John Milton-Benoit Email & Phone Number

Richmond, Virginia, United States

CCAM brings together the best of Industry, Academia and Government to solve Advanced Manufacturing challenges in Adaptive Automation Systems, Additive Manufacturing, Machining and Surface Engineering. We execute cutting edge R&D to perfect production methods, make companies more competitive, prepare a qualified manufacturing workforce and grow our economy!.

• As Program Leader for UTRC 's Carrier Innovation Program Office, I was responsible for technical and business leadership for all Carrier-related R&D activities across UTRC, serving as the key conduit for establishing.
• Developed “Frictionless Buildings” strategy and capabilities at the convergence of Machine Learning, trust, and WSNs for connected buildings.
• As the executive champion of UTRC’s Innovation Process, led the process transformation to increase focus (including the focus area AI in the Wild) and drive disruptive impact for UTC’s businesses.
• Responsible for a team of engineers that won an Outstanding Achievement Award for a low-GWP (Global Warming Potential) mixed flow chiller, increasing efficiency from 85 to 91% while reducing size and cost by 25%.
• Led Change – aligned to UTC’s planned Carrier spin-off, strategically unwound the $30M Program to retain talent and transfer skills and capabilities to Carrier.

East Hartford, CT

• Created and led the strategic direction and management of UTRC’s expanding portfolio of cross-cutting research projects supporting United Technologies Corp.’s (UTC) pursuit of Machine Intelligence and Advanced.
• Created and Developed modeling and analytics capabilities deployed in each of UTC’s business units, including:
• Reinforcement ML and video analytics that reduced SME time from weeks to hours.
• Novel cGANs for automating material qualification assessment, reducing analyst time by 30X.
• Streaming Analytics for PHM that enabled enhanced preventative maintenance service business models.
• DNN Analytics of aero equipment in-flight data that drove key maintenance and operation business insight for Aerospace Systems.

Cork, Ireland

• Co-wrote winning proposal for Irish government funding. As Founding General Manager, responsible for all aspects of start-up and subsequent $10M of annual program content in leading UTRC’s European hub for research and.
• Responsible for all operational, financial, HR, and technical aspects of creating a new research and development organization, hiring and mentoring 40 technical staff (now ~ 100); received ACE Gold internal and.
• Negotiated joint development agreements with universities and the Irish Government to establish a national sustainable energy test bed for research, development and demonstration of integrated security and energy.
• Won EU-funded programs totaling > $40M to support UTRC’s research agenda. Examples of funded programs include:
• SPArks - Smart Grid Protection Against Cyber Attacks (https://project-sparks.eu/)
• ANASTACIA - Advanced Networked Agents for Security and Trust Assessment in CPS / IOT Architectures (http://www.anastacia-h2020.eu/)

East Hartford, CT

In this dual program manager role (UTCFS and Otis Program Offices), I was responsible for ~$4M of program content and for setting direction for all Otis projects related to Mechanical Segments and Advanced Systems, and all UTC Fire&Security projects related to E-access (Electronic access control). In these areas, I led teams in developing 18-month and.

East Hartford, CT

East Hartford, CT

Managed all phases of the consulting firm, including:+ Developing marketing strategies.+ Job pricing.+ Hiring qualified subcontractors.+ Multi-project management.+ Full P&L responsibility.+ Established strategic partnership with a leading FEA SW company to enable cross-marketing of client services, resulting in a 400% increase in revenue over 3.

Master Of Science - Ms, Mechanical And Industrial Engineering

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Mechanical Engineering