Benjamin Smith
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Experience
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Whomi
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United States
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Internet Publishing
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1 - 100 Employee
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Technical Advisor
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Aug 2022 - Present
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Vivint
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United States
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Computers and Electronics Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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Senior Software Engineering Manager
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Nov 2021 - Present
Super excited to have started my new role with the great team at Vivint! Super excited to have started my new role with the great team at Vivint!
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Bose Corporation
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United States
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Computers and Electronics Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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Software Engineering Manager
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Jul 2019 - Oct 2021
Managed Remote Toronto Based team of 5 contractors (2 android, 2 iOS, 1 QA) for Bose MusicCurrently Manage a distributed team of 5 full time Bose engineers (2 iOS, 2 Android, 1 QA) working on the Bose Music Mobile Application
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Technical Lead
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Aug 2018 - Jun 2019
Technical Lead on SoundTouch and Bose Connect Mobile applicationsLead two distributed teams simultaneously, both including Android, iOS, and QA engineers across all aspects of SDLC Managed Remote Cambridge based team of 8 contractors (3 Android, 3 iOS, and 2 QA) for Bose ConnectManaged local team of 1 Engineer, 1 QA for Bose SoundTouch
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Senior Software Engineer
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Apr 2018 - Jul 2018
Joined Bose as a Senior Software engineer, and was able to ramp up with virtually no delay and demonstrate leadership capabilities by working through a number of high profile customer facing issues and was quickly promoted to technical lead for two separate teams
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Texas Instruments
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United States
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Semiconductor Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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Software Application Developer
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Sep 2014 - Apr 2018
Individually architected, coded and tested reference design search page which led to 105% sales increase the year after it was launched https://www.ti.com/reference-designs/index.html Led design/architecture/code creation for custom content management/SVG tagging application using a node.js/angular/d3.js/SQL stack (interactive end result here: http://www.ti.com/solution/plcdcs_io_module_analog_input) Culture/process leader in moving team toward more agile way of thinking Consistently selected to be mentor for new employees and interns Show less
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Texas Instruments
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United States
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Semiconductor Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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Mobile Application Developer Intern
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Jun 2013 - Sep 2013
• Developed and published two enterprise applications for both Android and iOS • Created all documentation for applications • Designed content management website to allow app updates without code modifications • Developed and published two enterprise applications for both Android and iOS • Created all documentation for applications • Designed content management website to allow app updates without code modifications
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IBM
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United States
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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700 & Above Employee
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Watson Managed Services Intern
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Jun 2012 - Sep 2012
•Installed and managed RHEL 6.1 as a cluster of systems running on VMware •Established and installed entire Watson software on the cluster •Fit the system on 8 nodes, running 32 gigs of RAM which is ~10% the standard size •Created test automation framework for eventual distribution to client systems using STAF/STAX •Established secure connection client system for software updates •Installed and managed RHEL 6.1 as a cluster of systems running on VMware •Established and installed entire Watson software on the cluster •Fit the system on 8 nodes, running 32 gigs of RAM which is ~10% the standard size •Created test automation framework for eventual distribution to client systems using STAF/STAX •Established secure connection client system for software updates
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IBM
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United States
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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700 & Above Employee
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Smarter Cities Live Intern
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Jun 2011 - Sep 2011
•Planned, designed, documented and implemented a website to run on the IBM intranet to enable sales •Individually responsible for all visual elements/animations on website (flash, photoshop, javascript) •One of small group selected to present project to C-level Austin city officials •Planned, designed, documented and implemented a website to run on the IBM intranet to enable sales •Individually responsible for all visual elements/animations on website (flash, photoshop, javascript) •One of small group selected to present project to C-level Austin city officials
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Education
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Villanova University
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science -
Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School
High School Diploma