Ben Foster
Head Of Technical Production at St Andrew's Church, Rugby
Rugby, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolBen Foster is a multidisciplinary technical lead blending eight years of full-stack software development with hands-on expertise in lighting, sound, and video engineering for live events and theatre. Currently Head of Technical Production and a Junior Project Manager, he bridges cloud/on-prem IT, networking, and systems automation with practical stagecraft—often designing and documenting touring audiovisual systems under tight schedules. His background spans apprenticeship-trained live events engineering, freelance LED wall and warehouse maintenance, and church IT/AV operations, giving him rare visibility across prep, rigging, and production workflows. Known for turning theatrical requirements into reliable technical systems, he brings a programmer’s rigor to troubleshooting physical kit and a technician’s practicality to software deployments.
8 years of coding experience
GCSE Computer Science / Information Technology / Drama / Music Technology, GCSE Computer Science / Information Technology / Drama / Music Technology at The Avon Valley School and Performing Arts CollegeTechnical Theatre/Theatre Design and Technology, Technical Theatre/Theatre Design and Technology at Birmingham Ormiston AcademyApprenticeship Live Events Technician (L3), Apprenticeship Live Events Technician (L3) at Access Creative College
Stackoverflow
45reputation
1kreached
3answers
3questions
Github Skills (48)
accessibility10
brackets10
reader10
python10
browser-extension10
discounts10
firefox-addon10
chrome-extension10
discord9
discord-bot9
firefox9
darkmode9
chrome9
bukkit8
minecraft8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
benfoster04/status
Jan 2021 - Apr 2025
https://status.benfoster.dev
Contributions:4 PRs, 4047 pushes, 4 branches in 4 years 3 months
statusdev
benfoster04/benfoster04.github.io
Oct 2018 - Mar 2023
Contributions:25 pushes, 1 branch, 1 issue in 4 years 5 months
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