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Benjamin V. is a skilled software engineer with extensive experience in optimizing scientific code and transitioning programming languages. With a B.S. in Computer Science and a Bachelor of Science in Physics from Lamar University, Benjamin V. has worked at METECS since September 2017 and completed a software engineer internship at Applied Research in Acoustics LLC, where performance optimization, parallelization, and code porting from Octave/MATLAB to Python were key responsibilities. Additionally, Benjamin V. has contributed as a research assistant at Lamar University, developing software for air quality estimation, and has experience in education as a tutor and outdoor pursuits facilitator, demonstrating strong communication and leadership skills.