Nate Benes
Director, OT & Engineering at University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lincoln, Nebraska, United States
Summary
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SeniorNate Benes is a seasoned technical leader with 15 years of experience building and scaling operational technology and building automation programs in higher education. As Director of OT & Engineering at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, he has advanced from hands-on energy controls technologist to enterprise architect and interim director, blending practical systems knowledge with strategic program leadership. He’s known for translating complex facilities and control-system requirements into auditable, maintainable solutions that align with campus operations and sustainability goals. Nate combines multidisciplinary team building with vendor management and automation architecture, driving reliability and cybersecurity improvements in OT environments. Based in Lincoln, Nebraska, he brings a pragmatic, long-term view to modernization efforts and a track record of growing capabilities from lab-scale prototypes to enterprise deployments. Quietly, his background as an editor and early independent developer suggests strong communication skills and an ability to bridge technical and nontechnical stakeholders.
15 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Stackoverflow
331reputation
13kreached
1answer
5questions
Github Skills (66)
issue-tracking10
wireshark-dissector10
overpass-api9
openstreetmap9
dedicated9
wireshark9
network-tools8
inspections8
routeros8
jekyll8
bacnet8
documentation8
webapp7
webserver6
couchapp6
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
natebenes/sc-dissector
May 2020 - Oct 2022
BACnet/SC support for Wireshark
Contributions:8 commits, 2 PRs, 6 pushes in 2 years 5 months
tsharkrouterosnetwork-toolsvpnwireshark
opennebraska/intro-to-civic-hacking-ii
Feb 2015 - Feb 2015
Contributions:5 commits, 3 pushes, 2 branches in 1 day
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