years building and scaling
Founder · Agentic Optimizer · AI Evangelist · Hybridizer
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BEN CAMENKER
Working across
Agentic systems
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Living systems
For more than 15 years, Ben has built companies and technology. Today, his work brings agentic AI, software, and plant breeding into the same practice.
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Founder✦Agentic Optimizer✦AI Evangelist✦Software Engineer✦Web Developer✦Living Systems✦Garden-Variety Mad Scientist✦
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Profile
The throughline
Systems are where the work begins.
Ben Camenker has spent more than 15 years building technology, media, and marketing companies, both as a founder and in operating roles on platforms within the Amazon and Microsoft ecosystems.
Ben was an early adopter of AI and now designs agent-based workflows for practical use. He looks for repetitive work, disconnected tools, and underused data, then builds a cleaner way through them. His plant breeding follows a similar discipline: careful observation, selection, iteration, and field testing.
contractors across 6 continents
licensed seats influenced
in creator revenue processed
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The work
A multidisciplinary practice
Ben works from strategy
through execution.
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Founder & Operator
Ben co-founded SideQuest Media and LFG Talent, then handled the operational work behind them: tech stack decisions, web development, R&D, contracts, hiring, revenue systems, delivery, and growth.
Venture / Strategy / Operations
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AI & Technology Evangelist
Ben was working with new technology long before AI became a boardroom staple. He helps teams understand what the tools can do, where they are useful, and how to put them to work.
AI / Emerging tech / Narrative
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Agentic Optimizer
He builds agent-based workflows that handle repetitive tasks and connect scattered tools and data while keeping the human decision-maker in control.
Agents / Automation / Optimization
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Software Engineer & Web Developer
A hands-on developer in JavaScript, Python, PHP, and the web stack, Ben also designs CRM and data systems when off-the-shelf tools get in the way.
Engineering / Product / Web
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Garden-Variety Mad Scientist
Ben breeds cold-hardy plants for places with short seasons and limited varieties. The work is intended to push growing zones while improving yield, production, and choice.
Living systems / Genetics / Cold hardiness
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Selected career
Operator inside the platforms
Built where people
play, create & learn.
Ben’s career has moved between startups and some of the world’s largest technology platforms. His roles have often sat where product, operations, and revenue meet.
2020—Now
SideQuest Media
Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer
Scaled a digital media and talent management agency to 80+ contractors across six continents, millions in annual recurring revenue, and a Top 5 position among agencies on Twitch.
Venture building / P&L / GTM / Operations
2019—2020
LFG Talent LLC
Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer
Built repeatable revenue operations, campaign testing, commercial contracting, and the CRM and CMS foundation for a marketing-focused talent startup.
Revenue systems / Product owner / Growth
2019
Streamlabs
Business Development & Sponsorships
Opened monetization channels and professionalized enterprise sales for a creator platform processing more than $400M in creator revenue ahead of its Logitech acquisition.
Partnerships / Sponsorships / Monetization
2017—2018
MAQ Software / Microsoft
Lead Product Evangelist, Education
Led acquisition and expansion across 350+ enterprise and government education accounts in the UK and BENELUX region, influencing programs representing 3+ million licensed seats.
Product evangelism / Enterprise / Public sector
2015—2017
Curse / Twitch / Amazon
Head of Sales Development
Led revenue growth through restructuring and acquisition, built analytics and content strategies that increased departmental sales performance by 70%+, and directed campaigns reaching hundreds of millions of impressions quarterly.
Revenue leadership / Analytics / Brand programs
Earlier platforms
Loots
Fortumo
BlackBerry
Scoreloop
Technical foundation
University of Florida · Harvard University EdX Computer Science · CodeAcademy — Data Analytics, Cloud Compute, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence · Salesforce Trailhead Full-stack · AI/LLM systems · Python, JavaScript & web development
System / 01
Software
BUILD
Working software, built for the people who use it.
System / 02
Biology
BREED
When evolution needs a little nudge.
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Cold-climate breeding
Plant hybridization
Pushing growing zones
past their old limits.
Ben breeds new varieties for climates where familiar options are scarce. The goal is practical: move the growing zone north, improve productivity during short seasons, and give growers more to work with.
Outlaw Pepper Co.
Est. 2018
Outlaw Pepper Co. gives Ben a place to run long-term breeding trials, select for useful traits, and learn what survives outside the greenhouse.
Push zones
Select plants that can survive and produce beyond their usual growing range.
Increase yield
Select for reliable production within a shorter growing window.
Expand choice
Develop varieties that cold-climate growers cannot readily find elsewhere.
Working question
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What could this system do better?
That might mean an AI workflow that cuts hours of repetitive work, software that makes a messy process easier to manage, a business with clearer operating systems, or the introduction of cold hardy genes, drought tolerance, or disease resistance to a million-year-old gene pool. Ben prefers results that can be measured in day-to-day use.
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Connect
Partnerships · Ventures · Speaking
Looking for someone
focused on growth?
Ben is based in Huntsville, Alabama. He welcomes conversations about agentic AI, software, new ventures, and living systems.
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Ben Camenker
Founder / Agentic Optimizer
AI Evangelist / Garden-Variety Mad Scientist
AI Evangelist / Garden-Variety Mad Scientist