Benjamin Cox

Building software for space, Mars, satellites, and autonomous agents. Software engineer and field operations project manager.

About

Software engineer and field operations project manager based on Bainbridge Island, WA, working at the seam between physical operations and the data systems that run them. I have shipped production iOS/web software on AWS and PostgreSQL with custom RAG and state-graph LLM agent retrieval, and I am currently building a provenance-backed memory service for autonomous agents and a satellite fleet-operations simulator with delayed-command and human-approval workflows. In parallel I manage development and commercial landscaping projects, drawing on fifteen years of team leadership and P&L management. Targeting roles in robotics data pipelines, industrial IoT, fleet health monitoring, and autonomous construction.

Projects

PopulationMars

Mars · terraforming · education

An information site on Mars terraforming concepts, with interactive satellite simulators.

OrbitFleet

Orekit · Basilisk · Three.js · Python · TypeScript

Satellite fleet-operations simulator: synthetic telemetry, replay, anomaly scenarios, bounded action candidates, delayed command execution (comms latency), and semi-autonomous responses with human approval gates. Engineering notes on GitHub. PLACEHOLDER Add simulator screenshots.

Haidaa

open source · agents · protocol

Provenance-backed shared memory graph for autonomous agents: Ed25519-signed, attributed assertions, preserved disagreement via CONTRADICTS/SUPERSEDES relations, and offline receipt verification. Live V0.2 pilot with a public API and hosted MCP server; protocol, schemas, verifier and RFCs published under MIT with Python and TypeScript clients. PLACEHOLDER Add repo link.

Microstracker & agent work

automation · LLM agents

Native iOS and web app on AWS (App Runner, EC2, RDS Postgres, IAM, SES, S3, CloudWatch) for tracking supplements, peptides and biomarkers, with a RAG pipeline refactored to a state-graph architecture, Apple Health, OCR/vision and vector retrieval. CMSBOT: human-in-the-loop content automation for microstracker.com. Related tools include longevitychart.com and chatwithpod.com.

Experience

Founder & Software Engineer · HAIDAA

Bainbridge Island, WA · July 2026 – Present

Independent project · OrbitFleet · Population Mars

June 2026 – Present

Founder & Software Engineer · Microstracker

April 2025 – Present

Owned production AWS infrastructure and sensitive health-data handling end to end, including consent design under Washington's My Health My Data Act; ran Apple Search Ads, Google Ads and analytics (Mixpanel, GA4, Search Console, Bing Webmaster).

Project Manager · Forest Pryde

Poulsbo, WA · April 2023 – Present

Manage property development and commercial landscaping projects up to $500,000 end to end: crews of 4–5, architectural and civil drawings, materials logistics, machinery scheduling, bids, contracts and expenses; grading and earthwork with civil engineers' site and DEM data.

Project Manager · White Willow LLC

Suquamish, WA · January 2021 – April 2023

Doubled the client base in one year by tightening scheduling of materials, equipment, staff and subcontractors; designed and contracted large residential projects; managed hiring, training and scheduling.

Sales Development Representative · Iggy's Alive and Cultured

January 2020 – December 2021

Opened new regional B2B accounts; managed pipeline in HubSpot.

Chef de Cuisine (Kitchen Manager) · Restaurant Marche

Bainbridge Island, WA · January 2012 – December 2022

Inventory, procurement and sales analytics to improve margins; led a team of up to 12.

Sous Chef / Kitchen Manager · Cafe Nola

Bainbridge Island, WA · March 2007 – June 2014

Managed culinary staff of 14+, inventory, ordering and profitability.

Skills

Python · TypeScript · Swift · PostgreSQL · AWS (App Runner, EC2, RDS, IAM, SES, S3, CloudWatch, Secrets Manager) · REST/API design · iOS & web development · RAG · vector search · OCR · state-graph / agent workflows · MCP · telemetry visualization · operational data pipelines · Orekit · Basilisk · Three.js · simulation · Ed25519 signing / provenance · Mixpanel, GA4, Search Console · project management · earthwork & grading · architectural drawings · bid/contract/expense review · materials logistics · machinery operation · team leadership · hiring & training · P&L management · technical writing · data modeling

Education

Associate of Applied Science, Olympic College (2006–2008)

Publications

Population Mars, founder/editor (since September 2025): industry intelligence publication on Mars colonization and space technology.

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