Summary
Ben Verbeken is a pragmatic software leader and founder with 13 years of hands-on experience building web and frontend systems, currently steering seats.io as Chief Everything Officer. Trained as an economist with advanced IT studies, he blends product-minded engineering with a taste for elegant, simple solutions that improve ticketing UX through interactive floor plans. His background spans startups and large enterprises, from Java/Spring backend work to modern frontend design and Angular-based apps, giving him fluency across the stack and the operational know-how to ship reliable production systems. Outside work he channels creativity into tabletop RPGs and piano, a hint at his iterative, user-focused approach to design and team culture.
13 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Master Applied Economics, Master Applied Economics at KU Leuven
Bachelor Applied Economics, Bachelor Applied Economics at Université de Namur
IT, IT at Glasgow Caledonian University
Dutch, French, English, java, javascript, scala