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        "key": "education",
        "label": "Education",
        "color": "#2f6f8f"
      },
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        "key": "training",
        "label": "Military Training",
        "color": "#4a90b8"
      },
      {
        "key": "military",
        "label": "Mission Systems Roles",
        "color": "#1f3a5f"
      },
      {
        "key": "sales",
        "label": "Sales and BD Evidence",
        "color": "#b8862f"
      },
      {
        "key": "founder",
        "label": "Founder and Portfolio",
        "color": "#2e7d5b"
      },
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        "key": "base",
        "label": "Current Base",
        "color": "#c0455c"
      }
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      "pensacola",
      "tucson",
      "las-vegas",
      "key-largo"
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      "id": "severna-park",
      "label": "Severna Park, Maryland",
      "place": "Severna Park, MD",
      "lat": 39.0707,
      "lng": -76.5719,
      "phase": "Origin and formation",
      "phaseType": "base",
      "dateRange": "Roots",
      "summary": "Where the course begins. The Maryland origin point of an eight year arc from operator to defense business development.",
      "bdRelevance": "The starting line of the path into defense sales and strategic business development.",
      "rolesFormed": [],
      "skillsFormed": []
    },
    {
      "id": "college-park",
      "label": "University of Maryland",
      "place": "College Park, MD",
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      "lng": -76.9378,
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      "phaseType": "education",
      "education": [
        "B.S. Criminal Justice, College Park, 2018",
        "M.S. Management, Project Management, 2023"
      ],
      "dateRange": "2014 to 2018, then 2023",
      "summary": "An undergraduate degree and, later, a Project Management master's. This is the academic spine of program discipline.",
      "bdRelevance": "Project management education means Benjamin can structure pursuits, stakeholders, requirements, timelines, and execution plans.",
      "rolesFormed": [],
      "skillsFormed": []
    },
    {
      "id": "pensacola",
      "label": "Pensacola, Florida",
      "place": "NAS Pensacola, FL",
      "lat": 30.35,
      "lng": -87.31,
      "phase": "Aviation and EW training",
      "phaseType": "training",
      "dateRange": "2018 to 2020",
      "summary": "Combat Systems Officer and Electronic Warfare Officer training. This is the technical foundation the whole career is built on.",
      "bdRelevance": "Aviation and EW training build the discipline, technical fluency, and credibility defense customers respect.",
      "rolesFormed": [
        "Combat Systems Officer and Electronic Warfare Officer Training"
      ],
      "skillsFormed": [
        "Aviation fundamentals",
        "Electronic warfare fundamentals"
      ]
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      "id": "tucson",
      "label": "Tucson, Arizona",
      "place": "Tucson, AZ",
      "lat": 32.2226,
      "lng": -110.9747,
      "phase": "EW mission systems and sales in parallel",
      "phaseType": "military",
      "dateRange": "2020 to 2023",
      "summary": "Benjamin qualified as an electronic attack Weapons Systems Officer at the top of his class, ran current operations scheduling, then led IT and asset management that bridged operations and a next generation acquisition. He closed real estate deals on the side the whole time.",
      "bdRelevance": "EW and EMSO depth plus acquisition work, with proven quota carrying sales running at the same time.",
      "rolesFormed": [
        "EC-130H Weapons Systems Officer, Initial Qualification",
        "Scheduling Officer, EC-130H Weapons Systems Officer",
        "IT Asset Manager, EC-130H Weapons Systems Officer",
        "Executive Sales Consultant"
      ],
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        "Electronic warfare fundamentals",
        "Tactical employment",
        "Strong technical learning",
        "Operations planning",
        "Resource synchronization",
        "Stakeholder alignment",
        "Scheduling",
        "Requirements to capability translation",
        "Budget and resource management",
        "Acquisition support",
        "Stakeholder coordination",
        "Full cycle deal closing",
        "Negotiation",
        "Client advisory",
        "Pipeline ownership"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "las-vegas",
      "label": "Las Vegas, Nevada",
      "place": "Nevada, USA",
      "lat": 36.1699,
      "lng": -115.1398,
      "phase": "ISR and RPA mission systems and leadership",
      "phaseType": "military",
      "dateRange": "2023 to 2025",
      "summary": "Benjamin qualified on an advanced ISR remotely piloted aircraft mission, standardized enterprise planning, rebuilt the training enterprise with throughput up 54 percent, and led a 22 person flight across eight specialties.",
      "bdRelevance": "Operating the customer most sensitive ISR capability from end to end, and leading the team behind it, is the authority defense technology buyers respond to.",
      "rolesFormed": [
        "RQ-170 Combat Systems Officer, Formal Training Unit",
        "Assistant Chief of Weapons, RQ-170 Combat Systems Officer",
        "Chief of Training, RQ-170 Combat Systems Officer",
        "Assistant Flight Commander, RQ-170 Combat Systems Officer"
      ],
      "skillsFormed": [
        "Fast technical learning",
        "Peer instruction",
        "Disciplined execution",
        "Systems thinking",
        "Process standardization",
        "Decision support design",
        "Program ownership",
        "Process redesign",
        "Throughput and quality improvement",
        "Metrics driven management",
        "Cross functional team leadership",
        "Mission and threat analysis",
        "Briefing and stakeholder communication",
        "Decision making under pressure"
      ]
    },
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      "id": "key-largo",
      "label": "Key Largo, Florida",
      "place": "Key Largo, FL",
      "lat": 25.0865,
      "lng": -80.4473,
      "phase": "Transition and founder base",
      "phaseType": "founder",
      "dateRange": "2025 to present",
      "summary": "The current base. SkillBridge transition to industry and founder of September Fair LLC, parent of ParksRadar, ChannelWake, and LegendHeading.",
      "bdRelevance": "Founder range, building brands and go to market from zero, shows the commercial and product judgment strategic BD rewards.",
      "rolesFormed": [
        "Founder and CEO, September Fair LLC"
      ],
      "skillsFormed": [
        "Product judgment",
        "Go to market strategy",
        "Research driven product development",
        "Brand and narrative positioning"
      ]
    }
  ]
}