Summary
Ben Witzen is a pragmatic software engineer with 13 years of experience building high-performance matching and storage systems from the Netherlands. At WCC Smart Search & Match he contributes to ELISE’s C++ storage and matching core, the C# API, and Angular client UX, while also serving as ScrumMaster for the core team. He holds an MSc in Computer Science and a BSc in Informatics from Amsterdam universities and brings a research-minded approach honed during a multi-year student-assistant role. His interests in data visualization, low-level code optimization, and teaching inform both his system design choices and team coaching. Colleagues know him for balancing deep technical ownership with pragmatic UX considerations and for squeezing extra performance out of complex systems. Outside work he channels the same analytical curiosity into gaming and hands-on experimentation with visualization tools.
13 years of coding experience
Master of Science - MSc, Computer Science, Master of Science - MSc, Computer Science at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Bachelor of Science - BSc, Informatica, Bachelor of Science - BSc, Informatica at Universiteit van Amsterdam