Ben Personick (Previously QCubed)

Lead SaaS Infrastructure Engineer

New York City,
New York,
United States of America

Member Since: 2008/07/14

Industry: Accounting/Finance

Top Skills:

Windows Server 2012 Active Directory Windows Server 2008

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Message

Nothing is more fun than being able to do what others think can't be done.

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Points this month15

Total points781,711

Questions: 6

Solutions: 487

Articles: 1

Videos:

Tutorials:

Posts: 1

Group Discussions: 5

Live: 7

Professional Background

Lead Network Engineer (Hosting)

Reval

2013 – Present

Manhattan, NY

Lead Network Engineer

Turbonomic / VMTurbo

June 2012 – February 2013

Valhalla, NY

Lead Network Engineer - Hosting

Walters Kluwer / Casevault

April 2008 – June 2012

Valhalla, NY

Senior Network Engineer

Arcadian Networks

June 2006 – March 2008

Valhalla, NY

Manager of Hosting Infrastructure

Pragmatix

2002 – 2006

Elmsford, NY

Westchester Operations IT Consultant

Englehardt / BASF

2001 – 2001

Peekskill, NY

Full Biography

I am looking to leverage my deep technical and leadership experience to lead a systems infrastructure team in delivering on time, high quality projects. I’m also a proven collaborator and team-builder looking to develop a high-performance team.

Core Technical Skills and Concepts:
• Virtualization: VMWare ESX, vSphere, HyperV, XEN, Cloudstack, Virtual Cloud Director, Red Hat
o      Clustering, High Availability, DRS
• Network Security & Routing: Cisco ASA, CheckPoint, Fortiguard, Nokia IP Routers, Vyatta, etc.
o      Multisite VPN and Routing, Intrusion Prevention, and Security policy enforcement
• Server: Windows, SuSE, Red Hat, CENT OS
o      Clustering, Active Directory, Apache, IIS, Microsoft SQL, My SQL, Exchange
• Data Storage (SAN & NAS): EMC, BlueArc, Compellent, Dell
o      Fibre and iSCSI LUN, Provisioning, Deduplication, Forecasting
• Scripting/Programing: Batch, Bash, VBScript, AutoIT, SQL, VB.Net, C#.Net, ASP/ASP.Net, PowerShell

Languages

Limited Working Proficiency

Windows CMD Scripting

Full Professional Proficiency

Limited Working Proficiency

ASP/ASP.net

Limited Working Proficiency

java

Limited Working Proficiency

JavaScript

Limited Working Proficiency

Powershell

Full Professional Proficiency

Perl

Limited Working Proficiency

Bash Scripting

Professional Working Proficiency

SQL

Professional Working Proficiency

Level Progress

Current: Level 19

Ben needs 18,289 points to level up.

LVL 20

What do levels mean?

Overall

19

781,711
Powershell

10

236,421
Windows Batch

9

170,145
Windows OS

7

124,680
Active Directory

7

123,184
Microsoft DOS

6

94,695
Windows Server 2008

6

73,916
Microsoft Office

6

72,600
VB Script

5

69,823
Microsoft Excel

5

69,700
Scripting Languages

5

65,221
Microsoft Server OS

5

59,768
Exchange

4

45,788
Windows 10

4

40,100
Windows Server 2003

4

40,032
VMware

4

39,452
Shell Scripting

4

39,244
Windows 7

4

33,348
Azure

3

31,400
Windows Server 2016

3

31,350
Networking

3

30,383
Windows Server 2012

3

26,583
Microsoft 365

3

24,400
Programming

3

22,404
Storage

3

22,014
Virtualization

3

20,568
VBA

3

19,450
DNS

3

19,100
Storage Software

3

18,775
SBS

2

16,400
Software

2

15,450
Windows XP

2

15,168
Outlook

2

15,000
Security

2

14,382
Microsoft SQL Server

2

12,482
Spreadsheets

2

12,325
VPN

2

12,183
Microsoft Legacy OS

2

12,159
Hyper-V

2

12,100
vSphere

2

10,750
PC

2

8,750
Web Development

2

8,360
Remote Access

1

7,550
SQL

1

7,550
Dell

1

7,084
Operating Systems

1

6,750
ColdFusion Language

1

6,650
Math / Science

1

6,550
Windows Networking

1

6,050
Microsoft SharePoint

1

6,000
Microsoft Applications

1

5,820
System Utilities

1

5,500
Cisco

1

4,900
Installation

1

4,800
Databases

1

4,700
Computer Games

1

4,650
Microsoft Word

1

4,650
Hardware

1

4,550
Microsoft IIS Web Server

1

4,550
Visual Basic Classic

1

4,500
Android

1

4,150
Microsoft SQL Server 2005

1

4,140
Google

1

4,054
Miscellaneous

1

4,042
Web Browsers

1

4,004
Printers and Scanners

1

4,000
WSUS

1

4,000
Windows 8

1

4,000
Routers

1

3,800
Microsoft Development

1

3,720
Components

1

3,600
Regular Expressions

1

3,500
Microsoft Access

1

3,460
TCP/IP

1

3,400
Disaster Recovery

1

3,375
Storage Hardware

1

3,350
.NET Programming

1

3,268
ASP.NET

1

3,100
Game Programming

1

3,100
Server Software

1

3,100
Google Workspace

1

3,050
COBOL

1

3,000
Hardware Firewalls

1

3,000
OS Security

1

2,860
Network Analysis

1

2,800
Anti-Virus Apps

1

2,664
ASP

1

2,550
Sales

1

2,550
IT Administration

1

2,364
Switches / Hubs

1

2,334
Microsoft SQL Server 2008

1

2,332
Adobe Acrobat

1

2,200
Apache Web Server

1

2,150
Network Operations

1

2,150
Domain Controller

1

2,050
Chrome

1

2,004
Document Management

1

2,000
File Sharing Software

1

2,000
HTML

1

2,000
Internet Explorer (IE)

1

2,000
Internet Protocols

1

2,000
Linux Networking

1

2,000
Mobile

1

2,000
Perl

1

2,000
SCCM

1

2,000
SSL / HTTPS

1

2,000