Professional contribution beyond employed roles.

QLD Branch Executive Committee Member

ACS

2026 onward

Professional contribution through the ACS Queensland branch.

Technical Advisory Board - Data Sharing Committee Member

ACS

2024 onward

Committee contribution focused on data sharing, professional standards, ethical use of data and technology governance.

NT Government Innovation Territory mentor and business advisor profile

Innovation Territory / Northern Territory Government

2022 onward

Listed in the NT Government Innovation Territory advice ecosystem as a mentor, with a public profile covering ICT delivery, operations review, start-up establishment, digital strategy consulting, technology assessment and implementation, infrastructure migration and digital solution development.

• Innovation Territory is the Northern Territory Government innovation ecosystem site. It presents programs such as the Business Innovation Program, which supports Territory businesses, start-ups and entrepreneurs to develop and commercialise innovation through advisor support, funding, investment and networking opportunities.
• The public Benjamin Smith profile is currently presented as a Mentor profile. The user-supplied description as an approved advisor to business should be confirmed if a specific formal approval category is required for publication.

Founder and establishing chair - Northern Territory Digital Excellence Awards

NT ICT industry collaboration

2017 onward

Founded and established the Northern Territory Digital Excellence Awards, with the inaugural awards hosted at Parliament House and supported by government and industry. Public sources show the awards continuing through the 2025 program.

Judge - ACS National Digital Disruptor Awards

ACS

2017 and 2018

Served as a judge across national Digital Disruptor Awards processes, with conflicts handled through recusal where required.

National Congress Member

ACS

2016 to 2020

Represented professional and regional ICT interests through ACS National Congress participation.

Board Member

NT Ministerial Digital Advisory Committee

2016 to 2020

Provided advice to the Minister responsible for information services in the Northern Territory Government.

NT Branch Chair

ACS

2016 to 2019

Led ACS NT Branch activity, hosted industry events, supported digital awards and contributed to public advocacy for the NT ICT sector.

Board Member

Healthy Living NT

2015 to 2019

Community governance contribution through a Northern Territory health-focused organisation.

NT Honorary Secretary

ACS

2014 to 2015

Supported ACS NT Branch governance and administration before later branch leadership roles.

Technology commentator and event contributor

ABC Darwin and NT ICT ecosystem

2010s

Regular ABC Darwin technology-segment contribution and industry event hosting, MC and keynote activity.

Creator, DJ and host - Bar Choir

Discovery Nightclub / The Lost Arc and Northern Territory venues

2016 to 2022

Developed and hosted a participatory Bar Choir format at Discovery Nightclub, combining DJ work, hosted karaoke-style group singing, audience participation and venue programming. The format was later taken on the road across the Northern Territory and public sources show Bar Choir continuing as a Darwin venue format after Benjamin's hosting period.

• Hosted Saturday and Tuesday-night sessions, with the Tuesday format turning a weak trading night into a major hospitality night by user-supplied account.
• Public venue listings describe Bar Choir at Lost Arc / Discovery as a Tuesday event and later as Darwin's biggest karaoke hospo night.
• Commercial performance, Benjamin's original format-design role, roadshow reach and copy-cat claims are user-supplied and should be confirmed before final publication.

Startup mentor

Darwin Innovation Hub

2018 to 2019

Mentored founders and supported digital strategy in the Northern Territory startup ecosystem.

President, Student Representative Council

Craigmore High School / Inbarendi College

1994 to 1997

Student leadership across Craigmore High School during the Inbarendi College period, focused on student safety, student engagement, school communication, practical welfare and representation beyond the school.

• Spearheaded tree planting on vacant land adjacent to the school, then opposed council development that would have removed the planted area and increased traffic-infrastructure risks around students.
• Introduced lunchtime activities to combat truancy, including movies, sport, board games, computer lab sessions and music.
• Established a weekly student-led and student-written newsletter publication.
• Advocated for contraceptive vending machines in toilets as a practical student health and welfare measure.
• Represented Craigmore High School students to Inbarendi College, a multi-campus Elizabeth-Munno Para secondary college formed in 1989 with six sites including Craigmore, Elizabeth City, Elizabeth West, Fremont, Kaurna Plains and Smithfield Plains.
• Made representations to the South Australian Government on issues affecting high-school-aged students.
• Led cohorts visiting other northern-suburbs public and private schools to build relationships with student bodies and identify programs that could be adapted at Craigmore High School.