Ben Gridley

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About Ben Gridley

Software developer committed to building high-quality and well designed systems. Full exposure and experience deploying and configuring Kubernetes at Dynatrace in 2024. Experience building secure microservices and integrating with existing software at 10x People in 2023. Maintained an existing project and contributed to growth of 1500+ users at Golfsnake from 2023 to 2024. Full stack development and systems management within two tech startups in 2023. DU microgrant recipient.Blockchain experimentation with high-school startup Peak Media LLC, smart contracts and Solidity starting in 2021. 3D graphics experience with OpenGL, optimizing voxel engines, manual vertex generation, starting in 2020. Fundamentals of full-stack development in 2020 creating statistic-tracking website for high school league. C++ experience in 2018 through UC Berkeley online-learning. Excel spreadsheet manipulation, inventory tracking systems in 2017. Video game modding, game development, server management, plugin development with MySQL integration starting in 2013.In 2024, I completed SpecterOp's Adversary Tactics: Tradecraft Analysis, a 32 hour course on low level system security. I also participated in the Honeynet Project 2024 CTF, where I placed 3rd.Relevant coursework 2021-2025: Secure Software Engineering, Machine Learning, Tech Startups, Computer Forensics, Operating Systems, Programming Languages, Data Structures and Algorithms, Systems Programming, Computer Organization, Discrete Structures, Database Management, Computational Geometry, Computer Networking, Embedded Systems, Reverse Engineering, Computer Security, Human Computer InteractionI am due to graduate from the University of Denver in June 2025 with a B.S. in Computer Science and two minors, one in Mathematics and one in Physics.