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BEN UPHAM
TECHNOLOGY STRATEGIST
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Fifteen years inside the systems the web runs on.

As technical barriers fall, success is about imagination, curiosity, and the focus to see things through.

I've led technical projects serving museums, nonprofits, and civic institutions: dozens of builds between $100,000 and $1M. Every client continued to work with me after launch.

Ben Upham
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HOW I WORK

Principled passion

I treat my clients the way I would want to be treated, and I love what I do. My work is an extension of your org's best self.

Foundational clarity

A thorough and honest assessment of the context, problem, and goal comes first. Clarity is compassion.

Plan → build → deliver

What would you love, what do you need, and what can you afford? There's no Phase II if Phase I never happens.

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BACKGROUND

2026 — NOW

Independent consultant

Strategy, architecture and delivery for museums, nonprofits and civic institutions.
2018 — 2026

Urban Insight

Senior Technical Project Manager, later Technology Strategist. Led dozens of builds for museums, universities and nonprofits, and moved upstream into architecture and platform selection.
2016 — 2018

Destini Intelligence · HyperVelocity

Product management for a consumer product locator built on retail data, then agile consulting to Fortune 500 engineering teams.
2010 — 2016

Roll Global · Full-Stack Developer

Social applications for leading CPG brands and software development.
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Tell me what you're working on.

ben@benupham.com
Los Angeles, CA
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