James (Jim) Benham is the president of L-3 Communications� Electron Devices division, with facilities in San Carlos, California, and Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Prior to his role at L-3, Mr. Benham held the same position for Northrop Grumman and served as the president and CEO of Electro-Optical Sensors, Inc., a subsidiary of Intevac Industries, from 1991 to 1995. For 11 years, he also worked at Varian Associates' Electro-Optical Sensors Division located in Palo Alto, California, advancing through several positions from methods and processing engineering manager to vice president and general manager in 1988. Mr. Benham received his BS in Chemistry from the State University of New York at Cortland and an MBA from Lynchburg College in Lynchburg, Virginia. He has also completed executive development programs at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, Harvard Business School and Stanford University. Additionally, Mr. Benham holds a patent in the night vision field.
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