Ben Difrancesco
Founder And CEO at ScopeLift
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBen Difrancesco is a founder and CEO with 12 years of software engineering experience, leading ScopeLift as a consultancy that blends high-quality engineering with blockchain strategy. He is a hands-on engineer who spans mobile and front-end work—contributing UI improvements to notable open-source projects like Gitcoin’s web app and Apple’s CareKit. His background ranges from aerospace-grade simulation and large-scale 3D visualization at Boeing to building data-driven CRM and analytics workflows at Ascension Press, reflecting strong systems thinking and operational rigor. Comfortable in startup and enterprise contexts, he pairs rapid learning and pragmatic decision-making with clear communication and team leadership. A programming-language enthusiast and mobile/blockchain practitioner, he brings both product sensibility and deep technical curiosity to tough engineering problems. Based in Philadelphia, he combines entrepreneurial grit with a track record of shipping reliable, user-facing features and stability fixes in widely used projects.
12 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Aerospace Engineering, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Aerospace Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology
Github Skills (14)
html10
css10
responsive-design10
swift10
javascript10
ios10
user-interface10
react10
ui-framework10
ui-design9
objective-c9
ethereum8
combine5
coredata5
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
carekit-apple/CareKit
May 2016 - Jul 2017
CareKit is an open source software framework for creating apps that help people better understand and manage their health.
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (iOS)
Mobile Developer (iOS)Contributions:6 commits, 11 PRs, 10 comments in 1 year 2 months
Contributions summary:Ben primarily focused on enhancing the user interface and functionality of the CareKit iOS framework. Their contributions included implementing pull-to-refresh features within several view controllers (CareContents, CareCard, and SymptomTracker), adding delegate methods and documentation for this new functionality. Furthermore, the user addressed a potential race condition in `OCKCareSchedule` by synchronizing the lazy instantiation of the UTC calendar, improving stability. Finally, they fixed a bug in `OCKCarePlanStore` to correctly handle duplicate activity identifiers.
swift-package-managercore-dataswift5healthcombine
gitcoinco/web
May 2020 - Mar 2021
Grow Open Source
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:11 reviews, 52 commits, 17 PRs in 9 months
Contributions summary:Ben primarily contributed to the front-end development of the Gitcoin web application. Their work focused on creating and modifying user interface components, particularly within the grant detail pages. They implemented responsive design adjustments, integrated new features such as a side cart, and updated the user experience with new UI elements. They also added the functionality to the add to cart button on the grant details page.
ethereumbountiesgitcoinethgrow
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