👋🏻 Hey, I'm Ben Hayden. I am an experienced tech leader who loves problem-solving and working with people. I am comfortable working with various programming languages, software platforms, and business domains. I've been writing software professionally for over 14 years and have dabbled in multiple technologies and platforms. The most prominent tools in my toolbox are Python and JavaScript. I've used both for over a decade and love both. However, I also enjoy DevOps stuff, along with Linux, Bash, and text editors.

I've worked fully remote for over five years at this point and enjoy the flexibility it brings my family and me. My job background has been primarily web-based technologies and related systems. I usually find myself somewhere between code and people and work well as an engineering leader or individual contributor. I have led small engineering teams as a tech lead and then moved to a director position, and currently, I am operating as an independent AWS Cloud Consultant. I've recently been studying for advanced AWS certifications, building with React/Next.js, and learning about web3 & blockchain development.

On a personal note, I'm a gamer 🎮, basketball fan 🏀 (Thunder up!), and musician 👨🏻‍🎤 from Springfield, MO, where my lovely wife and I raise our two kiddos.