Wesley Benbow
Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer at Baylor College of Medicine
Westwood, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolWesley Benbow is a seasoned finance and administrative executive with over two decades of leadership across academic medical centers, medical education, and complex healthcare systems, currently serving as Senior Vice President & CFO at Baylor College of Medicine. He blends strategic financial planning, research finance expertise, and revenue cycle management with hands-on operational stewardship—previously acting as COO-style Executive Dean at Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine and senior finance leader at Harvard Medical School. Known for translating analytical rigor into improved economics for research and education missions, he also has experience building bespoke analytical tools as an independent consultant. Based in Westwood, Massachusetts, Wesley pairs an MBA in Finance & Administration with deep sector knowledge in physician practice management, facilities, and IT integration. A less obvious facet: he contributes to open-source software projects, demonstrating technical curiosity and practical coding chops in mature projects like JupyterLab and htmx that inform his data and systems-driven approach to finance.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
BA, Economics & Politics, BA, Economics & Politics at Fairfield UniversityMBA, Finance & Administration, MBA, Finance & Administration at Quinnipiac University - School of Business
Github Skills (22)
javascript10
python10
django10
typescript10
htmx10
jupyterlab10
dom-manipulation10
typescript-types10
forum10
html10
typescripts10
modeling10
react10
console9
testing9
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
ellmetha/django-machina
Mar 2021 - Jan 2023
A Django forum engine for building powerful community driven websites.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1 review, 5 commits, 9 PRs in 1 year 10 months
Contributions summary:Wesley primarily contributed to the Django-based forum engine, modifying existing code and refactoring certain aspects. Their work involved fixing data return issues in model validations, reverting changes, and refactoring functions for improved code organization. They also added methods for updating both posts and topics, specifically in the context of form handling within the application. This demonstrates a focus on the core functionality of the forum application built on Django.
djangopythonforumsconversationstopics
bigskysoftware/htmx
Feb 2021 - Feb 2022
</> htmx - high power tools for HTML
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:7 commits, 8 PRs, 72 comments in 11 months
Contributions summary:Wesley primarily contributed to the front-end aspects of the htmx library. Their work focused on refining core functionalities related to anchor tag behavior, form validation, and swap handling. They also improved the test suite, ensuring AJAX interactions and other core features function correctly. Their changes reflect a strong focus on the library's underlying JavaScript logic and its interaction with HTML elements.
htmxjavascripthateoasresthyperscript
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