Summary
Ben Van T Ende is a community-focused manager and consultant with 11+ years of experience helping open source projects and organizations improve communication, collaboration, and participation. As a partner at Age of Peers and former TYPO3 community steward, he blends hands-on community strategy, content guidance, and social media planning with certified Scrum Master practices to bridge technical teams and corporate stakeholders. He advises startups and established teams on OSPO initiatives, leadership, burnout prevention, and work-life balance, often speaking about the human side of technology. Based in Arnhem, Netherlands, Ben’s background in psychoacoustics and early hands-on production roles gives him a pragmatic, people-first approach to building sustainable communities and translating grassroots practices into corporate open source programs.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Sound tinkerer, psycho acoustics, Sound tinkerer, psycho acoustics at Instituut voor sonologie