Ben Nichols
VP Of Software at Petal
New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand
Summary
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Top SchoolBen Nichols is a seasoned software leader and VP of Software with 11 years of formal experience and a career spanning engineering, game design, system architecture, and management across startups and enterprise projects. He has led technical teams as VP, Director, CTO and CEO roles in companies from mobile and gaming to blockchain-enabled pharmaceutical supply chains, blending product-minded engineering with strategic architecture. Based in California and with ties to New Zealand, he combines hands-on development experience from early mobile and game work to modern enterprise dashboards and secure distributed systems. Ben has repeatedly transitioned between founding roles and executive leadership, showing an ability to scale teams and businesses while staying technically engaged. Notably, his consultancy at LedgerDomain demonstrates expertise in applying blockchain and mobile tech to regulated supply chains, a niche that requires both security rigor and practical UX. He holds a BS in Computer Science, Mathematics and Business, pairing technical depth with commercial insight.
11 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science Computer Science Mathematics Business, Bachelor of Science Computer Science Mathematics Business at Pacific University
English
Github Skills (82)
longpress10
postgresql10
jsonb10
sql10
golang10
hstore10
database10
go10
orm10
object-mapping9
contentful9
swift8
go-pg8
bug-reporting8
uipageviewcontroller8
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
Stickbuilt/SBGestureTableView
Oct 2014 - Feb 2016
Swift UITableView subclass that supports swiping rows ala Mailbox and long press to move rows.
Contributions:7 commits, 2 PRs, 5 pushes in 1 year 4 months
longpressswift
Stickbuilt/gin-gonic-contrib
Jun 2016 - Jan 2017
Contributions:3 pushes in 7 months
middlewaremiddlewares
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