Ben McDougall

Ben McDougall

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Director of Managed IT Services at Greystone Consulting Ltd

  • Managed IT Support
  • Microsoft 365
  • Cloud Consultancy
  • IT Director as a Service
  • Backup and Disaster Recovery
  • Cyber Security

Experience

Director of Managed IT Services
Greystone Consulting
Jul 2010 – Present
Manchester, United Kingdom

Senior Technical Consultant
Greystone Consulting
Aug 2003 – Jul 2010
Manchester, United Kingdom

Senior Support Analyst
Orange PCS Ltd
Aug 2001 – Aug 2003
Bristol, United Kingdom

IT Support Engineer
Dresser-Rand
Jan 2000 – Jan 2001
Manchester, United Kingdom

About

Experienced IT specialist with 20 years in technical operations working with front line IT services and technology.

With a background from technical operations and service delivery to technical project management and systems management, across predominantly Microsoft systems, within both large and small enterprise environments.

Currently working at Greystone Consulting as Technical Services Director offering technical consultancy and managed support services to businesses of all sizes in the UK and Ireland.

Specialties:
Windows Server Systems Consultancy,
Network and Systems Security,
Virtualisation technologies (VMware, Hyper-V),
Cloud Services (AWS)
Microsoft Office 365 / Exchange Consultancy,
High Availability / Disaster Recovery,
Microsoft SQL Server Consultancy,
Windows Network Deployment / Migration,
Network Support and Management,
Network and End-point Security

Interests:
Technology
Motorsport, F1
Fitness and boxing
Camping and outdoor pursuits

Favorite Quotes:
Keep it simple, stupid! – Kelly Johnson
Fail to prepare: Prepare to fail – Benjamin Franklin
We are the music-makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams – Willi Wonka