Summary
Tony Beninate is a versatile full-stack web developer and creative technologist with 11 years of experience building and leading teams on production Ruby on Rails applications and end-to-end web platforms. Combining a BS in Graphic Design with deep MVC expertise, he bridges UI/UX sensibility and backend architecture to deliver polished, user-focused features and internal systems like payment and shipment tooling. Tony has led engineering at established marketplaces and startups, served as technical lead for The SimGrid, and currently applies his audio craft as a sound designer for the Tamriel Rebuilt project—an uncommon blend of software engineering and creative audio production. Based in Richmond, VA, he brings both product-minded leadership and hands-on implementation, with a history of founding creative projects (including an original alt-rock band) that hint at his multidisciplinary problem-solving and storytelling instincts.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Graphic Design, BS, Graphic Design at Bob Jones University