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Work
  • Software EngineerSeptember 11, 2017 to presentBoulder, Colorado
    Google Drive for iOS and Android
  • Software engineerNovember 2009 to June 2, 2017Palo Alto, California
    Shipped the Buck Build system for iOS and Mac.
    Shipped Facebook Messenger 1, 2, and 3.
    Shipped Facebook for iOS 100% rewrite, codename "Wilde".
    Shipped Facebook Places 1 and 2.
    Fixed a bunch of � bugs.
    • Buck
      2013 to 2015
      Built and launched iOS and OS X support for the open-source Buck build system: https://buckbuild.com/
    • Messenger
      Mar 2011 to Nov 2014
    • Places
      Dec 2009 to Mar 2011
    • Places
    • Phone-only Signup for Messenger
    • Messenger for iOS
    • Messages in FB for iOS
    • iOS
    • Events
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  • Staff EngineerApril 2005 to November 2009
    Lead developer on VMware Fusion for Mac.

    • VMware Fusion
  • Senior Software EngineerNovember 2003 to April 2005San Jose, California
    Designed and implemented Unicode support for PayPal's international sites (China, Germany, France, etc.)
    • Unicode Project
      Revamped PayPal code base to support every written language on Earth.
  • Software engineerJuly 2002 to November 2003Fremont, California
    • SHOUTip
      Turnkey Windows-based Voice over IP solution
  • Software engineerJuly 2001 to June 2002Tokyo, Japan
Education
About Ben
  • Curious coder, lover of languages, terrible dancer.
Favorite Quotes
  • "I am not a number; I am a free man!"

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