Ben Carpenter - Web Consulting
I do design, planning and implementation consulting for software projects, especially dynamic web applications.
Some of the technologies I work with:
- Opscode Chef / AWS / EC2
- Ruby on Rails / Javascript / React
- Linux / Nginx / Relational Databases (MySQL, Postgres, etc)
- RFID / Espressif / Arduino
- Internetworking (LANs/WANs, Trenching/Excavation, DIY Fiber/WiFi)
Fields of interest include:
- Startups / Corporate Finance / Entrepreneurial Economics
- History / Law / Real Estate
- DevOps / Datacenter Management
- Cloud Computing / SaaS
- Databases (relational and other)
- Scalability / Load Balancing
- Distributed Systems / Message Queuing
- Virtualization / Parallelism
- Security
- Industrial Automation / SCADA
Current and past clients (partial list):
- LandOBooks.com - a website that finds you the cheapest book price online.
Especially useful for college textbooks.
- Scribbless.com - a free, online list maker (todo lists, shopping lists, wishlists, shared lists)
- BookRenter.com - the first online textbook rental company
- Rafter - creators of educational management software
- Eucalyptus - software for building AWS-compatible private clouds
- Enjoy - personalized express delivery, setup, and training for high-end consumer products
- Provina - makers of a home-networked DIY winemaking system
- Nolan Law - a small law firm specializing in technology-business transactions
- Coactify - a business collaboration platform, in beta stages
- Crowne Hunter - an online classic car auction site
- Neetek Systems Integration - a software consulting firm
- SS8 Networks - makers of telephony networking equipment
ben@bencarpenter.org