Ben Feist
Software Engineer, Exploration Research, Data Visualization & Informatics
Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolBen Feist is a software engineer with 14 years of professional experience who designs and ships data visualization and informatics systems for NASA’s Johnson Space Center. As co-lead developer and product owner on the EVA Mission System Software team, he builds mission-critical tools used in current flight operations and planned lunar exploration, including CODA and AEGIS. He is the creator of the widely praised Apollo in Real Time project and architect of Astromaterials 3D curation work, blending historical reconstruction with modern real-time visualization. His background spans creative technology leadership in agencies and studios, bringing a rare mix of archival restoration, UX-focused engineering, and enterprise delivery. Recognized repeatedly by NASA and the broader creative community, he also pioneered techniques to restore and repurpose decades-old mission audio for film and public engagement. Based in Toronto, he combines deep technical craftsmanship with a historian’s attention to fidelity and storytelling.
14 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
Hon. BA Computer Studies English Literature, Hon. BA Computer Studies English Literature at Trent UniversityRiverdale Collegiate
English
Stackoverflow
78reputation
6kreached
3answers
4questions
Github Skills (147)
fan-control10
pwm10
apollo10
temperature10
cpu10
timestamps9
audio9
attention-mechanism9
gpu9
audiowaveform9
attention-model9
browser8
whisper8
react-component8
javascript8
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
bfeist/ArtemisInRealTime
Sep 2021 - Jun 2026
Contributions:21 pushes, 2 branches in 4 years 10 months
bfeist/ISS-in-real-time
Nov 2024 - Jun 2026
Contributions:24 PRs, 373 pushes, 23 branches in 1 year 7 months
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