Ben Ward's Location
Makawao, Hawaii, United States, United States
About Ben Ward
• Results-driven full-stack developer with extensive international experience in Fortune 500 companies and startups. Loves making things and shipping code. My favorite stack is React and Rails.• Scalability/Performance: Very large applications (3 mil+ users) to market.• Security/Compliance: Designed and developed systems in social networks, financial services, social lending, accounting, and domains.• Collaboration/Teamwork: Plays well with others. Agile Best Practices, Pair Programming, TDD, Continuous Deployment • Lean Startup: Four Founder/Officer positions: Gets the big picture and the critical path to get the company where it needs to be. • Giving it back: Leads workshops on Ruby on Rails and React
Ben Ward Work Experience Details
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Senior Software EngineerReal Geeks Mar 2016 - PresentDallas, Tx, UsReal Geeks builds powerful, simple and easy-to-use software to help real estate professionals generate more business. - Designed and built a high performance drip workflow system that our real estate agents use to nurture their leads by sending millions of emails, sms, video emails, video text, ringless voicemails, and postcards automatically. - Integrated the system with our existing suite of services including CRM and IDX websites. -
Senior Software EngineerSundance Institute Mar 2016 - PresentPark City, Utah, UsSundance Institute is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the discovery and development of independent artists and audiences. Through its programs, the Institute seeks to discover, support, and inspire independent film and theatre artists from the United States and around the world, and to introduce audiences to their new work.- Rewrote ticketing system for Sundance Film Festival -
Cto/Co-FounderTidyrank Jul 2014 - Dec 2016Tidyrank was a SEO SaaS startup whose goal was help business to improve website keyword ranking positions on Google. Specifically, rankings can be improved from fine-tuning the keywords used throughout the text on a website using competitive analysis. Additional analysis tools were added to report on other factors used in ranking. Pivoted to offering consulting to implement changes reported by the software. Stack: Rails -
Vice President Of EngineeringFindery Aug 2014 - Mar 2016Findery (https://findery.com) is a user-generated-content platform for users to share what fascinates them about places in the world. It is an Editor's Choice in the App Store, and has been critically acclaimed in both the tech and consumer press.- Frontend & Backend Development of our sites and API and using Rails, Backbone, and React.- Managing the iOS, Android, Windows, Frontend, Backend, and DevOps teams.- Developed and managed Windows 10 Launch for Phone and Desktop.
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Cto/Co-FounderCheqbook.Com Aug 2011 - Aug 2014Kahului, Hawaii, UsCheqbook (http://cheqbook.com) is a full-featured accounting SaaS and alternative to Quickbooks Online. Cheqbook downloads all your transactions and categorizes them saving business owners two weeks a year.- Designed, developed, and managed dev team on online accounting SaaS (Rails/Javascript).- Managed all technical aspects of business.- Received patent for categorization and transaction processing engine -
Senior Software EngineerCloud City Development Aug 2013 - Dec 2013San Francisco, California, UsDeveloped and stress-tested a Ruby on Rails backend to support a iOS/Android mobile app for a top female music artist. 1 million downloads in the first 48 hours of launch. -
Senior EngineerPacific Whale Foundation Apr 2009 - Jun 2011Wailuku, Hi, UsPacific Whale Foundation (https://www.pacificwhale.org) is a non-profit organization founded in 1980 to save whales from extinction.- Development and maintenance of six web sites in the areas of online reservations, online store, conservation, and research.- Developed whale log website importing GPS data and mapping to google maps. Naturalists record all sightings live using 3G netbooks. Exports to ArcGIS for further analysis. -
Cto/Co-FounderManeo Kk Apr 2006 - Aug 2010JpManeo (http://maneo.jp) is first social lending company in Japan. Individuals can obtain a loan via an auction where investors bid. After the auction reaches 100%, the interest rate will start to go down with additional bids. As of 09/2015, over $280mil USD in loans have cleared with a very low default rate and an average interest rate between 5% and 8%. - Designed and developed all features including auction and social networking systems- Installed and maintained web, mail, DB, and file clusters (14 servers)- Defined engineering and operations procedures- Managed 3 member development team- Company purchased by M’Grant Food Service on 08/03/2010. -
Engineering Div. ManagerGmo Internet, Inc. Aug 2002 - Dec 2009Shibuya-Ku, Tokyo, JpGMO Internet (http://gmo.jp) is a publically traded Internet Services company with 86 subsidiaries that purchased my previous company Solis KK.- Responsible for the improvement, integration, and upkeep of all systems.- Hired, managed, and grew a multi-national technical staff (4 teams, 25 people, 800+ servers, 5 datacenters).- Re-defined engineering and operations procedures - Merged previous Operations division into Engineering to increase efficiency, raise morale, and cut-down on turnover.- Managed a Datacenter migration of more than 150 servers. Upgraded more than 300 servers.- Managed staff and technical integration of previous company Solis KK. -
Cto/Co-FounderSolis K.K. Feb 2001 - Aug 2002Solis (http://solis.jp) was my first company and the second ICANN accredited domain registrar in Japan.- Designed and developed domain registration system. - Managed all technical aspects.- Hired, managed, and grew the technical staff (2 teams, 6 people, 10 servers).- Defined technology discipline, best practices and associated processes. Streamlined support processes and escalation procedures.- Created the infrastructure and back-end for a domain name reseller system with over 350 resellers - Company purchased by Global Media Online KK on 09/21/2005.
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Senior ArchitectSapient Corporation Apr 1999 - Feb 2001Boston, Ma, Us- Managed small development teams on multi-tier web-based applications for Global 500 companies. Clients include Goldman Sachs, GE Capital, Mitsubishi, Sony, and iwon.com.- Created and grew the technical discipline in the Sapient KK Tokyo office. -
EngineerIxl 1997 - 1999New York, Ny, Us- Designed and engineered projects ranging from rich-media promotional sites to large distributed web-based applications for Fortune 500 companies. Clients include Equant, Mckinsey, and Honda. - Provided preliminary research and support setting up the iXL Tokyo branch office.
Ben Ward Education Details
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Brandeis UniversityEast Asian Studies -
Tokyo International University
Frequently Asked Questions about Ben Ward
What company does Ben Ward work for?
Ben Ward works for Real Geeks
What is Ben Ward's role at the current company?
Ben Ward's current role is Senior Software Engineer at Real Geeks.
What schools did Ben Ward attend?
Ben Ward attended Brandeis University, Tokyo International University.
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