Summary
Ben Damer is a Vice President of Software Engineering with 14 years of experience building and leading teams to deliver enterprise-grade, real-time analytics and performance monitoring systems. Based in Seattle, he architects distributed Java EE and .NET solutions, integrates big data and open-source OLAP tools, and has built a custom profiler to surface .NET runtime hotspots for actionable visualizations. His hands-on background spans backend systems in Java, C#, and C++ through to cloud deployments on AWS and relational engines like Oracle and SQL Server, informed by an MSc in Informatics from the University of Edinburgh. Known for pairing deep algorithmic and performance optimization expertise with product-minded engineering, he thrives on turning complex runtime telemetry into performant, operational insights.
14 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
MSc, Informatics, MSc, Informatics at The University of Edinburgh
BSc, Computer Science, BSc, Computer Science at Sierra Nevada College