eSolutions Support Engineer at Newedge Financial
Greater Chicago Area
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- eSolutions Support Engineer at Newedge Financial
- Past
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- Systems Administrator at Globalcom
- Systems Administrator at Iowa State University
- Jr. Systems Administrator at Iowa State University
- Education
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- Iowa State University
- Iowa State University
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Ben Vaughan’s Summary
Strategic thinking and tactical acting technologist who enjoys the challenge of solving difficult problems. Works well in the architect and implementation phases of technology solutions where evaluating many competing ideas, quick thinking, and solid technical skills are valuable. Enjoys building correct solutions and believes that "done well" is almost always better than "done".
Ben Vaughan’s Specialties:
server architecture, problem to solution mapping, discerning appropriate technology application
Ben Vaughan’s Experience
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eSolutions Support Engineer
Newedge Financial
(Financial Services industry)
June 2008 — Present (2 months)
Electronic trading platform engineer
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Systems Administrator
Globalcom
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Telecommunications industry)
August 2007 — April 2008 (9 months)
Project leader, mentor, Sysadmin, IT architecht, network engineer and help desk all rolled into one.
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Systems Administrator
Iowa State University
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)
May 2001 — July 2007 (6 years 3 months)
Project leader, mentor and server systems administration for Iowa State University's College of Engineering. Worked with students, faculty and staff to provide a cutting edge, high-tech educational environment. Mentored and lead staff to enable a "culture of ideas".
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Jr. Systems Administrator
Iowa State University
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)
September 1997 — May 2001 (3 years 9 months)
- Part time position
- Was mentored and trained under professional systems administrators
- Moved from part time help to fully trusted and fully included part-time sysadmin
- Implemented AD for College of Engineering
- Implemented Exchange 2000 for College of Engineering
- Created processes and procedures for College's Windows network
Ben Vaughan’s Education
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Iowa State University
MSIA, Information Assurance, 2002 — 2009 (expected)
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Iowa State University
1996 — 2001
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Ben Vaughan’s Interests:
Computers, cars, radio, cooking, music, gtd
Ben Vaughan’s Groups:
LOPSA
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Chicago Technology Network member
Ben Vaughan’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- consulting offers
- new ventures
- expertise requests
- reference requests
- getting back in touch
