Ben has lived and worked in central Australia since 2012. The bulk of his recent experience has been working in Project Management roles and his qualifications are in Telecommunications Engineering, Project Management and Community Development.

Since moving to Alice Springs Ben has worked for the Centre for Appropriate Technology, CAT Projects (Ekistica) and the Central Land Council. Over his career he has managed a broad range of projects including a tourism app, homeland infrastructure, an energy monitoring product, homeland solar power installations, and telecommunications infrastructure installations.

Ben has been with First Nations Media Australia (FNMA) since 2017. He is the Project Manager for the inDigiMOB project, providing basic digital literacy support to regional and remote First Nations peoples.