Ben Hooker

Experience

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  United States Marine Corps

  Dec 1999 - Dec 2003

  Marine

  United States Marine E4/CorporalCorrections SpecialistStationed in Camp LeJeune Jacksonville NC, Lackland AFB San Antonio TX, Quantico VA, Okinawa Japan, and Camp Pendleton Sandiego CA.

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  ADP

  Jan 2004 - Jan 2005

  Print Operator
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  IBM

  Oct 2006 - Nov 2007

  SSR

  P series (UNIX/AIX) hardware and software configuration-installationStorage (virtual tape and physical tape)X series (widows administration) Netapp admin certifiedNetworking (certifed Cisco provider, Network Appliance, Nortel)

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  State of Ohio

  Jan 2007 - Mar 2012

  Exchange 2010, Exchange 2007PowershellUnix Administration (including AIX,HP-UX, Linux)Windows Administration - , Active Directory, Encryption ( ZIX ), Spam Gateway ( Trend Micro ), Archiving ( Enterprise Vault ), Right-Fax, BES (Blackberry Enterprise Server administration) Administered an Exchange organization and associated messaging services. Exchange versions 2007 and 2010Blackberry servers, Fax Servers, List servers, Storage for Exchange and Server builds

  • Infrastructure Specialist (MS Exchange Admin)

    Dec 2007 - Mar 2012

  • Infrastructure Specialist

    Jan 2007 - Jan 2011
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  State of Ohio Department of Administrative Services

  Feb 2012 - Jul 2015

  Enterprise Information Technology Director (Active Directory/ Identity Management/ Messaging)

  Manage staff and environment responsible for Active Directory, Identity Management, and Messaging services. This includes:Active Directory (process, procedure, management) Identity Services (continual development, rollout of services and features – using Forefront Identity Manager) Messaging environment – 2 exchange 2010 environments with full GAL synch, Spam filtering, Server Hardware, List server, Blackberry Administration, Fax server, and Email Encryption.Projects include: Messaging platform consolidations (GroupWise, Lotus Notes, Exchange versions) moved to one Exchange System. Deployed hybrid configuration for maintaining on premise and cloud based mail users. Show less

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  Microsoft

  Jul 2015 - now

  Chief Technology Officer at Microsoft | Education Industry Partners A Client Technology Lead (CTL) knows a little about a lot. They have a working knowledge of the entire suite of Microsoft products, from the operating system on your tablet all the way to the vastness of Azure. A CTL can talk with you at the strategic level and has connections into teams of specialists when the customer wants to dive deep. I’d be glad to speak with you about how we take you from where you’re at, to where you want to go. An ATS "knows a little about a lot." They have a working knowledge of the entire suite of Microsoft products, from the operating system on your tablet all the way to the vastness of Azure. An ATS can talk with you at the strategic level and has connections into teams of specialists when the customer wants to dive deep. I’d be glad to speak with you about how we take you from where you’re at to where you want to go. Customer Relationship Management, Service Delivery, Enterprise IT Practice

  • Chief Technology Officer at Microsoft Education Industry Partners

    Jul 2023 - now

  • Account Technology Strategist

    Sept 2021 - Jul 2023

  • Client Technology Lead

    Nov 2021 - Jul 2022

  • Account Technology Strategist

    Sept 2021 - Nov 2021

  • Senior Customer Success Account Manager

    Jul 2020 - Nov 2021

  • Sr Technical Account Manager

    Aug 2017 - Jul 2020

  • Technical Account Manager

    Jul 2015 - Jul 2020