William Benham, Mba, Cdfm Email & Phone Number

California, MD, US

Patuxent River, Maryland, US

• Leads the Common Spend Plan Tool (CSPT) Tiger Team to drive long term strategic financial initiatives by improving overall functionality and the user experience across the NAVAIR enterprise. Developed a comprehensive.
• Facilitates a robust training program to develop, enhance and implement financial management knowledge across multiple lines of business operations. Trained over 20+ military officers and over 260+ civilians in all.
• Directs the budgeting and requirements process integration between NAVAIR and the Chief of Naval Operations (OPNAV) Resource Sponsor N98 to streamline and improve the financial process between organizations. This.
• Facilitated a complex multi-Systems Command (SYSCOM) offsite to identify critical acquisition concerns from both internal and external stakeholders across the Department of the Navy and developed a discrete action plan.
• Engages with senior Navy staff at the Flag and Senior Executive Service level to drive efficiencies in complex acquisition business processes across the Naval Aviation Enterprise (NAE) to support warfighting.

Washington, DC, US

• Served as the lead financial manager to advise Senior Executive Service personnel on strategic fiscal guidance set by the Office of the Secretary of Defense and the Office of the Secretary of the Navy.
• Led the organization in the establishment and buildout of a complex budget process to support the development and balance of the organization’s portion of the Department of the Navy Science & Technology requirements.
• Defended the organizational budget over $20.4B through the annual Department of Defense department program review process leading to the final Department of Defense (DoD) budget presented annually to Congress.
• Developed a complex data driven financial management tool to digitally align strategic financial resources by transforming the organization’s ability to quickly identify budget programming, planning and execution.
• Has a mastery of the Program Budget Information System (PBIS), Web-Based Appeal Database (WeBAD), Issue Paper Generator, RDTEN Budget Justification Documents (RDOCS) and Procurement Budget Justification Documents.

• Supported the administrative management of 300 DON Acquisition Category I-IV programs across 14 Program Executive Offices and seven Systems Commands that execute over $1.059T across the Future Years Defense Plan.
• Managed an $8M contractor support contract to include managing over 90,000 hours directly supporting four Senior Executive Service led organizations as the Contracting Officer’s Representative and worked the complex.
• Led a diverse team of 30 employees to execute a $18.8M annual budget supporting day-to-day business operations supporting over 140 personnel to include the execution of seven major contracts, travel requirements and.
• Spearheaded the command-wide audit process by working with the Government Accountability Office, Department of Defense Inspector General and the Naval Audit Service to manage, track and execute over 850+ incoming and.
• Developed a detailed and comprehensive tasker management tracker within the organization which allowed Senior Executive Service personnel and key stakeholders to quickly identify and prioritize mission essential tasks..

Patuxent River, Maryland, US

• Planned, Programmed, Budgeted and Executed (PPBE) over $3.2B in Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Weapons Procurement, Aircraft Procurement, Procurement of Ammunition Navy and Marine Corps and Operation and.
• Led a diverse and multi-talented team to implement a Common Spend Plan tool throughout the organization which pulled financial information data from five different appropriations and aligned with the program.
• Drove innovation with a special project by creating a robust contracting tool which tracked over $481M and 78 complex contracting actions thereby streamlining the data into a single repository for improved decision.
• Spearheaded the effort to respond for Congressional budget marks and Financial Management Budget execution marks to defend critical weapon systems and preserve budget top lines in a fiscally resource constrained.
• Developed and trained both government and contractor personnel in the Navy ERP financial software to grow their experience by fostering a collaborative and innovative culture to ensure daily obligation and expenditure.

• Became fluent in the Air Force’s Central Asset Management budgeting and financial management system for weapon system resourcing and sustainment and assembled a Joint multi-year view of trends in 15 United State.
• Prepared, reviewed, and implemented weapon system sustainment logistic plans that were critical to the success of the United States Strategic Command Operational Plans to support and deter peer-to-peer adversaries.
• Facilitated multi-service maintenance repair process improvement to align limited parts availability to critical airborne and strategic assets to improve system degradation across the Air Force, Navy and Army.
• Implemented a monthly and quarterly logistic sustainment review of 8 mission critical weapon sustainment platforms that were provided by a report to the 4 Star Combatant Commander to inform executive level decision.
• Served as the Senior Logistics Mission Area Expert watch-stander and the Joint Logistics Operations Center Chief in the Global Operations Center responsible for monitoring all logistics and maintenance functions for.

