 included Exchange and EMC SAN equipment

Worked with the Critical Infrastructure team to purchase and deploy the copper and fiber infrastructure for the

firm’s new 2,000 sqft production environment

Oversaw all data center mechanical and electrical components and worked with vendors to optimize system

requirements and ensure stability in each environment

Deployed APC environmental equipment for Data Centers, Labs and LAN rooms and created thresholds based off

graphical analysis to alert on call personnel at the early stages of a network or environmental emergency

Created documentation for maintaining and carrying out pre action fire suppression testing with Building

Engineers and Fire Marshalls

Silverback Strategies, Alexandria, VA July 2008 – August 2009

Network Engineer

Installed, configured, upgraded and maintained the company’s Cisco networking and Avaya telecom/video

communication equipment

Collaborated with the building contractor to run Cat 5 network cables and install patch panels at employee

workstations based off blue print specifications

Trained the company’s new network engineer to transition responsibilities prior to leaving the company

Supported pay per click marketing efforts

Provided capacity planning and expert assistance on future growth

CBRE, Washington, DC June 2007 – July 2008

Client Services, Investment Properties

Controlled the web-based asset management platform for a portfolio of 23 properties individually valued at $20

million and higher, collectively exceeding $1.6 billion, which was used in the sale of over eight million square

feet of office space

Analyzed site surveys and incorporated property specifications, financial reports and market fundamentals into an

integrated web-based solution to effectively appeal to a master list of over 7,000 institutional and private investors

Executed the transaction of due diligence to streamline the sale of 1940 & 2000 Duke Street, which sold at a

record price of $588.06 per square foot, the highest recorded in northern Virginia until 2007

Contributed to the sale of the Loudoun County Portfolio, a three building 337,227 square foot facility by

controlling web based marketing and coordinating the transaction of due diligence between Boston Properties and

Prudential Real Estate Investors

Major Accomplishments:

Outstanding Performance Award (2009) worked closely with the Information Security team to troubleshoot and

diagnose issues with systems critical to the firm’s network security; Team Appreciation Award (2010) relocated and

closed the firm’s old production data center facility prior to the lease expiration date without any unplanned outages

Education

George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia Graduated in May 2007

Bachelor of Science, Economics

CDCP – Certified Data Center Professional October 24, 2012

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