Nate Benes
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
Github Skills (29)
wireshark-dissector10
openstreetmap9
documentation9
wireshark9
bacnet8
jekyll8
inspector7
inspections7
sha6
increment5
typescript4
apollo-client4
react4
angular4
java-agent3
Programming languages (12)
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
bacnetwiresharkbacnet-scwireshark-dissectorwireshark-lua
opennebraska/intro-to-civic-hacking-ii
Feb 2015 - Feb 2015
Contributions:5 commits, 3 pushes, 2 branches in 1 day
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