Patuxent River, Maryland, US

• Developed, forecasted, budgeted, and executed the complex fiscal management of $2.2B over the FYDP across 3 appropriations to include Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Other Procurement and Operation and.
• Developed and coordinated the execution strategy for financial management mid-year reviews which identified over $2M in assets that were quickly redistributed to fund other higher priority efforts within the.
• Directed a diverse and exceptionally talented team for a Lean Six Sigma KAIZEN event that significantly improved the reporting of acquisition dashboard reports to the Assistant Secretary of the Navy which reduced the.
• Led the development, implementation and execution of a robust obligation tracking database used to track over 300 unique fiscal actions which significantly improved the Program Manager’s visibility of programmatic.
• Oversaw the training, management of highly skilled employees in funding document creation to support critical acquisition milestones for the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) and Advanced Arresting Gear.

• Managed a global and regional supply chain of ship and aviation repair parts in direct support of a United States Navy warship and aircraft deployed to the Middle East and South America. Directed a robust team to.
• Oversaw the fiscal execution of a $22M ship and $1.9M aircraft repair part inventory with 100% accountability during sustained ship operations in direct support of forward deployed units in the Middle East and South.
• Developed a simple but comprehensive Plan of Action and Milestone checklist for the annual readiness assessment and led a diverse and talented team to easily pass the assessment and improve the overall score from the.
• Spearheaded the complex and challenging $126K renovation of both officer and enlisted living and eating spaces. The renovation brought in new food service equipment and significantly raised the standard of living for.
• Led a diverse and talented culinary staff to provide over 900+ meals daily to crewmember while maintaining the highest food sanitation credentials using state-of-the-art food service equipment and management oversight..

• Directed the rapid sustainment effort in support of Helicopter Squadron 773 during their initial deployment to Afghanistan in direct support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Moved 234 aviation repair parts and 531.
• Established a round-the-clock sustainment support system for the forward deployed helicopter squadron and led the effort to train reservists to augment active-duty support staff while restructuring the organization to.
• Managed over 842 critical aviation depot level repairable parts worth over $118M in direct supply sustainment for 4 Navy and Marine Corps aircraft squadrons and a financial budget $24.8M. Sought out unique and.
• Trend setter with logistic metrics. Outperformed other organizations in repair part effectiveness which provided immediate logistical supply support to host aviation squadrons and minimizing aircraft mission down time.
• Led monthly supply support and maintenance meetings with squadron and wing maintenance officers to address repair and consumable supply parts concerns. Worked to implement sound supply support solutions to support.
• Trained, supported, and directed over 30 enlisted Navy and Marine Corps personnel to manage supply inventory repair part turn-ins to minimize repair costs, expedite repair and ensure parts availability to deployable.

• Established the very first financial management and retail management operations on a newly constructed United States Navy warship. Led the complex effort to stand up both organizations on time with minimal resources.
• Oversaw the management and execution of personnel payroll for 350 employees and maintained over $500K in direct payroll cash for the ATM onboard with no loss of accountability. Led multi-talented and diverse team.
• Managed the procurement, inventory, and sale of over $420K retail stock on an annual basis. Correctly analyzed the right trends with customers which ensured the stock turnover of items generated over $12K in profits.
• Led the extraordinarily complex effort to outfit the ship with all retail stock and financial management funds to support the first ever deployment to the western pacific in direct support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
• Instrumental leader in the development of the Supply Department which earned the USS LASSEN its first ever BLUE “E” for operational readiness excellence against the entire Pacific Fleet.

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Institute For Defense And Business (Logtech Advanced), Logistics, Materials, And Supply Chain Management

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Mba, Financial Management

Education record

Ba, Business Administration

High School Diploma