Dave Van Bennekum, Jd Ll.M Email & Phone Number

Pasadena, Ca, Us

I wrote the first self-help book on national security to make a tough topic more accessible, to connect with the experts, foster better conversations and encourage healthier relationships. I wrote it because we turn to self-help every day to take ownership of our future, for independence and understanding. Like with our doctors, lawyers and other professionals, it improves our relationship with the experts we interact with every day by empowering us to ask better questions. Today I share my story with businesses struggling to embrace unconventional solutions to big challenges, with organizations struggling to broaden appeal; and with audiences of all backgrounds struggling to be seen and heard by those national security experts that have so much influence over their future.

Pasadena, California, Us

Led daily operations, client relations and transition strategies for the largest family-owned security services company in the United States, and fourth largest overall with $500 million in service agreements. Charged with building a culture of excellence, innovating business processes, improving profitability, identifying growth opportunities, and boosting client relations to outpace industry competitors.

Norwalk, Ct, Us

Provided program management and process innovation leadership to a newly regulated financial services company. Charged with supervising a $2.2B corporate transition strategy purposed to improve business processes, unify staff functions under a common plan, build institutional confidence in achieving key milestones, and meet heightened regulatory expectations in risk management and corporate governance.

Washington, Dc, Us

Led strategic supply chain and inventory positioning programs, overseeing a staff of industry experts in managing a capability-based planning process for maintaining the inventory health of the organization, resolving organization and systems limitations to resource management, and creating a reverse logistics strategy for 120,000 + equipment items based on future utility and forecasted budget constraints.

Washington, Dc, Us

Led a warehousing and distribution operations center, integrating planning, policy development, and monitoring of inventory resources across a 62,000-employee global organization, achieving real-time asset visibility across the end-to-end supply chain. Chaired an Acquisition Requirements Board, curtailing millions in recurring contracts, ensuring sourcing strategies align with operational priorities.

Washington, Dc, Us

Led a startup strategic sourcing program in Afghanistan, creating a market for local vendors meeting complex agricultural, sanitary and product quality requirements. Implemented the Afghan First Working Group governing program execution; awarding the first contract with an Afghan business valued at $24 million, reducing transportation costs for bottled water from $58 to $7.2 million annually.

Washington, Dc, Us

Executed a multi-year reorganization of 11 autonomous business units to a unified services strategy, providing logistics support, upgrading facilities, and improving product quality by consolidating a $60 million global account and $5 million operating budget under a single table of organization, identifying $532 thousand in resource shortfalls, and eliminating $180 thousand in unneeded service contracts.

Washington, Dc, Us

Top 10 graduate in an advanced curriculum in communications architecture, data management and information management tools and processes that enable informed executive decisions in time constrained environments.

Washington, Dc, Us

Developed leadership and operational planning skills by leveraging the lessons learned - via trial and error - in a number of early career opportunities that required collaborative thought, and initiative, to achieve operational objectives.

Master Of Laws (Llm), National Security Law

Juris Doctor, Member Virginia Bar

Bachelor Degree