Ben Ford
Founder & CEO at AI Night School
Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Summary
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Top SchoolBen Ford is a founder and CEO with 17 years of experience building high-performance engineering teams and AI-enabled operating systems for service businesses. Based in Dubai, he founded Mission Ctrl to help firms scale beyond $5M by converting individual expertise into client-owned, AI-powered systems that eliminate vendor lock-in and drive outcome-based revenue. He previously led Commando Development and Exsis, blending Royal Marines-honed operational rigor with modern engineering practices across Python, Haskell and cloud platforms. Ben co-founded AI Night School to democratize practical AI skills for SME leaders, reaching thousands of learners with bite-sized, applied programs. His background spans quantitative finance, telecoms and military communications—an uncommon mix that surfaces in his focus on disciplined systems, repeatable processes and rapid, mission-focused delivery. Notably, he selectively scales client engagements to ensure deep implementation and measurable impact rather than churn.
17 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Engineering, Engineering at University of Exeter
English
Github Skills (200)
vim10
cryptocurrency10
graphql-api10
api10
nodejs10
mongodb10
rest-api10
haskell10
docker-compose10
currency10
server10
ada10
crypto10
gui-application10
point-of-sale10
Programming languages (21)
Github contributions (5)
commandodev/nixpkgs
Jan 2015 - May 2020
Nix Packages collection
Contributions:2 PRs, 21 pushes, 10 branches in 5 years 5 months
nix-flakenixos-configurationnixosnix-packagesnix
commandodev/stargate
May 2010 - Aug 2010
WebSocket support for pyramid
Contributions:27 commits in 3 months
websocket
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