Ben Smith
Sr Solutions Architect - SW Defined Storage at IBM
Durham, North Carolina, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBen Smith is a hands-on technical executive and Sr. Solutions Architect specializing in software-defined storage, cloud, network, and HPC solutions, with 12+ years at IBM and a career spanning high-performance systems, healthcare ISVs, and medical imaging. He currently manages IBM’s OEM engagement with SAS Institute, shaping SAS Grid Manager deployments at scale and driving best practices for Hyperconverged and NAS storage. A pragmatic leader who "gets dirty," Ben blends deep systems engineering with customer-facing pre-sales, performance tuning, and project delivery. He also contributes to prominent open-source projects like Hyperledger Fabric and IBM Blockchain demos, focusing on backend, DevOps, and security-sensitive dependency upgrades. With a foundation in computer science engineering and a Harvard Business School executive seminar, he pairs technical rigor with cross-industry perspective to deliver production-grade infrastructure and measurable performance gains.
12 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
BS EngTech, Computer Science, BS EngTech, Computer Science at University of South FloridaGround Radar Tech, Radar, Electronics,, Ground Radar Tech, Radar, Electronics, at Community College of the Air Force2 wk Seminar, IBM EBO Project, 2 wk Seminar, IBM EBO Project at Harvard Business SchoolASET, Computer Science, ASET, Computer Science at Hillsborough Community College
Github Skills (16)
distributed-ledger-technology10
distributed-ledger10
javascript10
nodejs10
go10
hyperledger10
cicd10
blockchain10
dockers9
apidoc9
api9
docker9
couchdb9
documentation8
jinja27
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
hyperledger/fabric
Nov 2016 - Apr 2024
Hyperledger Fabric is an enterprise-grade permissioned distributed ledger framework for developing solutions and applications. Its modular and versatile design satisfies a broad range of industry use cases. It offers a unique approach to consensus that enables performance at scale while preserving privacy.
Role in this project:
Back-end & DevOps Engineer
Back-end & DevOps EngineerContributions:26 PRs, 15 comments, 10 issues in 7 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Ben Smith's commits primarily focused on maintaining and updating the Hyperledger Fabric documentation infrastructure. He upgraded dependencies like Jinja2 and jQuery and fixed issues related to inter-page links and jQuery functionality. Furthermore, he implemented infrastructure upgrades and fixed related bugs such as upgrading CouchDB and Go version. His work also involved addressing security vulnerabilities.
casesdevelopingdltdistributed-ledgerhyperledger-fabric
IBM-Blockchain-Archive/marbles
Jan 2016 - Feb 2016
IBM Blockchain - Marbles Demo
Role in this project:Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:36 commits, 1 push, 1 branch in 1 month
Contributions summary:Ben primarily contributed to the backend logic of the IBM Blockchain Marbles demo. Their work involved modifying core JavaScript files (`app.js`, `obc-js.js`) to enhance functionality, fix temporary directory issues, and integrate with blockchain services. They also updated the application to use the latest views and adapt to changes in the services object. The user also adjusted the app to make use of the correct node modules.
hyperledgerblockchain-platformblockchainblockchain-networkmarbles
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