Benjamin Tessem is a hands-on software leader and co-founder with eight years of experience building full-stack web platforms and SaaS infrastructure. He has led teams of up to 11 developers at BYU Life Sciences, managing large web portfolios, complex migrations, and the underlying DevOps stack including Kubernetes, CI/CD, AWS, and Azure. Equally comfortable in TypeScript/React and backend languages like Python and C#/.NET, he thrives on turning ambiguous problems into production-grade systems. As CTO of Pliye and co-founder of Altruvia, he’s built platform infrastructure from the ground up and balanced product delivery with team mentorship. Currently completing a BS in Computer Science at BYU, he pairs academic growth with practical research and applied engineering roles. An early adopter of cloud-native practices, he brings a pragmatic blend of startup grit and institutional-scale reliability.
8 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, Senior, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, Senior at Brigham Young University
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