Ben Connors
Director Of Museum Technology at Planet Word
Alexandria, Virginia, United States
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Top SchoolBen Connors is a museum technology director and multidisciplinary media innovator with a decade of experience designing immersive, audience-first nonfiction experiences. He leads small in-house teams and external partners to deliver interactive exhibits, projection mapping, AV/IT operations, and scalable XR/VR training products for institutions and news organizations. Previously he built and scaled media labs and product teams at CSIS and McClatchy, shipping award-winning AR/VR projects and growing media output and revenue through pragmatic adoption of new tools. Ben combines hands-on production skills (from documentary editing to 360° and volumetric video) with product and operational leadership, bridging creative storytelling and reliable systems. Based in Alexandria, VA, he’s known for turning editorial missions into technically robust visitor experiences that advance literacy and civic engagement. An early adopter of immersive formats, he quietly specializes in operationalizing cutting-edge tech in mission-driven organizations.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Dual Bachelor of Arts, MULTI/INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES, 3.54, Dual Bachelor of Arts, MULTI/INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES, 3.54 at American University
Github Skills (33)
raspberry6
api6
android6
speech-to-text6
voice-recognition6
python6
raspberry-pi5
speech-recognition5
speech5
deep-learning5
java5
ios5
pannellum4
keyword-spotting4
privacy4
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
mcclatchy/volu-vid
Oct 2017 - Dec 2017
Contributions:27 commits, 25 pushes, 2 branches in 1 month
mcclatchy/webar-demo
Apr 2018 - Dec 2018
Contributions:97 pushes, 1 branch in 8 months
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