Benjamin West Email & Phone Number

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Arlington, Virginia

Provide system design and project management expertise over large-scale, top-priority and complex technology initiatives. Primarily responsible for recommending and participating in the analysis, evaluation and development of enterprise long-term strategic and operating plans to ensure technologies, processes, programs and investments are consistent with the enterprise’s strategy and long-term mission and business objectives.• Define processes and tools best suited to strategic initiatives. Transition burdensome waterfall projects and enterprise procedures to coordinated, scaled agile increments that rapidly deliver better-aligned capabilities, realize operational efficiencies, and drive positive culture change.• Mitigate risk factors through careful analysis of financial and statistical data. Anticipate and manage change effectively in rapidly evolving and politically-charged environments.• Conduct detailed mapping of architectural elements and technology programs to strategic goals and provide investment & divestment recommendations to executive leadership.

Led and supervised a team of analytic subject matter experts developing and applying Activity-Based Intelligence (ABI) methodologies and technologies. Responsible for identifying new analytic approaches to difficult intelligence problems, planning and executing experiments, eliciting customer needs and decomposing requirements, guiding custom technology development, and identifying new business opportunities.• Led teams across broad technical, financial and business disciplines. Focused teams on mission capability objectives and tracked progress to ensure project milestones were completed on time, on budget and with the desired results.• Provided comprehensive utility assessments of new technologies, analytic capabilities, and data sources to government senior analysts, managers, and technical executives.• Documented and share tradecraft advancements and innovative applications of current systems through interagency working groups and conferences.

Multiple Locations

Provided intelligence analysis in support of US Army and DoD counter-terrorism and counter-insurgency operations in Iraq, Afghanistan, and other locations. Gathered, analyzed, and integrated data from multiple sources and intelligence disciplines to produce pattern of life analysis, targeting data, and predictive estimates. Supervised the receipt, analysis, dissemination, and storage of intelligence information, and conducted quality control of products produced by subordinates.

Business Administration

Associate Of Applied Science, Intelligence Operations