Ben Nelson
CTO And Co-Founder at Knetyc
Utah, United States
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Top SchoolBen Nelson is a technology leader and entrepreneur with 11 years of hands-on software engineering and management experience, currently serving as CTO and Co-Founder of Knetyc. He has co-founded companies (including BloomTech), led engineering teams at MX, and built full-stack products at iFit, combining strategic leadership with deep implementation skills. Ben’s background spans backend data structures and testing to frontend and tooling—evident from his GitHub work adding robust tests, ESLint configuration, and core data-structure implementations. Based in Utah, he blends startup grit with formal CS training from Brigham Young University and immersion in the Y Combinator community. Known for mentoring as a former lead instructor, he brings a pragmatic, test-driven approach to building reliable systems and scaling engineering teams.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Y CombinatorBachelor's Degree Computer Science, Bachelor's Degree Computer Science at Brigham Young University
Chinese
Stackoverflow
7reputation
969reached
1answer
3questions
Github Skills (15)
testing10
hashtable10
stack10
data-structures10
unit-testing10
javascript10
jestjs10
linked-list10
data-structure10
queue10
eslint9
test-automation8
front-end-development7
xcode6
c36
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
SunJieMing/js-minicamp-homework-1
Mar 2017 - Mar 2017
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:22 commits, 5 pushes, 5 comments in 5 days
Contributions summary:Ben primarily contributed to the development of JavaScript-based functions and their associated tests within the repository. They implemented functions for basic mathematical operations and area calculations, alongside adding unit tests to verify their functionality. Furthermore, the user set up and configured ESLint for code linting and expanded testing coverage by adding additional tests.
bloominstituteoftechnology/Data-Structures-I
Apr 2017 - Oct 2017
Role in this project:Back-end Developer & QA Engineer
Back-end Developer & QA EngineerContributions:13 commits, 14 pushes in 6 months
Contributions summary:Ben primarily initialized and implemented the base structures for common data structures such as linked lists, hash tables, stacks, and queues. They added comprehensive tests, including tests for linked lists, queues, and stacks, to ensure correct functionality. Furthermore, they added a constructor, helper functions, and resizing for the hash table implementation.
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