Ben Brewer
Head Of Engineering at Codethink
England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolBen Brewer is a systems software engineer and engineering leader with 15 years' experience building low-level C/C++ solutions across compilers, graphics/shaders, embedded firmware, microcontrollers and FPGA-based systems. As Head of Engineering at Codethink he balances hands-on technical work—like reverse engineering ARM MALI shader architectures and creating assemblers/linkers—with people leadership, recruitment and business-facing responsibilities. He brings a rare full-stack mindset for the "lower end" of the stack, combining firmware, driver development and electronic design with manufacturing experience for complex PCBs. Comfortable moving between R&D (AR, IVI, set-top and mobile graphics) and production engineering, he has driven open-source-friendly efforts to replace proprietary graphics drivers. Based in England, he pairs formal computer science training with practical hardware skills (Verilog, Cadence, Xilinx) and a track record of turning obscure hardware protocols into maintainable software.
15 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
BSc (Hons) 2:1 Computer Science, BSc (Hons) 2:1 Computer Science at The University of ManchesterA-Levels Computing Maths Physics German, A-Levels Computing Maths Physics German at Priestley College
English, German, Spanish
Github Skills (11)
linux-kernel7
kernel7
linux6
azerothcore4
sphere3
world-of-warcraft3
buildroot2
azure-sphere2
ftdi2
azure1
cli1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
flatmush/ftx-prog
Jun 2019 - Jun 2019
A Linux command-line alternative to the FTDI FTProg utility for FTDI's FT-X series
Contributions:1 push in 1 day
ftpssftplinuxftdilinux-command
flatmush/ZX-Spectrum-Component-Video
Mar 2021 - Mar 2021
Component video (YPbPr) output for the ZX Spectrum computer
Contributions:1 push in 1 day
zx-spectrumypbpr8bitspectrumvideo
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