Ben Johnson
Chief Technology Officer at Prodigy Education
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolBen Johnson is a seasoned technology leader and Chief Technology Officer based in Toronto with 17 years of experience turning product vision into delightful, usable software. He blends hands-on expertise in Python, TypeScript, and Swift with deep experience in AWS and Kubernetes to build scalable backends and polished frontends. At Prodigy Education he progressed from Principal Engineer to SVP of Engineering and now CTO, shaping long-term technical strategy while maintaining a coder’s attention to system design and UX. He’s equally comfortable managing and mentoring engineering teams as he is shipping production code, favoring pragmatic systems that prioritize customer experience. With an MA in Philosophy, he brings clear, human-centered thinking to complex technical trade-offs—and an uncommon focus on service quality, cats, and eliminating unnecessary paper.
17 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
MA Philosophy, MA Philosophy at Western University
Github Skills (63)
testing10
test-runner10
sublime-text10
vim10
neovim10
tdd10
package-control9
eslint9
nodejs9
django-templates9
react9
ecmascript8
python8
javascript8
static-code-analysis8
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
benjohnson/atom-django-templates
Mar 2014 - May 2015
Atom support for Django templates.
Contributions:19 commits, 5 PRs, 9 pushes in 1 year 2 months
django-templates
benjohnson/vim-dotfiles
Jan 2015 - May 2021
Contributions:24 pushes in 6 years 5 months
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