Senior Technology Executive (CIO, CTO, VP, Director) and Strategist with a Servant-Leader Approach
Greater New York City Area
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- Advisor at Philanthropist.org
- Past
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- Vice President of Technology at Teach For America
- Project Manager at TechTarget, Inc.
- IT Project Lead, E-Business at Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
- Technical Lead, E-Business at Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
- Lead Developer, E-Business at Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
- Support Analyst, Remote Services at Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
- Developer, Internet Services at Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
- Education
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- Lehigh University
- Pennsylvania State University
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Benjamin Lichtenwalner’s Summary
Benjamin Lichtenwalner has a broad background in technology, including experience in support, development, architect, business analysis, management and leadership roles. Before joining Teach For America, he led projects at TechTarget Inc. that were critical in supporting the organization's rapid growth, including a custom developed Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solution. Lichtenwalner also advanced through the information technology departments at Air Products and Chemicals Inc., where he developed and managed key infrastructure and award-winning e-business applications. Most recently, Benjamin has contributed to solutions in the areas of social networking, digital collaboration and servant leadership.
Mr. Lichtenwalner holds an M.B.A. with a concentration in corporate entrepreneurship from Lehigh University and a B.S. in management science and information systems from the Smeal College of Business at The Pennsylvania State University.
Beyond his professional interests, Benjamin enjoys spending time with his family, reading (The Good Book, business and technology publications), riding his motorcycle and playing the occasional game of paintball. He lives in Westchester County, New York, with his wife Trina and son, Christian.
Benjamin Lichtenwalner’s Specialties:
Leveraging technology to support high growth organizations.
Social networking.
Digital collaboration.
Servant-Leadership.
Benjamin Lichtenwalner’s Experience
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Advisor
Philanthropist.org
(Privately Held; Philanthropy industry)
January 2006 — Present (2 years 7 months)
Contributing to the early development of this exciting new organization. Philanthropist.org (http://www.philanthropist.org ) is a startup venture and academic experiment in markets and aims to increase corporate volunteering & improve the efficiency of online micro-philanthropy as a virtual "free market think tank in action".
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Vice President of Technology
Teach For America
(Non-Profit; 501-1000 employees; Education Management industry)
February 2006 — February 2008 (2 years 1 month)
Vice President of Technology and Information Systems. Responsible for all technology across this high-growth organization encompassing 25 remote offices, 60+ servers and dozens of applications.
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Project Manager
TechTarget, Inc.
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
October 2004 — February 2006 (1 year 5 months)
Turned around and managed the development and implementation of a custom Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) application to support rapid business growth. Managed cross-functional team resources, schedules, requirements and deliverables. Supervised personnel concerns, including employee performance and contractor responsibilities. Communicated with executives daily. Drafted budgets.
Accomplishments
• Consolidated 15 different processes into a single order and inventory management application
• Developed and implemented the Product Delivery System to manage all sales and inventory
• Managed applications were primary means of reducing unscheduled revenue by 50% in 2 months -
IT Project Lead, E-Business
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; APD; Information Technology and Services industry)
August 2003 — October 2004 (1 year 3 months)
Managed technical projects in high growth department. Directed international project teams of up to 14 individuals. Governed application lifecycle concerns. Administered emergency software release process. Negotiated vendor contracts. Initiated and led an activity-based cost analysis of programs. Managed projects impacted over 40% of site hits and 60% of connected transactions including SAP integration.
Accomplishments:
• Established online connectivity with largest customer. Transactions were expected to exceed $50 million a year.
• Initiated project to replace existing Email Response Management System, reducing total cost of ownership by 65%.
• Created improved system of tracking resource utilization levels that allowed for quicker adjustment of workloads.
• Identified over 16% of charge-out costs that were misallocated. -
Technical Lead, E-Business
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; APD; Information Technology and Services industry)
August 2001 — August 2003 (2 years 1 month)
Designed and oversaw the daily development activities of 15 different applications ranging in development time from six weeks to five months and 20 to 2,400 man hours. Created standards and best practices for development team of 16 members. Translated organization requirements into technical designs. Designed applications accounted for over 30% of application hits.
Accomplishments:
• Managed daily development efforts of all resources. Project reduced development time by 80% for 6 employees.
• Designed line of product marketing applications, which were considered the largest, single source of sales leads.
• Designed unique application that created a competitive advantage while improving productivity 60%. -
Lead Developer, E-Business
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; APD; Information Technology and Services industry)
May 2000 — August 2001 (1 year 4 months)
Developed applications based upon technical designs. Completed projects included a variety of internal, external, secured, unsecured, marketing and transactional applications.
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Support Analyst, Remote Services
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; APD; Information Technology and Services industry)
July 1999 — May 2000 (11 months)
Managed IT Support relationship with U.S. field operations at highest levels. Traveled extensively to plant and sales offices. Oversaw hardware and software implementations at remote locations.
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Developer, Internet Services
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; APD; Information Technology and Services industry)
May 1997 — July 1999 (2 years 3 months)
Programmed a variety of intranet web sites for varied organization units and applications.
Benjamin Lichtenwalner’s Education
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Lehigh University
MBA, Corporate Entrepreneurship, August 2003 — January 2005
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Pennsylvania State University
Bachelor of Science, Management Science and Information Systems, August 1995 — May 1999
- Activities and Societies:
- Alpha Kappa Psi, Business Roundtable, Future Leaders of Business
Additional Information
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Benjamin Lichtenwalner’s Interests:
Technology, Management, Entrepreneurship, Social Entrepreneurship, Corporate Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Non-profit Management, Servant Leadership, Leveraging technology to support high-growth organizations, Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), Open Source, Software Development Methodologies, Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL), Technology and Business Process Innovation, Motorcycles, Mining and Paintball
Benjamin Lichtenwalner’s Groups:
Alpha Kappa Psi, Philanthropist.org, Execunet, Lehigh University MBA, Penn State Lion-Link Mentoring Program, Technology Executive Networking Group (TENG)
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Technology in Education member
Benjamin Lichtenwalner’s Honors:
ITIL Certification (EXIN, 7/2007)
- Information Technology Infrastructure Library Foundations Certification
Product Group Beyond Expectations Award (TechTarget, Inc. 8/2005)
- Department award, granted in recognition of exceptional leadership, teamwork and communication
Health and Safety Leadership Award (Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. 10/2003)
- Chairman’s award in appreciation of developing an innovative application which was praised by the FDA
Ralph H. Wherry, Senior Student Service Award (Penn State University 5/1999)
- University award in recognition of service to the university, academic achievement and promise of future success
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