Ben Garforth

Ben Garforth

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  • About me

    Executive Director, Enterprise Technology & Services at Morgan Stanley

  • Education

    • Lake Washington Technical College

      2006 - 2008
      AAS, Computer Security and Network Technologies
  • Experience

    • TEKsystems

      Jan 2010 - Jun 2011

      Boeing's Enterprise Helpdesk - TEKSystems ContractEscalation Analyst for Universal Analysts to escalate more complex issues to.Working with and resolving a wide variety of issues while providing excellent customer service.Communicating with others on team to help resolve more difficult and odd problems to efficiently get the customer up and running in a timely fashion. Subject Matter Expert for various pieces of software used in the environment.Working with Product Managers to report and fix application bugs. Show less

      • Tier 2 Desktop Workstation Support Escalation Analyst

        May 2010 - Jun 2011
      • Tier 1 Universal Analyst

        Jan 2010 - May 2010
    • Parametric

      Jun 2011 - Jan 2020

      • Escalation support for Solutions Technicians• System Administrator and Engineer• SAN Storage Administrator• VMWare Administrator (VCP510-DCV)

      • Senior Manager, Systems Engineering

        Nov 2019 - Jan 2020
      • Manager, Systems Engineering

        May 2017 - Nov 2019
      • Senior Systems Engineer

        Nov 2015 - May 2017
      • Solutions/Systems Engineer

        Nov 2013 - Nov 2015
      • Senior Solutions Technician

        Sept 2012 - Nov 2013
      • Solutions Technician

        Jun 2011 - Sept 2012
    • Eaton Vance

      Jan 2020 - Jan 2022
      AVP, Senior Manager, Systems Engineering
    • Morgan Stanley

      Jan 2022 - now
      Executive Director, Enterprise Technology & Services
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • A+

      CompTIA
    • Net+

      CompTIA
    • CCSP - Certified Cloud Security Professional

      (ISC)²
      May 2017
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    • VMware Certified Professional 5 - Data Center Virtualization (VCP510)

      VMware
      Aug 2013
    • VMware Certified Advanced Professional 5 - Data Center Administration (VDCA550)

      VMware
      Aug 2014