Benchmark's Federal Board of Advisors
Benchmark assembled our own internal advisory board to bring together people with the common interest of connecting people, technology and solutions together with the right companies to make America stronger. Our advisors provide us with valuable insight into government trends and initiatives, what technology investment areas are most critical, new game changing technologies and access to the people and companies making a difference.
Our advisory board members were government executives in national security, intelligence, cyber security, defense, homeland security and state and includes people such as:
Intelligence Community: NSA
William Crowell
Former Chairman of the Senior Advisory Group, Director of National Intelligence (DNI); Board member, ArcSight, SafeNet, Ounce Labs, Air Patrol; former CEO, Cylink; former Deputy Director, National Security Agency (NSA)
Maureen Baginski
Vice President, National Security, Serco. Former Executive Assistant Director for Intelligence, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), former Director of SIGNALS Intelligence, National Security Agency (NSA)
Dr. Prescott Winter
CTO, ArcSight Public Sector, former Associate Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Information Integration, National Security Agency (NSA), former CIO and CTO at NSA
Intelligence Community: CIA
Jose Rodriguez
Former Director of the National Clandestine Service, former Director of the DCI Counterterrorist Center, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Rob Richer
Former Associate Deputy Director for Operations, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Major General Mike Ennis
Former Deputy Director for Community HUMINT, National Clandestine Service, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA); former Director of Human Intelligence, Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA)
Bob Flores
CEO, Applicology, Inc., former CTO for Central Intelligence Agency (CIA); former Deputy Director of Operations Technology Office, National Clandestine Service, (CIA)
Defense Department
The Honorable James Finley
Former Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology (DoD)
Bob Gourley
CTO, Crucial Point, LLC; former CTO for Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA)
Department of Homeland Security
Michael Jackson
Former Deputy Secretary at Department of Homeland Security (DHS); former Deputy Secretary for Department of Transportation (DOT)
Andy Maner
CEO, National Interest Security Co.(NISC); former CFO, Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
