Ben Williams
Director Of Software Development at Portland Leather Goods
Portland, Oregon, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBen Williams is a seasoned software leader with 11 years of experience who currently serves as Director of Software Development in Portland, Oregon. He has a proven track record at Nike leading multiple engineering organizations to accelerate delivery, adopt cloud-native and DevSecOps practices, and cut costs and overhead—achieving outcomes like a 20% reduction in AWS spend and halving research time through GenAI/ML initiatives. Ben combines hands-on product and full-stack experience (notably contributing UI and device handler work to the popular nest-manager SmartThings project) with strategic leadership in engineering enablement, cloud migration, and continuous delivery. His background spans startups to large enterprises, founding quality and DevOps practices early in his career and repeatedly shrinking time-to-value from quarters to weeks. A Harvard ALM in Information Management Systems and a BS in Technology Management, he brings a pragmatic, metrics-driven approach to scaling teams and systems. His early military service as a combat engineer underpins a disciplined, mission-focused leadership style.
10 years of coding experience
27 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS Technology Management, Bachelor of Science - BS Technology Management at George Fox UniversityMaster of Liberal Arts Extension Studies (ALM) Information Management Systems, Master of Liberal Arts Extension Studies (ALM) Information Management Systems at Harvard University
Github Skills (8)
uid10
front-end-development10
handlers10
groovy10
ui-design9
graphical-user-interface9
user-interface9
json8
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
tonesto7/nest-manager
Mar 2016 - Jan 2017
NST Manager (SmartThings)
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:1 release, 35 commits, 31 PRs in 9 months
Contributions summary:Ben primarily contributed to the user interface and device handler aspects of the SmartThings project. They made numerous changes related to the Nest Protect and Nest Thermostat device handlers, including refactoring UI elements, adding modal dialogs, and implementing features like skipping thermostat modes. They also worked on updating and improving the weather widget, creating a more polished user experience. Furthermore, they addressed presence detection logic in the Nest Presence device handler.
nstsmartthingsiot
desertblade/Enhanced-Dimmer-Switch
Apr 2016 - Aug 2016
Contributions:16 commits, 15 pushes, 2 branches in 4 months
smartthingsdevice-handlerdimmerhandlerswitch
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