Willem Bult
Co-Founder & CEO at Banyan
Sebastopol, California, United States
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Top SchoolWillem Bult is a seasoned software leader and founder with 13 years of experience building product-led startups and scaling engineering teams, now serving as Co-Founder & CEO of Banyan, a global mindfulness community he launched with Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach. He combines hands-on technical chops from CTO roles and early startups with cross-functional leadership at Airbnb, where he led teams on public policy, anti-discrimination, and monetization products through IPO. Willem advises and mentors founders on strategy, team development, and scaling, drawing on a track record of shipping zero-to-one products (Yoowls, RentMethod) and operationalizing engineering organizations. His academic background includes computer science research at Stanford and an M.Sc. from Delft, reflecting a blend of applied research and product engineering. Based in Sebastopol, he focuses on well-being, consciousness, social equity, and climate—bringing mission-driven purpose to technology. Less obvious: he has repeatedly turned niche ideas into automated, scalable offerings (custom retail, leasing workflows, and relationship-management tooling) that bridge user experience and operational efficiency.
13 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Atheneum Natural Sciences & Technology, Atheneum Natural Sciences & Technology at Esdal CollegeM.Sc. Computer Science, M.Sc. Computer Science at Delft University of TechnologyVisiting Researcher Computer Science, Visiting Researcher Computer Science at Stanford University
English, Dutch, German
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Github Skills (27)
delicious10
django-apps10
api10
django-rest-framework10
python9
django9
redux8
architecture7
flow-based-programming6
react6
flux6
dataflow5
mongoose4
testing4
datastore4
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
pyworkflow/pyworkflow
Oct 2013 - Oct 2014
Contributions:56 commits in 1 year
RentMethod/django-celery-testworker
Mar 2013 - Oct 2014
Contributions:11 commits in 1 year 7 months
pythondjangotestingcelery-taskscelery
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