Ben Mcallister
Co-Founder & Managing Partner at thruline.dev
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBen Mcallister is a seasoned software leader and founder with over a decade of experience translating complex technical work into business outcomes, currently serving as Co-Founder & Managing Partner at thruline.dev. He specializes in institutional tokenization, blockchain-enabled financial infrastructure, and the energy transition — having led product, engineering, and market teams at Xpansiv and FIÙTUR building markets for carbon, renewables, and sustainability-linked finance. A self-taught engineer with formal training in music theory and composition, Ben combines technical fluency with a people-first approach, often acting as the connector between engineers, investors, and executive stakeholders. He has a track record of turning hard technical problems into defensible IP and production systems that integrate with enterprise DLT ecosystems like Canton and Chainlink. Based in Seattle, he advises early-stage startups on getting to initial revenue and quietly applies the discipline of composition to system design and team orchestration.
11 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
BA, Music Theory, BA, Music Theory at University of Washington
Github Skills (21)
pitch10
csound10
music-composition9
music9
python-modules9
obsidian8
nodejs7
android7
python7
nextcloud7
evernote6
webdav6
dropbox6
onedrive6
javascript6
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
benmca/csound-pieces
Dec 2014 - Oct 2022
Contributions:92 commits, 79 pushes in 7 years 11 months
benmca/lf-2022
Jul 2022 - Jul 2026
Contributions:1 PR, 99 pushes, 3 branches in 4 years 1 month
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