Ben Marcantel

Ben Marcantel is a skilled developer with extensive experience in backend software development, currently serving at QuaverEd as a team lead responsible for creating data models, API development, and application maintenance. A versatile professional, Ben has also worked as a freelance animator, editor, and director since 2003, contributing stop-motion and computer animation for independent musicians, alongside a parallel career as a composer and engineer in Nashville's avant-garde music scene since 1998. Previous roles include computer systems analyst at Precise Systems, web developer for The United Methodist Publishing House, and participant in an intensive software development bootcamp at Nashville Software School. Ben holds certifications in node and front-end development and has a B.S. in Philosophy and Art Criticism from MTSU.