Ben Jimenez Email & Phone Number

Washington, Dc, Us

Mclean, Va, Us

Serving as a MITRE subject matter expert to help DoD deliver capabilities to warfighters with greater speed and agility using Digital Engineering practices and automated test and evaluation tools.

Boston, Massachusetts, Us

As a Project Leader I manage a small team of management consultants to perform high-quality analyses and translate analyses into implementable solutions for an executive (C-suite) client's statement of work (SOW). I lead and facilitate meetings and workshops to actively listen to clients and seek their input. I share insights with clients in ways that feel relevant and accessible to them, and iterate upon outputs. I contribute to firm business development, including proposal writing, proposal pitch development, and statement of work drafts. I effectively transfer capabilities to client teams by creating handover materials, including guides and playbooks. I coach and engineer situations for team members to develop. I perform my role with the highest level of integrity and generate trust while protecting client interests.⦁ Managed a team to develop go-to-market collateral via a 50+ question diagnostic survey and Tableau tool to engage defense clients who intend to ramp-up their production of capital-intensive acquisition projects, a >$50M opportunity.⦁ Led a team of two to drive organizational efficacy initiatives at a defense agency’s executive office; rationalized meeting schedules to save ~3K hrs/yr; successful handoff of quarterly performance review for 10 departments, including action plan & milestones templates, accountability measures, and facilitation guides, to manage safety, quality, and on-time delivery.⦁ Launched a defense agency’s logistics initiative across four industrial sites (20K+ FTE) to enhance productivity and safety, which HQ successfully implemented in <6 months; led a team of two that produced cost estimates 5x less expensive than a competitor, coordinated dashboard development, and created a change management schedule based on pilot site success.

Boston, Massachusetts, Us

As a Consultant I worked as part of a small team to deliver against an executive client’s SOW. I simplified complex problems into discrete components and tactical steps to solve them. I developed hypotheses grounded in logical assumptions, validated them through analysis, and evolved them throughout the SOW based on my findings. I built models and analyses using Excel, Tableau, and Alteryx. I synthesized a high volume of inputs into key observations and shared those insights using PowerPoint slides.• Led an AI & Software team of three to stand up an enterprise PaaS software factory at a federal agency, enabling developers to create low-code/no-code apps for >15M end-users; produced guides for new processes and helped launch a new web marketplace, enabling an estimated annual cost savings of >$30M from reuse and license management.• Advised the Financial Management executive of a defense agency with their >$10B cloud ERP system transformation; performed ERP capability assessments and delivered an analysis of alternatives with a projected lifetime cost savings of >$2B.• Identified >$20M in software cost savings potential using industry benchmarking of client and competitor market positions and spend analysis to support a defense client’s centralized procurement of >$2B of cloud hardware & software.• Collaborated with BCG AI & Software to develop a Power BI dashboard, still in use today, that enabled a federal client to internally track and manage the distribution of >$100B in federal grants and other financial support, and drill down to program-level spending; met with department heads and Chief Data Officer to align on key metrics and dashboard features.

Boston, Massachusetts, Us

⦁ Developed the service taxonomy and implementation plan roadmap for a Federal client’s IT organizational transformation toward a scaled agile framework.⦁ Conducted 15 interviews and facilitated workshops to map current state stakeholders, processes, and finances to identify communication gaps, improvement opportunities, and guide the ideal state vision.

Washington, District Of Columbia, Us

Benton Harbor, Michigan, Us

As a Senior Engineer I managed a small team (2 people) of Project Engineers, while also performing the duties of a tenured Project Engineer (description below). Advised cross-category projects (e.g., cooking, laundry, dishwasher) on test and simulation best practices. Influenced internal Whirlpool senior leadership to improve design concepts and manufacturing processes.• Optimized a refrigerator in-door ice machine by partnering with a software vendor to evaluate an AI/ML tool, resulting in a 16% increase in pounds of ice produced per day.• Managed two global Simulation Based Design engineers and collaborated with internal Cost & Quality customers to run analyses enabling a $13M component consolidation cost reduction.

Benton Harbor, Michigan, Us

As a Project Engineer I used computational fluid dynamics (CFD) tools to simulate household refrigerator airflow and thermal simulations to evaluate heat flow, temperature, condensation and humidity. I built representative refrigerator 3-D models, evaluated designs, validated the designs with physical testing and performed iterations to drive efficient designs for optimal product performance. I wrote simulation reports and knowledge documents to capture knowledge and promote future reuse. I developed new techniques and simulation capabilities to reduce overall simulation and design cycle time. I worked with cross-functional, global teams to align with simulation capabilities, methods and knowledge sharing. I managed multiple projects while maintaining a strong communication bridge with design, computer aided design (CAD), preprocessing and lab personnel. I operated as a liaison between product development engineers and external suppliers to ensure accuracy and timely delivery of projects. I wrote and published patents for new engineering innovations.• Diagnosed and eliminated root cause of a five-year issue of frost in freezers by designing air system to equalize compartment pressures, an innovation saving >$5M in service calls and re-design.• Created Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) analyses and test validation process metrics and improvements to save >$200K in development costs toward a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt certification.• Published five US patents to drive innovation for production designs.

Adelphi, Md, Us

As a Researcher (Government Contractor) I was responsible for developing and implementing models to understand and predict rotorcraft blade performance and efficiency across a variety of vehicle platforms and flight conditions. I ran software that coupled CFD and structural dynamics models to investigate basic and applied research questions that could influence Army product development in ~30 years. I analyzed simulation data and compared it with experiment to validate models. I documented and presented research findings in technical reports and at scientific conferences.• Authored two conference papers on rotorcraft vehicle performance with novel technologies. Used Fortran, Python, Matlab, and parallel libraries.• Reduced analysis file sizes by several orders of magnitude (from 100 GB to 100 MB) by developing Python scripts for large CFD runs, thereby reducing post-processing and storage requirements.

College Park, Md, Us

• Reduced bottlenecks by 50% for in-house, helicopter airflow code by identifying them using a code profiler and augmenting the code by implementing a multi-threaded approach. Used Fortran, Python, Matlab, and parallel libraries.

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

• Identified vortex-induced stall on auxiliary power unit for F-35 Joint-Strike Fighter root cause analysis using CFD, resulting in hardware modification for corrective action.• Authored an in-house guide to perform Large Eddy Simulation using CFD software on our compute cluster hardware.

Tempe, Az, Us

• Participated in hands-on hardware and operating system assistance with Saguaro cluster (over 4500 processors) on ASU campus.• Captain of Supercomputing (SC09) Undergraduate Student Cluster Competition ASU/Microsoft/IBM team

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

• Discovered and documented a 30% NOX increase in an emissions model while performing a validation benchmark of Fluent software upgrade by evaluating mid-size jet combustor operating points.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Accounting And Finance

Master Of Science - Ms, Aerospace Engineering

Bachelor Of Science In Engineering - Bse, Aerospace Engineering