Ben Werdmuller
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@benwerd
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Engineer, startup founder, investor, and writer. Into distributed equity, adventures, and ice cream.
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I'm open to
mentoring,
guest lecturing,
content creation,
beta testing new products,
speaking at events,
writing,
advising companies,
open source contributions,
speaking on podcasts,
volunteering,
brainstorming,
just chatting,
and talking to journalists.
Contact Me
Resume
Mar 2022 - Present
CTO, The 19th
Sep 2019 - May 2022
Head of Engineering, ForUsAll
Aug 2018 - Aug 2019
VP Product Engineering, Unlock
Jan 2017 - Aug 2018
Director of Investments (SF), Matter Ventures
Things I’ve built
Co-founded Elgg, one of the first white label social networking platforms. The open source community is still active today!