Ben Gent

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About Ben Gent

Extensive experience with technology integration. Quickly assess, implement, and deliver returns on new solutions across the technology spectrum. Work Alpha to GA release on multiple products in Security, Storage, and Visualization space. Comfortable building datacenter solutions around highly available storage and virtualized infrastructure. Built, implemented, and proven DR solutions work in real site loss. Exceeded RTO/RPO significantly in multiple events. Comfortable in crisis situations, make correct decisions quickly. Integral part of core engineering team that accomplished the following: Build highly robust platform to support TribuneMedia's total system requirements. Deploy Riverbed appliance solution to 42 Broadcast stations. Automate server deployment cycle to these appliances. Work with Infoblox, Cyphort, and Vectra to integrate security into Riverbed appliances. Specialties: Virtualized datacenter, Large scale datacenter storage solutions built around a diverse set of business requirements. Global Implementation vSphere / NetApp / PURE environments. Riverbed Steelhead and SteelFusion deployment. Design Storage aware application integration for: SQL Server Oracle Exchange VMware ESX / vSAN SAN/NAS & Cluster Storage Architecture. Storage design and integration. Storage Demand planning. Cisco / Brocade SAN switching. Blended storage solutions vSAN to Flash. Managing Professional Services to deliver solutions and retained knowledge to organization.