Mark O. Benjamin
530 Cordes Drive Apt 8
Papillion, Nebraska, 68046
Day (402) 294-4159
Evening (402) 339-2982
E-mail: mobenjamin@msn.com
Objective: Career position with a company that will utilize my management experience and/or
training as a Communications Computer Systems Controller
Qualifications Summary
- Managed 50 personnel operating 4 Defense Information System Agency communications facilities at Offutt AFB, Nebraska, supporting national defense information for the Joint Chiefs of Staff and all military branches.
- Managed overseas facilities supporting United Nations, North Atlantic Treaty Organization and Federal Emergency Management Agency missions
- Directly supervised the daily operations of the primary communications facility supporting the United States missile, space and air warning missions
- Top Secret Clearance updated 1998
Relevant Experience and Accomplishments
- Led the organizational restructuring of 4 communications facilities allowing for efficient utilization of 6 positions and 12,000 man-hours per year
- Managed and verified system installations and facility upgrades to ensure capability to meet present and future customer requirements
- Managed Y2K program and outsourcing project for 61 positions
- Developed communications plan for the merger of 2 message centers
- Extensive troubleshooting experience on circuits traversing various networks, satellite systems, and commercial transmission facilities using fiber optic cable, multi-strand copper wire, and coaxial cable electrical interfaces supporting data rates from 75 baud up to 2.048 megabits
- Operational experience with N.E.T. IDNX and ADNX systems, Timeplex Link/2 systems and a wide variety of communications and encryption devices
- Operational experience with industry test equipment including protocol analyzers, bit error rate test sets, oscilloscopes and multi-meters
- Awarded 7 citations for superior performance
- Contributed to 5 outstanding unit awards
Education
- Award of Associate in Applied Science, Electronic Systems Technology and Munitions Systems Technology degrees and the Aerospace Management Certificate through the Community College of the Air Force
- Communications Computer Systems Technician School (630 hours)
- Advanced Digital Techniques Course (54 Hours)
- Management, leadership, quality and equal opportunity training (over 400 hours)
Employment History
- June 1994 to Present - Facility Manager, Offutt Air Force Base (AFB) Primary Systems Control Facility, the Defense Satellite Communications Systems Patch and Test Facility (PTF), the Air Force Weather Agency PTF, and the Special Security Office PTF
- April 1991 to June 1994 - Shift Supervisor, Offutt Primary Systems Control Facility
- March 1989 to April 1991 - Superintendent, Munitions Management Section, Beale AFB, CA
- Various positions as a Munitions Maintenance Technician from November 1977 to March 1989