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title = "Curriculum Vitae"
baseURL = "https://cv.techrelay.xyz"
baseURL = "https://cv.nbennett.xyz"
theme = "researcher"
disableKinds = ["taxonomy", "term"]
enableEmoji = true
math = true # enable KaTeX (https://katex.org/) globally
googleAnalytics = "" # add your tracking id
googleAnalytics = "G-7V7K2G9B8E" # add your tracking id

[params]
author = "Nicholas T. Bennett"
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logo = "" # url or path to a logo to put in the header
[params.footer]
text = "By Nicholas T. Bennett"
url = "https://techrelay.xyz"
url = "https://nbennett.xyz"
[params.style] # appearance options (can be omitted)
fontFamily = "Inconsolata"
pageWidth = "750px"
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{{< figure class="avatar" src="/avatar.jpg" alt="avatar">}}

My name is Nicholas T. Bennett. I have been in IT for just over 16 years, It is my biggest passion oustide of travel, I have spent most of my life growing up overseas and have been to 65+ countries so far across 4 contienents. I spend a lot of time in Tech even outside of work as I have a large home environment to maintain.
My name is Nicholas T. Bennett. I have been in IT for just over 17 years, with a strong skillset in Virtualization, MS 365/Intune/AAD and Active Directory, It is my biggest passion oustide of travel, I have spent most of my life growing up overseas and have been to 65+ countries so far across 4 contienents. I spend a lot of time in Tech even outside of work as I have a large home environment to maintain.

For my Home Lab and Home Prod I have 24U racks filled with Enterprise Kit including 4 Hypervisors in 2 clusters comprising of Proxmox for Home Prod and ESXI/vCenter for Home Lab, Full 10Gig SFP Core between my ONT/GPON, Firewall and Core Switch, Synology NAS as well as my main desktop, Full PBX with several IP Phones of varrying brands through out the house, Full AD, Azure AD, Office365 with Hybrid-Sync and finally the rest of the space is filled with Appliances and Bare-Metal Linix Hosts running things like stand alone services/application as well as Docker.
For my Home Lab and Home Production I have two 24U racks filled with Enterprise Kit including 4 Hypervisors in 2 clusters comprising of Proxmox for Home Prod and ESXI/vCenter for Home Lab, Full 10Gig SFP, Firewall and Core Switch, Synology NAS as well as my main desktop, Full PBX with several IP Phones of varrying brands through out the house, Full AD, Azure AD, Office365 with Hybrid-Sync and finally the rest of the space is filled with Appliances and Bare-Metal Linix Hosts running things like stand alone services/applications as well as a Docker swarm cluster.

When I am not Traveling, Working with Tech or Maintaining my Home Env. I like to spend time outside doing things like Hiking, Camping, Overlanding, Ski/Snowboard, Surf, Dive, or really anything that has to do with Snow or Water, I host a weekly Board and Tabletop Game Night, I play Darts in a weekly League, and spend time with friends and family. I generally make very quality relationships weather its a vendor, client, peer, random person at the grocery store etc.. as I am exremely social for someone in the Tech Field which brings a different perspective than your average bear in IT.
<!-- When I am not Traveling, Working with Tech or Maintaining my Home Env. I like to spend time outside doing things like Hiking, Camping, Overlanding, Ski/Snowboard, Surf, Dive, or really anything that has to do with Snow or Water, I host a weekly Board and Tabletop Game Night, I play Darts in a weekly League, and spend time with friends and family. I generally make very quality relationships wether its a vendor, client, peer, random person at the grocery store etc.. as I am exremely social for someone in the Tech Field which brings a different perspective than your average bear in IT. -->

## Work History

**Systems Administrator Mid-Market - Resultant**
Pull tickets from various boards at various stages in ticket life, Troubleshoot and Remdiate issues, Conduct monthly maintainance, Excecute Project work, Maintain Client Relationships. On-call Rotation.
**Tier 3 Engineer- GL.iNet** <br>
*Oct. 2025 - Present* <br>
<br> Manage Support team, Dispatch Tickets, Review ticket quality, Train agents.
<br>

**Systems Administrator - Garden of the Gods Collection**
Maintain Infrastructure including Hyper-Visors, Server, Firewalls,
**IT Manager - Omni Hotels & Resorts** <br>
*July 2023 - Present* <br>
<br> Manage IT Department across two properties, Maintain Vendor relationships, Manage projects, Manage Budget, Assign tickets and project work to team, Ocasional field work and site visits.
<br>


**Systems Administrator Mid-Market - Resultant** <br>
*Sept. 2021 - Nov 2022* <br>
<br>Focus mainly on one client that is a city government with a heavy vmware and Azure/Intune/o365 environment, Ocasionally will Pull tickets from various boards at various stages in ticket life, Troubleshoot and Remdiate issues, Conduct monthly maintainance, Excecute Project work, Maintain Client Relationships. On-call Rotation.
<br>


**Systems Administrator - Contract - Gallop Tech** <br>
*Apr. 2021 - Aug. 2021* <br>
<br>Manage clients, Perform Maintainance, Impliment infrastructure, Light Dispatching, Onsite travel, overall general sysadmin tasks on top of project work. Mainly on-prem AD, AzureAD/Intune/o365, Vmware Virtualization
<br>


