Hi 👋 I'm Ben, a Tech Director and Creative Technologist 🚀 with 15+ years of experience in media installations, web, and mobile 👾 for clients like NASA, MIT, and Google. I build immersive experiences 🎮 with designers, architects, fabricators, and engineers.

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I lead tech on both large and small projects, from complex media suites for entire museums to bespoke installations for one-night events. My favorite projects engage through motion, scale, interactivity, and storytelling.

As a technologist, I conduct research, design exhibit systems, and get hands-on with code, motion, experience design, and all forms of prototyping. As a tech lead, I assemble and mentor teams and collaborate with AV partners, electrical engineers, architects, and fabricators to integrate digital experiences tightly with spatial design. As an executive lead at Bluecadet, I led the creative tech practice for exhibits from 2015 through 2023.

I’ve been a guest lecturer at NYU ITP and Parsons DT and regularly present my work at industry conferences. I create music and visualizations, open-source tools, go rock-climbing in the wild, and join hackathons when I can. I received my Bachelor of Science with honors in Media Computer Science from HTW Berlin.

EXPERTISE

Tech Direction
Creative Coding
Systems Design
Concept Development
TouchDesigner
Unreal
OpenGL
C++
Web
Unity
Cinder
...

SELECT PRESS & AWARDS

CommArts
Webby Awards
FWA of the Day
American Museum of Natural History

SELECT CLIENTS

Bloomberg
California Science Center
Christie's
Coca-Cola
Gates Foundation
Google
Gore
Independence Seaport Museum
Independence Visitor Center
Ken Burns
Library of Congress
Metropolitan Museum of Art
MIT Museum
Museum of Arts & Design
NASA
Nike
Royal Ontario Museum
Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum
Smithsonian Institution
Tenement Museum
The Henry Ford Museum
Volkswagen
Wrigley's

LATEST SPEAKING

SEGD Xlab 2022
Beyond Science Lessons, 
Towards Science Experiences 
with MIT Museum, Studio Joseph
at MoMI NYC

ASTC 2022
Beyond Science Lessons,
Towards Science Experiences 
with MIT Museum, Studio Joseph,
Pittsburgh

MCN 2020
Curator Brain, Meet AI Brain 
with The Henry Ford Museum

MCN 2017
License to Krill 
w
ith
Royal Ontario Museum,
Pittsburgh

DSE 2017
A Platform Strategy for One
of the Most Visited Locations in
America 
with the National Air
and Space Museum
Las Vegas

Guest lecturer at NYU ITP

Guest lecturer at Parsons DT