Christopher A. Benson, MBA

Location
wilmington, DE (US)
Work Category
Business
Interests
Business partnerships, Job opportunities, Ways to stay in touch
Email

About Me

Candidate for Doctor of Business Administration & Marketing with extensive management experience in (a):
● Waste reduction, risk identification, and quality assurance.
● Project management;
● Budgets, safety specialist, staff training and development; public and human relations expert;
● Operations, marketing, merchandising, advertising, inventory control and recruitment and sales;
● Research methods: Quantitative & qualitative.
(b) Extensive legal background, with proficiency in ethics and contract negotiation. Works well with all levels of management, co-workers, and the public. Particular computer skills: Windows, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook, and the Internet.

Work Experience

  • Aug 2008 - present
    wilmington, DE (US)
    Executive
    SMJ Inc.
    Business consultation;
    Market research: Quantitative & Qualitative methods.
    Analysis;
    Human relation;
    Organizational leadership;
    Legal;
    Management and employee coaching.
  • Jan 1990 - Aug 2008
    swedesboro, NJ (US)
    Manager
    United States Postal Service
    Responsible for directing mail facility operations, staff training and management, workflow coordination, staff evaluation, quality assurance, and all aspects of customer relations. Responsible for mail sorting and distribution, ensuring proper mail routing, expediting special mail and parcels, customer service, and other related assignments. USPS is a unionized workforce with about 800,000 employees.

    • Planned and implemented a successful adaptation of workplace to family life; targeting single parenting.
    • Initiated and executed program to eliminate backlog of business, first class mail from the system.
    • Implemented a fast track safety program to integrate new employees; reducing workplace accidents from 75% to less than 12% in one year.
  • Jan 1990 - Jan 1995
    king of prussia, PA (US)
    Manager
    RadioShack
    King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, USA
    Manager (1990-1995)
    Responsible for million dollar stores; operations, projects, staff training, sales, marketing, merchandising, advertising, display coordination, inventory control, recruitment, new product introduction, promotional work, staff evaluation, and customer relations.

    • Revamped several failing stores to full profitability by focusing on waste reduction, minimizing loss, maximizing profit; and motivating employees to improve on customer satisfaction.
    • Introduced employee daily talk to communicate expectations, evaluate customer complaints and feed back; and employee appraisals.

Education

  • 2009 - present
    Doctorate - Doctor of Business Administration & Marketing-DBA
    Argosy University, Washington, DC Campus
    Research: Quantitative & qualitative.
    Concentration: International business.
  • 2008 - 2008
    Master's - Project Management
    Villanova University, PA
    Master Certificate in IS/IT Project Management, 2008
    Master Certificate in Applied Project Management, 2008
  • 2007 - 2008
    Master's - Master of Business Administration-MBA
    Wilmington University, DE
    College of Business.
    Research: Quantitative & qualitative.
  • 2004 - 2007
    Bachelor's - B.S.
    Wilmington University, DE
    Bachelors of Science-law