**Systems Administrator - Garden of the Gods Collection** <br>
*Feb. 2019 - Apr. 2021* <br>
<br>Maintain Infrastructure including Hyper-Visors, Server, Firewalls,
Switches, Routers, End User Hardware, IT Ticket System. Diagnose
and Troubleshoot Infrastructure and End User issues as needed.
Build and Deploy Systems. Maintain on-call Protocols and Proce-
dures. Build, Deploy, Manage Docker environment. Troubleshoot Au-
dio and Video Systems. Maintain and troubleshoot Salto Access Con-
trol, Maintain and Resolve End User Tickets. Also provided support
for an onsite Medical Wellness Center and Medical Billing company.
Deploy and Maintain Infrastructure for GPON System
Deploy and Maintain Infrastructure for GPON System. Manage and maintain Office 365 with Azure AD hyrbid and intune.
<br>

**Consultant Self Employed**
Design, Build, Deploy, and Maintain Infrastructure.
Migrate on-prem to cloud offerings like azure/365.
General Support and Maintainance.

**IT Manager - Safety Station & Ink182**
Designed the Infrastructure from scratch, Built out servers, firewalls,
**IT Manager - Safety Station & Ink182** <br>
*Mar. 2016 - Feb. 2019* <br>
<br>Designed the Infrastructure from scratch, Built out servers, firewalls,
routers, and switches, Deployed entire infrastructure, maintain and
troubleshoot as needed.
troubleshoot as needed. Deployed hybrid aad/o365 fron scratch. Manage and maintain Cloud infrastructure
<br>

**iOS/Mac - Technician Voelker Research**
<!--**iOS/Mac Technician - Voelker Research**
Diagnose, Troubleshoot, and Repair various Ios, Macintosh and other
devices
devices-->


**Lead iOS/Mac Repair - Technician Colorado IPhone Repair**
Diagnose, Troubleshoot, and Repair various iOS, Macintosh and other
**Lead iOS/Mac Repair Technician - Colorado IPhone Repair** <br>
*Dec. 2014 - Mar. 2016* <br>
<br>Diagnose, Troubleshoot, and Repair various iOS, Macintosh and other
devices as well as oversee the other technicians and office clerical
duties.
duties.
<br>


**Owner/Consultant - Self Employed - Tech Relay** <br>
*Jan. 2013 - Present* <br>
<br>Design, Build, Deploy, and Maintain Infrastructure.
Migrate on-prem to cloud offerings like azure/365.
Strong focus on Intune, AzureAD (on prem AD as well) and office 365
General Support and Maintainance.
<br>

## Skills

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**WebDev Basics:** HTML, CSS, PHP.

**Design:** Basic AutoCAD, Basic Adobe Suite.
**Design:** Basic AutoCAD, Basic Adobe
Suite.

**Cloud/Directory** Very Adept knowledge of On-Prem AD, Azure AD, Intune, Office 365/MS 365. Over 10+ years Experience

**Virtualization:** VMware, Citrix,
Hyper-V, Proxmox, Docker, LXC,
KVM/QEMU.
KVM/QEMU. Over 10+ years of vmware experience.

**Infrastructure:** Design, Build, Deploy,
Maintain Servers and Network or
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## Continued Education

**MOOC's:** Introduction to HTML, PHP, JS, SQL & Python Courses on Datacamp.
Ethical Hacking & Security Specialization, Automate the boring stuff, Ultimate Penetration Testing, Powershell Basics on udemy
Ethical Hacking & Security Specialization, Automate the boring stuff, Ultimate Penetration Testing, Powershell Basics, Penetration and Bug Bounty Hunting, Website Hacking and Security, Penetration Testing Basics.

**E-Books:** Automate the boring stuff, Powershell in a month of lunches.

**LAB:** I am constantly adding hardware to my lab, Spinning up new application, software, etc... to stay current with emerging tech.
**LAB:** I am constantly adding hardware to my lab, Spinning up new Appliances and Applications, Software, etc... to stay current with emerging tech. I currently have two 24U racks with two Hypervisor clusters, full AD with hybrid sync and AAD, full PBX setup with sip trunk to name a few.


## Education
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title = "Contact"
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* Blog Email: [nick@techrelay.xyz](mailto:nick@techrelay.xyz)
* Personal Email: [nick@nbennett.xyz](mailto:nick@nbennett.xyz)
* Desk Phone: [+1(716)-330-1126](tel:+17163301126)
## Contact Info

<!--* Blog Email: [nick@techrelay.xyz](mailto:nick@techrelay.xyz)-->
* Personal Email: [nick@bennett.lol](mailto:nick@bennett.lol)
* Desk Phone: [+1(774)-418-0269](tel:+17744180269)

---

## Mailing Address
## Websites

* Personal Site: [nbennett.xyz](https://nbennett.xyz)
* Personal Blog: [Tech Relay](https:://techrelay.xyz/posts)
* Alternate CV: [CV Two](https://cv.techrelay.xyz)
<!--## Mailing Address

> PO Box
>
> Colorado Springs, Colorado
>
> United States

-->
---

## Social

1. [Github](#)
2. [LinkedIn](#)
3. [Twitter](#)
4. [Blog](https://techrelay.xyz)
1. [Github](https://github.com/zippyy)
2. [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicholas-bennett-93212015a/)
3. [Blog](https://techrelay.xyz/posts)
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