Benjamin Mchone
Software Engineering Consultant at Source Allies Inc.
Urbandale, Iowa, United States
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Top SchoolBenjamin Mchone is a software engineering consultant with 11 years of hands-on experience building web applications and front-end tooling, currently based in Urbandale, Iowa. He brings practical Ruby on Rails experience from real estate tech and now advises clients through Source Allies, pairing production delivery with a passion for teaching and mentoring. An active open-source contributor, he has improved usability and maintainability in Rust GUI projects by refactoring color systems and example code for the Conrod library. Benjamin combines a formal CS background from Iowa State and software development training from WGU with a collaborator’s mindset—often improving developer experience in subtle but impactful ways. He’s comfortable bridging legacy stacks and modern tooling while helping teams adopt clearer, more maintainable front-end patterns.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science, Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science at Iowa State UniversityHigh School Diploma, High School Diploma at North Polk High SchoolBachelor of Science - BS, Software Development, Bachelor of Science - BS, Software Development at Western Governors University
Github Skills (5)
rust10
windows-gui10
ui-design9
graphical-user-interface9
user-interface9
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
PistonDevelopers/conrod
Dec 2015 - Jan 2016
An easy-to-use, 2D GUI library written entirely in Rust.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:5 commits, 2 PRs, 11 comments in 18 days
Contributions summary:Benjamin's commits primarily focused on modifying the Conrod GUI library's color definitions and example code. They added new color constants and updated examples to utilize these constants, demonstrating a strong understanding of the library's color system and its integration within example applications. The changes included altering color definitions, updating existing examples, and refactoring color-related code to improve clarity and maintainability. They also refactored code for usability.
rustgui
BenMcH/advent-of-code
Nov 2023 - Dec 2025
Contributions:156 pushes, 3 branches in 2 years
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