Ben is a digital expert at the forefront of tech trends. A digital sector specialist at ForrestBrown, his extensive knowledge is invaluable to our clients who are pushing the boundaries of innovation.
He began his career as a law and philosophy graduate in publishing, but quickly developed a keen interest in web design and build. At the time he worked for family law publishing house Jordan Publishing, but he moved from there into the world of digital agencies.
Ben has amassed more than 15 years of digital agency experience since then, some at general agencies; others specialising in sectors such as travel and product development. These include 3Sixty, Bray Leino, Zone and Potato.
With experience as a front and back-end developer, senior developer and technology director, Ben has mastered a host of technologies. He is Sitecore certified and has worked extensively with Episerver, Umbraco, HTML, CSS, Javascript, responsive design and Microsoft.Net.
Ben has also developed expertise in AWS, Azure and Google Cloud as cloud technology has emerged. In his senior roles he has led teams of developers and been involved in wider business management.
His extensive experience at agencies has led him to work across many sectors, including legal, transport infrastructure and entertainment. Past projects include internal tools such as events planning platforms and interactive gaming that utilises augmented reality.
Ben’s expertise is tremendously valuable to our clients at the cutting edge of digital innovation. He works directly with them and our R&D tax practice to uncover all qualifying innovations for robust R&D tax credit claims.
