Benjamin Smith
Chief Zealot at Referential Labs, LLC
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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RockstarBenjamin Smith is a seasoned technology leader with 11 years of experience who blends product-minded thinking with pragmatic infrastructure delivery from his base in San Francisco. As Chief Zealot at Referential Labs and VP of Technical Operations at Extole, he focuses on transparent problem solving and maintainable solutions that align resource constraints with customer success. He enjoys translating complex operational challenges into auditable, reliable systems and thrives on collaborating with strong teams. Known for a science-driven approach to making people happier, he brings a mix of strategic leadership and hands-on execution to infrastructure and operations.
11 years of coding experience
Spanish
Github Skills (110)
nix10
monitoring10
nixos10
linux10
theory10
mysql10
nixpkgs10
paper9
data-visualization9
postgresql9
dashboard9
python9
grafana9
influxdb9
elasticsearch9
Programming languages (19)
Github contributions (5)
extole/nixpkgs
Dec 2017 - Jan 2025
Nix Packages collection
Contributions:5 releases, 5 reviews, 5 PRs in 7 years 1 month
nixosnix-packages
polynomial/cattle
Mar 2015 - Oct 2019
Contributions:29 commits, 23 pushes, 7 branches in 4 years 7 months
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