Ben is CTO of investment office Moss Ridge, based between USA and Australia. He left full-time academia in 2017 to start companies in financial technology, critical minerals, geophysics exploration technology, and quantum sensing. The technologies and markets supported by Moss Ridge include Mining (Pathfinder), Nuclear Energy (Reploy Power), and Physical Authentication & Traceability (Iridia). Ben has a PhD in Electrical & Biomedical Engineering from the University of New South Wales, Australia.