Hi, I'm Ben.

Sep 2025 — Present

Revenue & Taxation

Data Analysis Coordinator

City of Kawartha Lakes

• Designed and built the department's data platform from the ground up — layered Python libraries with canonical dataset contracts and repository adapters over the iCity SQL Server system, replacing a legacy monolith with documented, test-covered packages.
• Automated recurring reporting with scheduled Luigi pipelines and a reusable report-runner framework, producing versioned datasets and Excel reports with auditable run logs.
• Delivered a weekly payment-analysis pipeline publishing curated Parquet data to Power BI dashboards that track property tax and utility billing payments.
• Productionized the platform on a Linux automation server — systemd services, file-drop watchers, and offline release bundles for locked-down municipal IT — and authored a full handbook and architecture map for role handoff.

• Python
• pandas
• SQL Server
• Luigi
• Power BI
• Docker

Apr 2024 — Dec 2024

SaaS · AI

Full Stack Developer

Stealth Startup

• Built a complete AI-driven SaaS platform from concept to deployment, focused on chatbots for the property-management and hospitality sectors.
• Designed and implemented a Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) chatbot using LangChain, enabling context-aware conversations with property-specific information.
• Set up CI/CD pipelines with GitHub workflows and managed deployment on Vercel, ensuring consistent build quality and reliable releases.

• SvelteKit
• Supabase
• LangChain
• Vercel
• OpenAI

Mar 2022 — Sep 2022

Web3

Blockchain Developer

dApp Technology Inc

• Completed a 4-month training program focused on blockchain development fundamentals and best practices.
• Implemented a whitelist table in the database with full CRUD operations using Prisma, streamlining user registration.

• React
• Solidity
• Prisma
• Ethers.js