Ben Gohlke
President & Chief Operating Officer
Orlando, Florida, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBen Gohlke is a seasoned software leader and operator with 22+ years in tech and deep expertise in mobile engineering, having spent 14 years as an iOS developer and scaled teams from individual contributors to multi-team organizations. He’s co-founded and led technical strategy at startups building on-device AI and defense-focused products, and now runs operations and fundraising efforts as President & COO while also leading a commercial data venture for defense simulation specs. Known for turning hands-on engineering into repeatable hiring, onboarding, and delivery practices, he’s taught and mentored hundreds of engineers through roles at Lambda School and bootcamps, improving retention and time-to-productivity. His work spans enterprise and government product delivery—shipping mobile apps used by law enforcement and transportation agencies and engaging federal partners and primes. Based in Orlando, he combines pragmatic engineering instincts with business-facing leadership, and off the clock he’s a scuba diver, LEGO enthusiast, and root beer devotee.
11 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science, Computer Science, Computer Science at University of Central Florida
German
Github Skills (38)
countdown10
countdown-timer10
timer9
backport9
swiftui9
swift8
animation8
render7
sprint6
bodymovin6
swift-package-manager6
ios-library6
ios6
ios-application5
lambda5
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
TIYRaleigh/2016--April--iOS
Aug 2015 - Dec 2015
Contributions:142 commits in 3 months
aprilswiftioscohort
jcgohlke/2015--FALL--iOS
Aug 2015 - May 2016
Contributions:1 PR, 103 pushes, 3 branches in 9 months
swiftioscohortfall
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