Ben Burkholder
Software Engineer - Data
Greater Cleveland United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBen Burkholder is a software engineer specializing in data-focused Python automation and machine learning, with eight years of experience building practical solutions across analytics and digital marketing. Currently a Software Engineer - Data at Chmura Economics & Analytics, he brings hands-on experience from roles that span software engineering, SEO, and digital integration—giving him a strong blend of data skills and product-minded thinking. He has a track record of turning marketing and SEO insights into automated workflows and tools, having transitioned from roles at BrandMuscle and Cleveland Clinic into full-time engineering. Comfortable working across the stack, Ben leverages his advertising background (BA from Kent State) to prioritize user and business impact when designing data systems. Based in Greater Cleveland, he combines mid-market consultancy experience with enterprise analytics expectations, making him adept at shipping pragmatic, maintainable solutions. An early-career history in content and campaign work means he often spots signal in messy marketing data that others miss.
7 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree, Advertising, GPA: 3.6, Bachelor's Degree, Advertising, GPA: 3.6 at Kent State University
Github Skills (15)
pagespeed8
sentiment6
api6
csv6
analyzer6
python5
classification5
json5
sentiment-analysis5
nlp4
natural-language-processing4
machine-learning3
google-geocoding-api2
csharp1
geocoding1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
ibebeebz/google-natural-language-api
Feb 2019 - May 2019
This program leverages the google natural language api to analyze text, either uploaded directly or via URL, returning results on sentiment, content classification and more.
Contributions:59 commits, 2 PRs, 55 pushes in 3 months
nlpapipythonleveragesgoogle-natural-language-api
benjburkholder/google-pagespeed-api-script
Jan 2019 - May 2019
A python script that calls the pagespeed api and requests URLs be run. The JSON returned is filtered to only include desired metrics, they are then saved to a local csv for analysis.
Contributions:28 commits, 23 pushes, 1 branch in 3 months
urlsapicsvpythoncalls
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