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Ben Empson

Architecting Scalable Systems for a High-Tech Future

Founder and Engineering Leader with 25 years of experience building mission-critical business systems, fully conversant with AI-driven development.

25+ Years & counting
[SYSTEM_ARCHITECTURE]//[DOMAIN_DRIVEN_DESIGN]//[BESPOKE_PLATFORM_DESIGN]//[SAAS_PRODUCT_ARCHITECTURE]//[TDD_TESTING_PROTOCOLS]//[SCHEMA_VALIDATION_STRATEGY]//[DISTRIBUTED_SYSTEM_DESIGN]//[LEGACY_MODERNIZATION]//[SDK_ARCHITECTURE_DESIGN]//[AGENTIC_ENGINEERING]//[AI_WORKFLOW_ORCHESTRATION]//[AI_AGENT_GOVERNANCE]//[MULTI_MODAL_SYNTHESIS]//[ASYNCHRONOUS_AI_PIPELINES]//[LLM_SYSTEM_INTEGRATION]//[PROCESS_AUTOMATION]//[AUTOMATED_BOT_ENGINEERING]//[CI_CD_PIPELINE_AUTOMATION]//[AUTOMATED_VISUAL_TESTING]//[DOCKER_CONTAINERISATION]//[GITHUB_ACTIONS_CI_CD]//[OPENTELEMETRY_OBSERVABILITY]//[PROMETHEUS_MONITORING]//[AUTOMATED_DEPLOY_PIPELINES]//[HEALTH_CHECK_ENGINEERING]//[FASTAPI_ASYNC_DEVELOPMENT]//[ENTERPRISE_DOT_NET_C_SHARP]//[HIGH_TRAFFIC_SQL_OPTIMIZATION]//[RECURSIVE_DATA_AUDITING]//[DISTRIBUTED_JOB_QUEUES]//[DYNAMICS_365_BACKBONE]//[MODERN_BAAS_INTEGRATION]//[QUANTITATIVE_TRADING_SYSTEMS]//[TECHNICAL_DUE_DILIGENCE]//[BLUE_CHIP_ADVISORY]//[OUTSOURCING_STRATEGY]//[BUSINESS_RISK_MITIGATION]//[PROCESS_RE_ENGINEERING]//[TECHNICAL_CONTRACT_NEGOTIATION]//[NEXT_JS_16_APP_ROUTING]//[TYPESCRIPT_REFACTORING]//[VIBE_ENGINEERED_UI]//[REACT_STATE_MANAGEMENT]//[WIZARD_PATTERN_WORKFLOWS]//[UTILITY_FIRST_STYLING]//[SERVER_ADMINISTRATION]//[INFRASTRUCTURE_HARDENING]//[LINUX_SECURITY]//[WINDOWS_SERVER_ENTERPRISE]//[VIRTUALIZATION_STACKS]//[BARE_METAL_PROVISIONING]//[HIGH_AVAILABILITY_SLA]//[DIRECTOR_LEVEL_GOVERNANCE]//[TECHNICAL_ROADMAP_STRATEGY]//[STAKEHOLDER_COMMUNICATION]//[AGILE_TEAM_ORCHESTRATION]//[TECHNICAL_OPEX_OPTIMIZATION]//[RISK_MANAGEMENT]//[ANTI_SPAM_ECOSYSTEMS]//[ENCRYPTED_COMMUNICATION]//[GDPR_PCI_COMPLIANCE]//[THREAT_MODELING_STRATEGY]//[ZERO_TRUST_ARCHITECTURE]//[SECURITY_AUDIT_LOGGING]//[DATA_LOOP_RESET]
AI Agent Driver SDK
ID: ai-agent-driver
TECH: TypeScript / Node.js / ESM / OpenTelemetry / Pino
DATE: 2026-Present
Institutional-Grade Systematic Trading Pipeline
ID: nuera-algotrading
TECH: Python / PostgreSQL / Docker / Interactive Brokers / OpenTelemetry / scikit-learn
DATE: 2026-Present
Claude Remote Control
ID: claude-remote-control
TECH: Node.js / Telegram Bot API / Pino / AES-256-GCM
DATE: 2026-Present
Polymarket Insider Tracker
ID: polymarket-tracker
TECH: Python / PostgreSQL / Redis / Web3.py / Prometheus / Docker
DATE: 2026-Present
Nuera AI Video Platform
ID: nuera-video
TECH: FastAPI / Redis / Arq / Next.js 16 / Supabase / Vertex AI
DATE: 2025-2026
Air Charter Service Booking System
ID: aircharter
TECH: Symfony / MySQL
DATE: 2014-Present
Canopy Media Dynamics 365 Platform
ID: canopy-dynamics
TECH: Microsoft Dynamics 365 / C# / TypeScript / SQL Server / Sage 200
