James D. Benson

Senior Program Manager with 20+ years leading complex, cross-functional programs across global Fortune 500 technology environments, including two decades at Hewlett-Packard / HPE. I specialize in building program governance frameworks from scratch — RAID logs, executive dashboards, milestone plans, and steering committee reporting — and driving accountability across teams like Engineering, Sales, Finance, and Legal without direct reporting authority. Recent work includes directing an enterprise compliance transformation across 11 teams to 100% auditor approval, delivering change-readiness training to 500 employees, and chairing a three-gate program governance committee across 30+ concurrent cloud and SaaS initiatives that reduced cycle time 20%. I bring deep experience in M&A integration (20 acquisitions, 3 divestitures), risk and dependency management, and translating complex technical and business priorities into a single, decision-ready plan for executive leadership. Available for remote contract (1099/W2) and full-time program management, governance, and M&A integration roles.