Summary
Ben Demann is a versatile software engineer and co-founder with a decade of experience building tools across embedded systems, web, Android, and VFX pipelines. Currently co-leading Demergent Labs while contributing at Romaric Corporation, he blends hands-on engineering with creative product sensibility honed as a Department TD at DreamWorks and Render TD at Blue Sky. Comfortable with Python, TypeScript, C/C++, and Java, he specializes in tooling for Houdini and Nuke and prioritizes beautiful, usable interfaces whether CLI or web. A BYU computer science graduate with an emphasis in animation, he brings both technical depth and a user-centered mindset to complex animation and rendering workflows. Outside work he’s an avid tinkerer—his setups favor Vim plugins and GNOME 3—and balances coding with family time, Minecraft, and long walks.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science, Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science at Brigham Young University
English, Spanish