Ben Ferguson

Experience

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  United States Air Force

  Feb 2007 - Jul 2022

  Oversaw all program management, administration, appraisal, awards, training, budgeting, evaluations, schedule, personnel, and equipment movements for thirteen individuals and accounted for equipment worth over eighty-five million dollars for six different types of aircraftSupervised next-generation fighter pilot helmet test and hosted eighty hours of evaluations programs for two companies and validated maintenance manuals which advanced a twenty-million-dollar fielding programDirected, gathered, and organized usable data for three large-scale operational tests of aircrew flight equipment which equipped higher headquarters with ground truth and valuable budgeting informationCollaborated with key stakeholders to ensure compliance and completion of the unit’s mission; which involved working multiple calendars, arranging travel arrangements, building presentations, formulating plans, and budgeting for travel for reimbursement Communicated annual staffing documents and positions to higher headquarters; effectively built resource documents for a growing forceDeveloped and collaborated on multiple process improvements within my division and while assigned to the base innovation teamLed other programs as needed, including but not limited to the Facility Manager, COMSEC Monitor, Lead Trainer, and Records Compliance Officer Show less Managed all human resources, training, logistics, equipment management, talent acquisitions, personal conduct monitoring, and evaluations of thirty-five individualsCommanded programs including but not limited to resource management, equipment accountability, hazardous waste management, quality assurance, training, and equipment acquisitions.Assigned key workers to top priority while also capturing data for training needs for both initial and reoccurring Steered project design of two three million dollars F-35 fighter aircraft squadron operations facilities during the standup of those two newly assigned unitsLed PACAF modernization initiative by adding touch-screen gloves, advanced winter pilot ensemble, and in-flight relief systemsDuring this time also worked as Security Manager ensuring that systems, facilities, and over two hundred personnel met DoD security standards and followed the level of trust parametersActively possessed, coordinated, and documented security processes and documents for unit personnel Hosted cold weather Survival Seat Kit summit to validate tech data and pioneered winter survival package plan and standardized for coalition arctic F-35 operationsLed F-35 Seat Survival Kit Innovation team; developed a course of actions and tested cold weather flight equipment, which led to nine articles published on media sites and Fighter Wing Team Award for 2019Handpicked to brief high-level AF officials, including the Secretary of the AF, on hurdles of the winter environment and F-35 unit standups Show less Assessed, trained, advised, and assisted foreign aviation forces in airpower employment, sustainment, and force integration Worked with high-level associates in a highly matrixed organization to collaborate with partner countriesTrained combat-ready personnel, ensured partner nations used proper application of warfare and foreign internal defense in foreign countries Devised helmet mounted NVG recording system which enabled mission recording for aircrew and aided NVG training course with sixty-four hours of training videos Show less

  • Program Manager (Superintendent)

    Sept 2020 - Jul 2022

  • Program Manager (Flight Chief Duties)

    Apr 2017 - Aug 2020

  • Program Manager | Training Lead

    Sept 2012 - Mar 2017

  • Advisor | Program Manager | Training Manager

    Feb 2007 - Aug 2012
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  Bunker Supply

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  MAAK®

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