Benjamin Hamilton, Ed.D. Email & Phone Number

Oversee a division of 5 program managers and portfolios involving technology research and development.

U.S. Government

Oversee a portfolio of research and development projects involving training, training technologies, mobile learning, human performance improvement, and simulations and games.

• Led and managed a team of 17 employees and 2 subcontractors with diverse skill-sets in science and technology• Administered performance reviews and responsible for hiring/firing decisions• Evaluated resumes and interviewed potential candidates• Reported to the Division Manager and delivered briefings on the program to the Business Unit• Monitored staff workloads and balanced client expectations• Held position concurrently with Senior Training Program Analyst duties

• Provided advice and consulting to U.S. Government for developing R&D training technologies and improving internal business processes• Developed a new focus area in models, simulations, and games and leveraged my expertise in the area to help secure and manage over $15 million in new business• Improved internal business efforts by educating leadership, the Business Information Team, and the Training Subgroup on the human performance improvement process• Lead the creation of a vision for the Training Subgroup by redefining focus areas and identifying interagency collaborators• Established business relationships with multiple government agencies to identify training and education requirements and to acquire project support and external funding• Mentored new Program Analysts in the learning and performance improvement field • Coordinated and taught workshops on the agency’s business processes for new employees• Provided primary review of training and technical documents to ensure effective instructional strategies, usability, logical content flow, relevance of material to training objectives, and assessment strategy

• Provided all aspects of project management to include: financial planning and execution, quality assurance, scheduling, and tasking, and allocating resources• Allocated resources and disseminated tasking for a team of graphic designers, training analysts, multimedia integrators, software engineers, and database engineers• Interacted with the client to conduct needs analysis, coordinate requirements, and provide project status updates

• Provided instructional design leadership for a video-based simulation, a multi-player network administration game, and a strategic defense planning simulation • Developed requirements documentation, design specifications, formative evaluations, and best practices for simulation design• Analyzed audience needs and content to identify optimal instructional delivery methods• Oversaw the construction of a task analysis, content inventory, instructional strategies and objectives, flowcharts, storyboards, and prototype development• Provided quality assurance and configuration management leadership and documentation

Ed.D., Instructional Technology And Distance Education

M.S., Instructional Technology

B.A., Mathematics