Full Name
LtCol Ben Benoy, USMC
Job Title
Frontier AI Technical Director, Task Force ARGUS
Company
IC4 DCI HQMC
Speaker Bio
Lieutenant Colonel Ira “Ben” Benoy currently serves as the Frontier Super Intelligence Technical Director for Task Force Argus. In this role, he supports the Marine Corps response to Frontier Super Intelligence/Artificial Intelligence cybersecurity impacts across the service.
In his civilian career, Lieutenant Colonel Benoy is a Principal Research Scientist and senior program leader at the Georgia Tech Research Institute. He leads multidisciplinary research and development portfolios that design, integrate, test, and transition advanced command-and-control, mission data, cybersecurity, cloud, networking, mission-software, and resilient-infrastructure capabilities for the Department of War. His work connects operational mission requirements with engineering development, experimentation, acquisition, cybersecurity, and fielding across tactical, afloat, ashore, classified, and hybrid environments.
Lieutenant Colonel Benoy has led programs and technical teams supporting U.S Pacific Command, U.S. Pacific Fleet, PAE sponsors, and DISA. He routinely works across operational commands, acquisition organizations, government laboratories, industry partners, and engineering teams to translate mission threads into technical architectures, program plans, resource decisions, demonstrations, and operational capabilities. His portfolio experience includes expeditionary command and control, resilient and distributed networks, mission assurance, cloud and edge integration, tactical data access, cybersecurity, and joint and coalition interoperability.
Lieutenant Colonel Benoy was commissioned in 2005 following graduation from the Georgia Institute of Technology. After completing The Basic School and Basic Communication Officers Course, he served at Marine Corps Base Hawaii as Base Communications Officer, Operations Officer, and Deputy Director of the Communications and Information Systems Directorate.
His Reserve assignments include Battalion S-6, Communications Company Commander, Regimental S-6, SPMAGTF-Southern Command S-6, Assistant Chief of Staff G-6, Commanding Officer of Marine Wing Communications Squadron 48, and Executive Officer of Marine Air Control Group 48. During these assignments, he planned and led command-and-control capabilities supporting Service, joint, coalition, deployed, and multinational operations throughout Europe, the Middle East, Central America, South America, and the Indo-Pacific.
Lieutenant Colonel Benoy holds a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Science in Applied Systems Engineering from Georgia Tech. He is a certified Project Management Professional and Certified Information Systems Security Professional. His military education includes Expeditionary Warfare School, the Command and Staff program, and Air War College. His personal awards include the Meritorious Service Medal, Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal, and Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal.
In his civilian career, Lieutenant Colonel Benoy is a Principal Research Scientist and senior program leader at the Georgia Tech Research Institute. He leads multidisciplinary research and development portfolios that design, integrate, test, and transition advanced command-and-control, mission data, cybersecurity, cloud, networking, mission-software, and resilient-infrastructure capabilities for the Department of War. His work connects operational mission requirements with engineering development, experimentation, acquisition, cybersecurity, and fielding across tactical, afloat, ashore, classified, and hybrid environments.
Lieutenant Colonel Benoy has led programs and technical teams supporting U.S Pacific Command, U.S. Pacific Fleet, PAE sponsors, and DISA. He routinely works across operational commands, acquisition organizations, government laboratories, industry partners, and engineering teams to translate mission threads into technical architectures, program plans, resource decisions, demonstrations, and operational capabilities. His portfolio experience includes expeditionary command and control, resilient and distributed networks, mission assurance, cloud and edge integration, tactical data access, cybersecurity, and joint and coalition interoperability.
Lieutenant Colonel Benoy was commissioned in 2005 following graduation from the Georgia Institute of Technology. After completing The Basic School and Basic Communication Officers Course, he served at Marine Corps Base Hawaii as Base Communications Officer, Operations Officer, and Deputy Director of the Communications and Information Systems Directorate.
His Reserve assignments include Battalion S-6, Communications Company Commander, Regimental S-6, SPMAGTF-Southern Command S-6, Assistant Chief of Staff G-6, Commanding Officer of Marine Wing Communications Squadron 48, and Executive Officer of Marine Air Control Group 48. During these assignments, he planned and led command-and-control capabilities supporting Service, joint, coalition, deployed, and multinational operations throughout Europe, the Middle East, Central America, South America, and the Indo-Pacific.
Lieutenant Colonel Benoy holds a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Science in Applied Systems Engineering from Georgia Tech. He is a certified Project Management Professional and Certified Information Systems Security Professional. His military education includes Expeditionary Warfare School, the Command and Staff program, and Air War College. His personal awards include the Meritorious Service Medal, Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal, and Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal.
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