Ben Hendrickson Email & Phone Number

Us Pacific Command/ Pearl Harbor, Hi

Hastings, Minnesota

Our mission at Defending The Blue Line (DTBL) is ensuring that children of military members are afforded every opportunity to participate in the game of hockey. We accomplish this by providing free equipment for military kids, hockey camps, special events, and financial assistance for registration fees and other costs associated with hockey.Keeping hockey alive and supporting our military families! www.defendingtheblueline.org

Assistant Command Lead for 183 Billion Dollar Space Situational Awareness and Environmental Monitoring ProgramPlayed a key role in the National Environmental Space Situational Awareness Implementation planFormulated requirements for Joint Space Operations and command leadsResponsible for identifying capability gaps and advising Air force program managers of contractors solutions for space sensor missions

Responsible for preparing wind resource assessment technical reports used in multimillion dollar projects globallyAbility to meet swift deadlines, lead team members with limited resources, and organize and manage a wide variety of assignments under stressful situationsAnalyze and compare complex computer modeling and analysis techniques for wind and solar energy using GIS and satellite techniquesRequired to use soil and snow energy data bases to calculate estimated energy losses for solar and wind energy projects Provide independent due diligence through technical consulting with outside customers Software development and development of statistical analysis within ArcGIS including Spatial Analyst, Land Surface Models, C++, Fortran, Perl, Matlab and all Microsoft office products

Integral part of Federal Aviation Administration Aviation Weather Research Oceanic Weather Product Development Team, including volcanic ash detection, oceanic convective nowcasting and flight level wind enhancement. Prepared and presented research results at national conferences as well as contributions through conference papers and peer reviewed articles Assisted in the development of Nowcasting convection product that have been implemented in trans-oceanic flights to warn pilots of hazardous convection along the flight path. Conducted field experiments with a video distrometer for the purpose of collecting and analyzing in-situ measurements of snow, ice and liquid water precipitationConducted research on multi-parameter dual polarized radar and rain drop size distribution studies for the Hydrometeorogical Applications ProgramProvided analysis of in-situ microphysics measurements of super-cooled water and snow formation for the Wyoming Weather Modification Pilot ProgramDistributed and collected snowfall collection network for Community collaborative rain, hail and snow network (CoCorahs) for Colorado climate center at Colorado State University through the American Meteorological Society

Provide Mission Weather Briefings for F-16 Fight Pilots Certified weather observer and forecaster to include measuring, predicting and data assimilationSupport Army combat field operation by deploying with operational field equipmentExperience troubleshooting faulty or non-operational weather equipment in a field environment Proficient with NWS products, meteorological procedures and techniquesReceived Army achievement medal for providing continuous weather support to Army intelligence officers in critical field operationsAwarded 2000 Colorado National Guard Scholarship

Education record

Master'S Degree, Cyber/Computer Forensics And Counterterrorism

Education record

Education record

Education record

Bachelor Of Arts & Sciences, Atmospheric Dynamics; Physics; An; Atmospheric Science

I & II, Oceanography, Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere, Weather Forecasting Seminar