Ben Malek CEO of Malek and Associates based out of Chicago, IL and Tampa, FL. and also is vice president of K-Plus Technology Solutions LLC, a Lotus/IBM business partner in Chicago. Ben is a Author, Writer, and Speaker.

Consulting projects have included Lotus Notes application development, Domino Server administration, project management, team leadership, support, training, documentation, web integration, migration between mail systems, and global enterprise network, desktop and wireless architecture. Ben Malek has been a leader in managing, building, deploying and migrating large-scale Notes/Domino Infrastructures. Ben Malek has experience in a variety of industries including software development, financial, insurance, manufacturing, advertising and healthcare. Ben is well known and respected within the global IT community for his Notes/Domino expertise as well as his numerous publications and speaking engagements.

He is a technical editor for e-Pro Magazine, and author of "Ask Ben," a Notes/Domino column for DominoWire e-mail newsletter. He has written numerous articles for international magazines and co-authored "The Lotus Notes/Domino All-in-One Exam Guide" from McGraw-Hill.

Ben is a former senior consultant at Whittman-Hart, where he was responsible for designing and deploying numerous R3, R4 and R5 global Lotus Notes infrastructures.

He has a Bachelor of Science degree in Business and Economics from Lehigh University, in Bethlehem, PA. He lived at Lake Point towerhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Point_Tower#Famous_Residents located in Chicago, IL.

Contributions:

•[Power Tips for Domino Administration, 29th Street Press 2004, Author<br />
•Lotus Notes/Domino R5 All-in-one Exam Guide, McGraw-Hill 2001, Co-Author<br />
•Domino and the AS/400, 29th Street Press 2000, Contributing Author<br />
•Domino R4 to R5 Migration, a four-part series, DominoPro and Group Computing Magazines
•E-Pro Magazine: Technical Editor 2002-2005, Ask Ben Column <br />
•DominoPro Developer, Technical Editor 2001 <br />
•NEWS/400, March 2000, Upgrading from R4 to R5<br />
•News Magazine (France), June 2000, Migrer de Domino R4 en R5 <br />
•My Systems Journal (France), May 2000, Migrer de Domino R4 en R5 <br />
•NEWS/400 Italia, July/August 2000, Come eseguire l’upgrade dell’infrastruttura diDomino dalla R4 alla R5 <br />
•Help 400 (Spain), September 2000, Actualizar la infraestructura de Domino de la versión R4 a la R5 <br />
•Connections on Domino Conference, May 2001, Monterey, CA, Speaker <br />
•Connections on Domino Conference, September 2001, Orlando, FL, Speaker <br />
•The View Admin 2002 Conference, May 2002, Boston, MA, Invited Speaker <br />
•The OMNI Technical Conference, November 2002, Itasca, IL, Speaker <br />