Marc Benton Online

Marc Benton is a Project Manager with a background as a software development manager, blogger, social-media junkie, community organizer, and a future award-winning photographer.

To obtain a position where I can maximize my multilayer of management skills, requirements management, quality assurance, program development, customer service, and a successful track record in the software development environment.

Program & Project Management, Cost Analysis & Budget Management, Contract Negotiation, Strategic Planning, Customer Relationship Management, Risk Management

Systems/Software Development & Implementation, Requirements Management, Staff Development, Vendor Management

Social Web, Blogger, Wordpress, Digital Photography, Photoblogging

1. Technical Project Management for software development, 2. Web Content Manager, 3. Social Media Manager

Marc Benton has worked in the software development community for over 15 years, holding virtually every position in the domain. Due to this breadth of experience, he holds a successful track record in both the government and commercial sectors. Positions held include Program Manager of a series of USMC projects with a $5 million annual budget, Tech Director at a major web development firm managing over 40 developers, and most recently the VP of Product Development at WorthPoint. Marc is an avid social media practitioner and has worked in the local MD/DC/VA area building an online photography community through his sites and the Photowalk DC group on Facebook.

For a deeper look into my professional experience please download a copy of my resume that can be found on the right hand side of this page.

As an avid photography enthusiast, Marc has worked to bring the DC area photography community closer together.  These efforts include:

• Running his personal blog, Marc Benton dot Com, posting articles that focuses mainly on web trends in photography along with announcements of photography events in the area.  Marc has been published on the popular photography blog Black Star Rising.

• Marc is the creator and managing editor of PhotoBlogging DC (PBDC).  PBDC is a site dedicated to highlighting the works of photographers from the Greater DC area.  It is scheduled for re-launch in March 2010.  Marc also runs PBDC social media efforts through its Twitter account and Facebook page.

• Marc runs his own photoblog, Marc-a-Day, where he posts daily photos from his portofolio.

• Regular contributor of photographs for the local news site We Love DC.

• A fan of photowalks, Marc has organized over 10 events of this type over the past 18 months including the Old Town Alexandria leg of Scott Kelby’s Worldwide Photowalk.  Marc is the leader of Photowalk DC, a Facebook group of over 160 local photography enthusiasts that meets for events once a month during the good weather months.

• Marc was a presenter at the 2009 WordCamp Mid-Atlantic and expects to present at the 2010 event on the subject of Photoblogging with Wordpress.  He uses his knowledge of Wordpress to assist local photographers build and maintain their portfolios online.

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