Benjamin Horn
Senior Data Engineer
Asheville, North Carolina, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBenjamin Horn is a Senior Data Engineer with nine years of experience building reliable, production-grade software and ML-driven automation to solve complex business problems. Based in Asheville, he currently shapes data platforms at Tatari after a multi-year senior engineering stint at 84.51˚, combining backend systems design with operational rigor. He brings hands-on embedded and systems experience—demonstrated by adding SteelSeries Rival mouse support to the popular OpenRGB project—so he comfortably spans from low-level device integration to large-scale data workflows. A Georgia Tech analytics master’s graduate with a history of high academic performance, he balances careful engineering with a playful hacker ethos captured by his GitHub bio: “breaking things and starting fires.”
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science at University of CincinnatiMaster's degree, Analytics, 4.0, Master's degree, Analytics, 4.0 at Georgia Institute of Technology
English
Github Skills (16)
c-language10
usb10
cprogramming-language10
hidapi10
rgba9
sys9
rgb9
embedded9
macos8
linux8
windows8
fopen5
dlopen5
opengl-es5
nxopen5
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
CalcProgrammer1/OpenRGB
May 2020 - Jul 2022
Open source RGB lighting control that doesn't depend on manufacturer software. Supports Windows, Linux, MacOS. Mirror of https://gitlab.com/CalcProgrammer1/OpenRGB. Releases can be found on GitLab.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Embedded Systems Engineer
Back-end Developer & Embedded Systems EngineerContributions:23 commits in 2 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Benjamin focused on adding support for SteelSeries Rival mouse devices to the OpenRGB project. They implemented a new controller for the SteelSeries Rival mouse series, enabling the control of its RGB lighting. The contributions include device detection, setting color and lighting effects, and adapting the code to support different models within the Rival series, including the Rival 300 and Rival 3. The user also integrated the device into the OpenRGB architecture and improved code for memory management.
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Athons/wiki
Oct 2019 - Dec 2021
💻 Hackathon Wiki - Created by @bahorn
Contributions:15 reviews, 212 commits, 122 PRs in 2 years 1 month
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