Benjamin Toll
Dean Of Admissions at The George Washington University
Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBenjamin Toll is a technology-minded higher-education leader with 14 years of experience who currently serves as Dean of Admissions at The George Washington University while maintaining an active software engineering practice. He programs primarily in JavaScript and TypeScript and has hands-on experience across Python, C, Go, Unix tooling, and CI/CD—work that includes automating build, test, and release pipelines for the notable Algorand Go implementation. Comfortable at the command line on Debian and macOS, he routinely builds developer-focused utilities such as a password manager, build tool, static analysis tools, and Git extensions, and continuously customizes Vim to streamline his workflow. His background blends operational leadership in admissions with deep technical craftsmanship, enabling pragmatic, security-aware engineering solutions. He holds an MS in Project Management from GWU School of Business and brings a rare combination of institutional leadership and open-source contributor mentality to cross-functional initiatives.
13 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
B.A. Economics Sociology, B.A. Economics Sociology at St. Mary's College of MarylandMaster of Science (MS) Project Management, Master of Science (MS) Project Management at The George Washington University School of Business
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Github Skills (16)
automation10
script10
bash10
docker10
automations10
devops10
dockers10
cicd10
package9
rpm9
packager9
aws9
debian-packaging9
system-administration9
packaging9
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
algorand/go-algorand
Nov 2019 - Feb 2021
Algorand's official implementation in Go.
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer & Automation Engineer
DevOps Engineer & Automation EngineerContributions:163 reviews, 113 commits, 160 PRs in 1 year 2 months
Contributions summary:Benjamin focused on automating and streamlining the build, test, and deployment processes for the Algorand project. They implemented and improved the CI/CD pipeline using tools like Docker, bash scripting, and AWS services. Their work included creating scripts for building and testing Debian and RPM packages, creating a build release job in Jenkins, and setting up a deployment process to S3 for the releases. Furthermore, the user updated the Dockerfile for the official docker image.
golangblockchainalgorand
btoll/music-theory
Jul 2015 - Mar 2022
Music theory quizzes!
Contributions:121 pushes, 2 branches in 6 years 9 months
musicquizzestheorymusic-theory
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