Ben Goertz
Co-Founder at Semi-Decent
Portland, Oregon, United States
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Top SchoolBen Goertz is an iOS-focused engineer and Co-Founder based in Portland with 11 years of experience blending product-grade mobile engineering and storytelling from a prior career in TV production. He has shipped consumer and enterprise iOS features at Nike, Walmart Global Tech, and eBay, and now leads product and engineering direction at startup Semi-Decent. Comfortable across the stack, Ben pairs Swift and modern iOS patterns with UX collaboration, backend integrations, and a history of rapid prototyping from his agency and freelance work. His background in video production and teaching gives him an unusual edge in crafting compelling user experiences and communicating complex technical decisions to non-technical stakeholders. Known for learning quickly and shipping under pressure, he intentionally balances artistic instincts with disciplined engineering to build practical, well-designed apps.
11 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Data Visualization, Data Visualization at Portland Code SchoolArduino, Arduino at ADXB.A. Digital Media, B.A. Digital Media at John Brown UniversitySound Design, Sound Design at Los Angeles Film Studies CenteriOS Swift Development Track, iOS Swift Development Track at Treehouse
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Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
suite22/website
May 2015 - Dec 2020
Contributions:1 release, 9 pushes, 1 tag in 5 years 7 months
suite22/cinemetrics
Oct 2015 - Apr 2016
Contributions:1 release, 30 commits, 24 pushes in 6 months
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