Benjamin Stafford
Technical Consultant at Freelance
Santa Barbara, California, United States
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Top SchoolBenjamin Stafford is a technical consultant and full-stack tinkerer based in Santa Barbara with 20 years of hands-on experience across electronics, data collection, and analysis. He brings 15 years of product R&D expertise—designing, troubleshooting, and firmware-hardware integration for audio, Bluetooth, and power systems—and five years in the oil industry where he architected consolidated data pipelines and automated analytics for production planning and compliance. As a freelancer he translates competitor reverse-engineering and circuit analysis into actionable product improvements and cost-saving solutions, including eliminating a $40K annual software expense through custom tools. He pairs practical field testing and manufacturing oversight with marketing and visual design skills, having created live product displays and trade-show assets that accelerate adoption. Known for bridging engineering, product, and regulatory stakeholders, he also maintains a developer mindset, exploring full-stack technologies and rapid prototyping to move ideas from concept to market.
8 years of coding experience
Fresno City CollegeGED, GED at Clovis Adult EducationBuchanan High School
Github Skills (13)
electrical-engineering8
expressjs5
mern4
backend4
frontend3
js3
css3
react3
nodejs3
redux2
javascript2
raspberry-pi2
reactstrap1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
bstafford2017/digital-signage-system
Jan 2020 - Mar 2026
Modern JS web app for managing uploaded files to display with a Raspberry Pi. Includes Node JS with Express JS backend and React JS frontend.
Contributions:15 PRs, 57 pushes, 15 branches in 6 years 2 months
backendexpressjsfrontendjsnodejs
bstafford2017/task-manager
Jun 2020 - Apr 2022
MERN web app (with Redux) for managing tasks to complete, including react-strap
Contributions:2 PRs, 39 pushes, 4 branches in 1 year 10 months
mernreactstrapredux
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