DATE: 2014-Present
Screenshooter
ID: screenshooter
TECH: WPF API / SQL Server 2016 / Custom Job Engine
DATE: 2016-2019
Packaging Project Management
ID: ppm
TECH: ASP.NET MVC / SQL Server 2012
DATE: 2014-2016
Westminster Parliamentary Record
ID: wpr
TECH: ASP.NET / SQL Server 2008 / NHibernate / jQuery
DATE: 2010-2015
OCS Media
ID: ocs
TECH: nopCommerce / SQL Server 2012
DATE: 2012-Present
Sensient Colour Selector
ID: sensient
TECH: ASP.NET MVC 3 / C# / ExtJS / Entity Framework / SQL Server
DATE: 2011-2014
Clever Diaries
ID: clever-diaries
TECH: ASP.NET / Web Services / NHibernate / MooTools
DATE: 2012-2014
Elsevier Biofuels
ID: biofuels
TECH: ASP.NET MVC / SQL Server 2012
DATE: 2011-2014
Winning Ways
ID: winning-ways
TECH: ASP.NET 3.5 / C# / nopCommerce / SQL Server
DATE: 2010-2012
Sky Bigger Picture
ID: sky-bigger-picture
TECH: ASP.NET / SQL Server 2005
DATE: 2007-2008
Shell Germany FuelSave
ID: shell-fuel-save
TECH: ASP.NET 3.5 / C# / SQL Server / log4net
DATE: 2010-2012
Rubii.co.uk
ID: rubii
TECH: ASP.NET / SQL Server 2005 / NHibernate / MooTools
DATE: 2006-2009
Microsoft 'Press Any Key'
ID: microsoft-press-any-key
TECH: ASP.NET MVC 2 / C# / LINQ-to-SQL / jQuery
DATE: 2010
Navpix Library
ID: navpix
TECH: ASP.NET / SQL Server 2000
DATE: 2006-2007
Hand Picked Hotels
ID: handpicked-hotels
TECH: ASP.NET 2 / C# / EPiServer CMS / SQL Server / jQuery
DATE: 2008
Xbox NXE Halo Gamertag Toolkit
ID: xbox-nxe
TECH: ASP.NET 2 / C# / GDI+ / Xbox Live API
DATE: 2007-2008
Nestle NQ
ID: nestle-nq
TECH: ASP.NET 2 / SQL Server 2005
DATE: 2007
BAT Pall Mall Sales Incentive Platform
ID: bat-pall-mall
TECH: C# / Windows Service / GDI+ / Excel Interop / SMTP
DATE: 2007-2008
Virgin Mobile Training
ID: virgin-mobile
TECH: ASP.NET 2 / SQL Server 2005
DATE: 2006
Motorola O2 MotoLeague
ID: motorola-leagues
TECH: ASP.NET 2 / C# / LLBLGen Pro / SQL Server
DATE: 2006
GSK Pharmassist
ID: gsk-pharmassist
TECH: ASP.NET / SQL Server 2000 / RSS / Weather API
DATE: 2006-2007
Farrow & Ball eCommerce Integration
ID: farrow-and-ball
TECH: C# / QuickBooks API / SOAP Web Services / Windows Forms
DATE: 2006-2012
Barclays Wealth
ID: barclays-wealth
TECH: ASP.NET 2 / SecureBlackBox
DATE: 2005
The Mill House England
ID: the-mill-house
TECH: ASP.NET / Commerce Server / C# / SQL Server
DATE: 2005
Blooming Marvellous
ID: blooming-marvellous
TECH: ASP.NET / Commerce Server 2000 / SQL Server 2000
DATE: 2004-2006
Rosie Nieper
ID: rosie-nieper
TECH: ASP.NET / Commerce Server 2000 / SQL Server 2000
DATE: 2005-2006
ii-Profiles
ID: ii-profiles
TECH: PHP / MySQL / Code Generation
DATE: 2004-2007
CRCA (now Radiocentre)
ID: crca-radiocentre
TECH: C# / ASP.NET / SQL Server / Windows Forms / DevExpress
DATE: 2003-2006
White Label Anti-Spam
ID: anti-spam
TECH: Java / ASP.NET / Linux Server Build / Monitoring
DATE: 2004-2012
The Streets Official Website
ID: the-streets
TECH: PHP / MySQL / DynAPI / HTML/CSS
DATE: 2001-2003