Phil Benson
Strategic Advisor
Hull, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolPhil Benson is a strategic advisor and serial founder with nine years of professional experience and a decade-plus track record building mission-driven ventures across tech, education, hospitality, and culture. Based in Hull, UK, he co-founded UKBlackTech to drive representation-led innovation, founded student enterprise and regional-producer initiatives, and scaled hospitality operations to half‑million turnover under challenging constraints. A JavaScript developer by practice, he blends hands-on product-building with public speaking and board-level stewardship—having overseen a £32M City of Culture programme as a trustee. Phil’s work is characterized by social impact, constructive failure as a learning method, and a knack for turning limited resources into sustainable community-driven enterprises.
9 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
Business Studies (International), Entrepreneurship, Finance, Services Marketing, Business Law, International marketing and business, Business Studies (International), Entrepreneurship, Finance, Services Marketing, Business Law, International marketing and business at University of North Carolina WilmingtonBusiness Studies (international), Marketing, Financial economics,Business strategy,Innovation in the new economy, Business Studies (international), Marketing, Financial economics,Business strategy,Innovation in the new economy at University of Hull
Github Skills (58)
rod10
licensing10
fishing10
jenkins8
calculation8
google-analytics8
payment-service7
quality-assurance7
jenkins-shared-library7
payment7
api7
stub6
rest-api6
tdd6
rest6
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
jaucourt/post_print
Apr 2017 - Jul 2020
Contributions:4 PRs, 5 pushes, 6 branches in 3 years 3 months
DEFRA/rod-licensing-tests
Jul 2020 - Dec 2024
Quality assurance tests for the rod-licensing digital service
Contributions:43 reviews, 22 PRs, 68 pushes in 4 years 5 months
licensingrodquality-assurance-testsqualityassurance
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