Ben is a Sydney-based consultant at SSW who specialises in enterprise Azure infrastructure architecture, enterprise AI solutions, and DevOps. He has experience helping enterprises modernise legacy systems, migrate workloads to the cloud, and deliver secure, automated platforms that scale with business growth. Known for his pragmatic and outcome-driven approach, Ben bridges the gap between architecture, development, and operations to help organisations achieve faster, safer, and more reliable cloud solutions.

A dedicated open-source maintainer, Ben contributes to TinaCMS, a world-leading headless CMS with over 10,000 GitHub stars. His work focuses on improving extensibility, performance, and developer experience for thousands of users worldwide.

Enterprise Azure Infrastructure & Architecture

Ben designs secure, scalable, and fully automated cloud environments on Microsoft Azure. With deep expertise in cloud security, networking, and infrastructure governance, he has successfully migrated complex on-premises microservice systems into Azure, implementing private network architectures that meet strict enterprise compliance standards. His work focuses on network isolation, private endpoints, and role-based access control (RBAC) to ensure all resources communicate securely within controlled boundaries.

He automates Azure resource provisioning using Infrastructure as Code (Bicep) to deliver consistent, auditable deployments across environments. Ben also builds resilient CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions and Azure DevOps, integrating containerisation, automated testing, and infrastructure validation to create reliable, secure, and maintainable cloud solutions.

Enterprise AI Solutions

Ben architects custom AI solutions on Azure AI Foundry and Azure OpenAI that turn client business problems into working AI apps. He uses AI far beyond writing code: to get more done and to improve the day-to-day processes of his whole team. For clients, he delivers AI solutions that drive their AI transformation, cut out manual work, and deliver more accurate outcomes than human-driven processes.

Microsoft Business Applications & Dynamics 365

Delivered Power Apps solutions within the broader Microsoft Business Applications and Dynamics 365 ecosystem, including the design and delivery of an asset management and automated reporting solution for a leading Australian geophysical services firm. Also applied business process flows to support better operational control and project management across geophysical workflows. The solution improved asset visibility, streamlined reporting, and enabled earlier identification of maintenance risks, helping the business avoid extensive equipment failures and significantly reduce repair costs.

Full-Stack Development

He has led several enterprise integration projects involving Xero, Power BI, and SSRS, ensuring seamless interoperability and insight generation. Most notably, Ben spearheaded a large-scale migration from .NET Framework to .NET 8, eliminating over one million lines of technical debt and achieving major improvements in performance, maintainability, and developer velocity.

Mentoring

As Tech Lead for SSW FireBootCamp, Ben mentors developers and consultants in software engineering best practices, DevOps, and agile delivery. Known for his collaborative and approachable style, he helps teams adopt modern cloud and DevOps workflows while improving their code quality, solution design, and architectural thinking.