Summary
Ben Chan is a DevOps engineer and systems thinker based in Irvine, CA, with over a decade of hands-on experience and a 25-year background in building relational databases and dynamic web systems. He has led large-scale SQL Server migrations, ETL pipelines, and performance tuning across industries—from gaming and e-commerce to logistics and membership services—often improving throughput and inbox placement through automation. At the Automobile Club of Southern California he currently focuses on SQL Server administration and DevOps practices, drawing on deep expertise in SSIS/SSRS, backups/restores, and cross-platform migrations. Ben combines pragmatic engineering with creative problem solving (he once boosted a content manager’s performance by 500%), and routinely translates business needs into reliable data workflows and web tools. He pairs formal CS education with a long track record of optimizing legacy systems and modernizing infrastructure, making him a go-to for complex data consolidation and migration projects.
11 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
AA/AS, AA/AS at Pasadena City College
B.S., B.S. at California State University, Northridge