Ben Kreeger
Engineering Manager at O'Reilly Media
Kansas City, Missouri, United States
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Top SchoolBen Kreeger is an engineering manager with 16 years of hands-on software experience, currently leading a team of six native app engineers at O'Reilly Media. He progressed through roles from software engineer to iOS lead before moving into management, combining deep mobile engineering expertise with people leadership and product-focused delivery. His background includes building consumer-facing iOS apps for notable brands and splitting monolithic web apps into maintainable services, showing strength in both mobile and backend architecture. Based in Kansas City, he brings a pragmatic, security-minded approach—aptly summarized on GitHub as "Tough on cyber"—that emphasizes reliable, maintainable systems. Known for working effectively with distributed teams, he balances technical mentorship with shipping customer-facing features.
16 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Um, a high school diploma, All the things, Um, a high school diploma, All the things at Kearney High SchoolBachelor's degree, Computer Information Systems, Bachelor's degree, Computer Information Systems at Missouri State University
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kreeger/etcetera
Jul 2009 - Mar 2010
Contributions:321 commits in 8 months
kreeger/prezto
Jan 2015 - Feb 2019
Contributions:40 pushes, 2 branches in 4 years 2 months
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