Link to the [Downloadable Version](benjamin_gaines_resume_20250314.pdf) ## Education - MBA | [New York University](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/) | 2017 - BA | [University of Kentucky](https://gatton.uky.edu/) | 2006 ## [Shadow Lake Partners](https://shadowlakepartners.com/) | 2022 - Present **Chief Technology Officer** - Supported financial and technical due diligence for three acquisitions (over $35M EBITDA combined), ensuring thorough evaluation of risks, synergies, and integration opportunities - Partnered with portfolio company leadership to execute value creation initiatives, leveraging technology to improve financial reporting, scalability, and competitive positioning - Orchestrated financial management and ERP system transitions and cloud migrations for multiple portfolio companies, aligning workflows and enhancing efficiency across the organization - Successfully completed two comprehensive audits for two operating companies, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements and enhancing organizational governance practices - Oversaw tax management, fund administration, and regulatory compliance for seven entities, including two private equity general partnerships, two limited partnerships, and three operating companies ## US Marine Corps Reserve | 2022 - Present **[Marine Coders](marines.dev) Team Leader** - Established a cross-functional 40-person Direct Support Team to the Marine Corps Software Factory, more than doubling the development capacity of the organization - Led modernization efforts for two Marine Corps aviation applications and one enterprise administrative application. In all cases, improved usability and aligned functionality with user expectations - Coordinated a joint Army – Marine Corps software team in the redesign and development of the Joint Special Operations Command’s (e.g. Seal Team Six) search tool for exploring captured enemy material - Spearheaded multiple development teams to establish a Marine Corps capability to integrate radar data from commercial radar systems into tactical operational pictures, enhancing real-time decision making ## [Bank of America](https://www.bankofamerica.com/) | 2019 - 2022 **Senior Vice President** - Led team to develop tools to identify insights, relationships, and instances of potential data corruption from petabytes of network data - Supported novel data flow mapping capability by testing components of the underlying Python code and by writing scripts to demonstrate new features for it - Coordinated the development the implementation of objectives and key results (OKRs) for the Data Mapping and Controls team; efforts improved the team’s ability to create alignment, track progress, and achieve desired outcomes - Architected a scalable system for ingesting and analyzing network telemetry data, leveraging graph database technologies and intuitive UI design to support enterprise-wide data-driven decisions ## [Capgemini Invent](https://www.capgemini.com/us-en/about-us/who-we-are/our-brands/capgemini-invent/) | 2017-2019 **Senior Consultant, Financial Services** - Served as the project manager for a team to assess the DevSecOps practices for [USAA](https://usaa.com). The assessment helped form the foundation for the firm’s fintech modernization initiatives  - Developed a strategy to help [BNP Paribas](https://group.bnpparibas/en/) use data to reduce non-financial risk (e.g. regulatory compliance, oversight); the strategy was used to introduce bank-wide controls - Evaluated data quality and infrastructure for multiple divisions within [BNP Paribas](https://group.bnpparibas/en/); used findings to develop an actionable strategy to reduce redundancies, decrease risks, and cut costs - Leveraged frameworks from my military career to develop a monitoring and collection plan on key economic data for [City National Rochdale](https://www.cnr.com/); work was praised by the CEO and integrated to the firm’s standard operating procedures ## [Marine Special Operations Command](https://www.marsoc.com/) | 2010 - 2015 **Marine Raider Team Commander** - Served as an Executive Officer for a Marine Raider Company, supported the successful deployment of four Raider teams and their headquarters - Led a Marine Raider Team in training and advising a sixty-person Tanzanian commando team to execute a counter-terrorism strategy, bolstering the Tanzanian government’s ability to respond to terrorist threats ## [United States Marine Corps](https://www.marines.com/) | 2006 - 2010 **Logistics Officer** - Developed and executed logistical support plans for a battalion of 1500 Marines in deployments to Haiti, Jordan, Djibouti, and Kuwait; led the supply chain management for over $100M in equipment - Led a platoon of 86 Marines in 200+ resupply and combat missions throughout Ramadi and Fallujah, Iraq ## Additional - Lieutenant Colonel in the Marine Corps Reserve; officer in charge of the Marine Corps Innovation Unit's software team - Languages/frameworks: French, Python, SQL, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, Lua, Cypher, Flask, Bootstrap, Docker, PowerBI, Bash, PowerShell - Interests include: being outdoors (hiking, shooting, running), philosophy, campy action movies, and retro games/computing