Benjamin Barraza

Background

About Benjamin Barraza

My expertise is split between software development, business management, and education. As a programmer, I have been focused on full-stack, full-lifecycle enterprise software development. Personally, my applications have facilitated nearly $100M in financial transactions, billions of network transactions, and are the foundation for a high-availability, mission-critical application ecosystem.As a manager, I am focused on mentoring programmers, developers, designers, business analysts, and strategists within all tiers of the organization. Currently our team portfolio provides direct oversight or advisory oversight to more than 200 disparate applications servicing the full breadth of the campus community facilitating millions of sessions a month. Our key in-house developed products are our content management system that hosts pages managed by over 600 users, and the eWeber portal that connects the campus community of nearly students, plus faculty, staff, and the public to all of the offerings at WSU.As an adjunct faculty member in our business school's ranked, AACSB accredited MBA program, it has been my privilege to teach and associate with talented professionals from a variety of backgrounds. My passion is to bring high impact pedagogies into the classroom that facilitate career transitions and real-world experience for the engaged learners.As a doctoral candidate at IE Business School, my principle area of research is the strategic management of innovation and technology. Currently I am exploring the intersection of Blockchain, Open Source, and Platform markets. Principle questions are related to how developer contributions influence the ecosystem, asset prices, and vice versa; ultimately looking at strategic management of the project and long-term levers from an ecosystem perspective.