Ben Phifer

Ben Phifer has had a diverse range of work experiences. Ben started their career at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, where they worked as a Departmental Assistant Manager from August 2014 to May 2017. From there, they moved on to UNITE HERE HEALTH, where they served as an IT Support Specialist from May 2017 to June 2019. After that, they joined Green Thumb Industries (GTI) as an IT Analyst from June 2019 to July 2020. Ben then advanced to the role of Associate Systems Administrator at GTI from July 2020 to December 2021. Lastly, they worked as a Systems Administrator at GTI from December 2021 to June 2022. Currently, they hold the position of Associate Systems Engineer at GTI, starting in April 2022.

Ben Phifer attended Southern Illinois University, Carbondale from 2013 to 2017, where they earned a Bachelor's Degree in Audio Production and another Bachelor's Degree in Advertising & Integrated Marketing. In January 2023, they obtained an AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner certification from Amazon Web Services.