Marc Benton

Current

Director, Product Development at WorthPoint Corporation

Past

Director of Technical Services at Siteworx, Inc.
Program Manager, USMC Engineering and Operations at Titan, Inc
Software Development Manager at BTG, Inc

Software Test Engineer at International Research Institute (INRI)
Software Test Engineer at INRI
Operations Specialist at United States Navy

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Education

Arkansas State University

Connections

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

Websites

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Marc Benton’s Summary

Highly skilled technology manager with extensive experience guiding the development of complex enterprise systems and programs. Expertise across the full breadth of the software development lifecycle, from requirements gathering through analysis, development, test, and implementation. In-depth experience in government contracting. Motivational leader and builder of high-performing teams of technical professionals. Excellent communication, presentation, and relationship management skills, with the demonstrated ability to present complex information to audiences of varying degrees of technical sophistication. Experienced in business and proposal development.

• Proficient in all phases of the project management life cycle, process groups, and knowledge areas. Advanced knowledge and interest in planning, scope, and communications management
• Fundamental ability to manage multiple projects concurrently within dynamic and matrixed or projectized environments of rapidly changing business and client priorities
• Accomplished leadership experience in process and quality planning and improvement, including industry recognized CMMI process implementation
• Extensive experience managing large, long-term, and complex development projects with budgets exceeding $5M and schedule length beyond 12 months
• Proficient in enterprise program management tools including eProject, UNANet and Microsoft Project Professional
• Technical leader with proven front and back-end development skills as well as expertise in user interface design, accessibility, information architecture and content management.

Marc Benton’s Specialties:

Software development management, team building, proposal development, client management, social media, project management.

Marc Benton’s Experience

Director, Product Development

WorthPoint Corporation

(Information Technology and Services industry)

March 2008 — Present (1 year 9 months)
Director of Technical Services

Siteworx, Inc.

(Privately Held; Internet industry)

October 2006 — October 2007 (1 year 1 month)

As Director of Technical Services, Marc Benton oversees the technical management and engineering staff. In this leadership role, he mentors teams through the life cycle of projects, including pre-sales and consulting, scoping and negotiation, client management, resource allocations, and delivery of services.

Siteworx (www.siteworx.com) is a different kind of Web company, combining design and technology in a way that creates maximum value for members and customers. Its customer experience, design, application development, and integration services deliver improved performance, better user experiences, and customer loyalty for clients including AOL, PBS, CCCU, College Board and NAFSA. The company has received numerous awards for design, usability, and customized content management systems.
Program Manager, USMC Engineering and Operations

Titan, Inc

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Defense & Space industry)

January 2000 — May 2005 (5 years 5 months)

Promoted through a series of advanced technical roles to a leadership position managing the United States Marine Corps Engineering and Operations Program. Serve as Lead Systems Engineer for the USMC’s Technical Control and Analysis Center (TCAC). Manage an aggregate budget of $5.2 million for nine projects. Lead a staff of 35 consisting of software engineers and associated technicians, help desk personnel and on site support personnel. Design, develop, test and document projects in concert with executives and technical teams. Create and implement SEI CMM SW Level 3 process improvements across the program.
Maintain a high level of customer contact and conduct extensive progress briefings and demonstrations. Relied upon by USMC representatives for technical and domain knowledge and guidance on program improvements and projects. Member of the Management Steering Committee of Titan’s Systems Integration Sector for CMMi migration efforts..
Software Development Manager

BTG, Inc

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Defense & Space industry)

August 1996 — December 1999 (3 years 5 months)
Software Test Engineer

International Research Institute (INRI)

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

July 1995 — July 1996 (1 year 1 month)

Provided technical leadership on multiple Department of Defense contracts. Designed and executed test plans and procedures. Lead tester in a matrix environment for the first two versions of the Defense Information Infrastructure Common Operating Environment (DII COE). Gained expertise in working across the development domain, collaborating with Systems Engineers and Software Engineers throughout the process.
Software Test Engineer

INRI

(Information Technology and Services industry)

1995 — 1996 (1 year )
Operations Specialist

United States Navy

(Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; USN; Military industry)

May 1984 — November 1995 (11 years 7 months)

Maintained and operated command and control systems for various deployments, including a rotation at the Joint Interagency Task Force in Key West, Florida as the J-3 Systems Administrator for the Joint Operations Command Center (JOCC). Trained operators on more than 20 joint military systems and related software. Responsible for connectivity of JOCC to related systems and the internal LAN. Trained in the operation of multiple RADAR and communications systems. Named Joint Service Member of the Quarter at Joint Task Force 4, Key West, Florida. Qualified Anti-Submarine Air Controller (ASAC).