Summary
Ben Leibig is a Principal Solutions Architect with deep roots in systems engineering and two decades of enterprise IT experience, now focusing on security, cross-chain interoperability, and developer experience in Web3. He has driven scalable governance automation and secure multisig operations at Balancer and designed Terraform/GitOps migrations and grant programs at BadgerDAO, consistently turning manual DAO processes into auditable, automated workflows. At Chainlink he advises major DeFi DAOs, stablecoins and RWA projects on cross-chain intents and regulatory-compliant integration, shaping CCIP product direction for builders. Comfortable bridging ops, product and community, he pairs hands-on infrastructure expertise with strategic tokenomics and ecosystem growth work. Based in Berlin, he combines enterprise-grade reliability with a startup mindset and a history of scaling teams, developer programs, and revenue flows for decentralized organizations.
8 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer
MBA with Distiction (Highest Honors) Strategy and Entrepreneurship, MBA with Distiction (Highest Honors) Strategy and Entrepreneurship at Cass Business School
Computers and Physics, Computers and Physics at University of Colorado Boulder
English, German