Benjamin Grove
Restaurant Technology Specialist And Freelance Software Developer. at Rock Ridge Enterprises
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
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Top SchoolBenjamin Grove is a Restaurant Technology Specialist and freelance software developer based in Las Vegas with over a decade of hands-on experience blending hospitality operations and full-stack engineering. Rooted in a long career as a cook, he brings pragmatic, service-oriented problem solving to technical projects—especially in restaurant tech, IoT, and autonomous systems. Since 2012 he transitioned hobbyist web development into professional work and has expanded into AI/ML, large language models, networking, and hardware integration. He helps small businesses and operators adopt practical technology to improve customer experience and operational resilience. Comfortable at the intersection of gritty frontline operations and modern tech stacks, he favors building his own path rather than following others. His background in parks maintenance and paralegal studies adds uncommon operational empathy and attention to detail when designing reliable systems.
11 years of coding experience
Certificate of Completion, Full Stack Software Development, 100, Certificate of Completion, Full Stack Software Development, 100 at VegasPBS Workforce Training and Economic DevelopmentData Science Introduction, Data Science Introduction at Data Scientist EnablementBachelor of Science, History, Bachelor of Science, History at Northern Arizona UniversityCertificate, Paralegal Studies, Certificate, Paralegal Studies at University of Nevada-Las VegasKofa HS
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (20)
javascript10
css10
codebase10
math10
nodejs10
react10
data-science9
pandas9
manipulation9
python9
certification9
data-analysis9
frame9
data-structures9
dataframes8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
bgroveben/pickaxe
Jan 2015 - Jan 2019
Contributions:160 pushes in 4 years 1 month
bgroveben/bgroveben.github.io
May 2017 - Jan 2024
This is my personal playground and sandbox
Contributions:8 PRs, 124 pushes, 4 branches in 6 years 8 months
javascriptsandboxplayground
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