I am a mid career professional who has made an intentional and determined "success to significance" life change. My singular focus is to help urban youth and families overcome obstacles in order to gain maximum opportunity in life. I have chosen to integrate this passion both geographically and psychologically by living in the neighborhood in which I teach and mentor. This has allowed me to grow relationships with both my students and their families as well as youth and families in my neighborhood. This has translated into holistic mentoring - breakfasts, rides to basketball practice and games, help finding summer jobs, education and "life" advice, shopping for Mother's Day gifts, and other normal day to day life "stuff". CAREER SUMMARY: My career path has provided me with management and leadership experience in the banking, IT consulting, and not-for-profit sectors. I have demonstrated the ability to identify and develop leaders. I have been especially successful at identifying young leaders and providing them the opportunities to develop their potential. I have also been successful at developing and leading high performing teams and instilling a culture of trust and accountability into them. I was privileged to serve as Director of Operations with Vineyard Columbus for the past 13 years. Vineyard Columbus is a $16MM 501c3 organization with 8,000 members in attendance per weekend. I reported directly to the Chief Operating Officer who reports directly to the Chief Executive Officer. I directly and indirectly supervised a staff of 46 employees and a budget of $4.25MM. As Vineyard Columbus' first Director of Operations, I had the unique opportunity to design, hire and develop all five of the Operations teams.

1. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
INTERVENTION SPECIALIST
CITY OF COLUMBUS APPS PROGRAM, COLUMBUS, OH | 2016 - PRESENT
The mission of the APPS program is to reduce crime and violence for
youth and young adults (ages 15-23).
• Offer safe and constructive alternatives to street violence
• Provide mentorship through enrichment activities
• Assess individual and family needs
• Build trusting relationships with young people
MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHER
UNITED SCHOOLS NETWORK, COLUMBUS, OH | 2015-2016
• Created strong classroom culture aligned to mission
• Developed and delivered standards aligned curriculum
• Helped prepare students for acceptance into a high performing
high school through academic and character development
• Supported Dean of Students with student behavior/culture
• Created and implemented a mentoring program for academic and
behavior “at risk” students
OPERATIONS MANAGER
UNITED SCHOOLS NETWORK, COLUMBUS, OH | 2014-2015
Responsible for all aspects of school operations including:
• Student Enrollment, Rosters, and Files (Active and SPED)
• School Culture Support
• CRE (Free breakfast, lunch, and snack program)
• Facilities and Grounds
• Volunteer Coordination
• Vendor Management
ORGANIZATIONAL CONSULTANT
THE DISTRICT CHURCH, WASHINGTON, DC | 2014
3½ year old 501c3 organization start-up seeking to scale their strategies
and structures to accommodate growth
• Assessed, created, and implemented infrastructure for
finance/accounting operations
• Evaluated alignment of organization’s core values and culture with
strategy and day-to­-day operations
DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS
VINEYARD COLUMBUS, COLUMBUS, OHIO | 2000 – 2013
OPERATIONS TEAMS:
Communications, IT, Global Cafe, Finance and Facilities
• Scaled Operations teams from 7 to 46 FTE in support of organization’s
mission and goals
• Managed $4.25MM budget to a consistent positive variance
• Created and executed annual planning process for all operations teams
including budgeting, day-to-day operations, and strategy
• Achieved multiple successful Communications and IT team redesigns
to scale to organization’s mission and goals resulting in reduced
personnel cost and increased team capabilities
ADDITIONAL
PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE
BUSINESS ANALYST
COMPUWARE CORPORATION
COLUMBUS, OHIO
1997 – 2000
Managed Bank One’s
(JPMorgan Chase)
National Y2K Project Retail
Division “War Room”
MANAGEMENT TRAINEE
NATIONAL CITY BANK (PNC)
COLUMBUS, OHIO
1994 – 1997
CONTACT
ADDRESS
1393 Hildreth Avenue
Columbus, Ohio 43203
EMAIL
Benjamin.L.Rosen@gmail.com
PHONE
614.374.­0551
EDUCATION
BACHELOR OF ARTS
IN ENGLISH LITERATURE
AND HISTORY
MIAMI UNIVERSITY,
OXFORD, OHIO
100% OF EDUCATION
SELF-FINANCED