Product Manager
2020 - 2021Gecko Robotics- Served as product manager for Gecko Robotics. Led product strategy, roadmap, customer research programs, and product design for Gecko Portal, Gecko's industry-leading platform for machine learning-driven asset integrity management.
- Guided the closing of key research and design partnerships with industry experts, standards boards, and major customers across the US in Q1 and Q2 2021 while embedded at customer sites.
- Took on a forward-deployed engineering role in building fast-start (v0) proof-of-concept solutions alongside customer evangelists to land key SaaS co-development deals.
- Provided technical product management direction on complex turnaround planning and predictive asset condition software.
Technologies: Productboard, Jira, ConfluenceFull-stack Software Engineer and Team Lead
2019 - 2020Gecko Robotics- Took the Gecko Portal product from initial weekend prototype to an enterprise robotics data platform used by some of the US's largest power and oil and gas companies for data visualization and asset performance management.
- Acted as technical lead on Gecko Vision, Gecko’s 2D and 3D visualization software maps localized 6DOF asset condition data to 2D and 3D digital twin visualizations spanning hundreds of types of equipment using the Three.js 3D library.
- Designed the core application architecture across the technical stack; Django back end, GraphQL API, React and Redux front end.
- Served as team lead for the Gecko Portal engineering team. I led hiring, engineering culture, and technical program management for a team of six, reporting directly to the CEO. Oversaw multiple major releases of the core product and related software tools.
Technologies: React, GraphQL, Django, Python, JavaScript, Three.js, Node.js, Celery, Redis, Google Cloud, Google Cloud ML
Ben Che
Software Developer in Indianapolis, IN, United States
Member since August 18, 2021
Ben is a product-obsessed full-stack software engineer with experience building multiple $1 million+ ARR software products from the ground up. At YCombinator and Founders Fund-backed start-up Gecko Robotics, he took a product from initial prototype to an enterprise robotics data platform used by some of the US's largest power and oil and gas companies. Ben thrives in fast iteration cycles of early-stage products and enjoys creating experiences that genuinely delight users and add real value.
Ben is now available for hire
Portfolio
- Gecko RoboticsProductboard, Jira, Confluence
- Gecko RoboticsReact, GraphQL, Django, Python, JavaScript, Three.js, Node.js, Celery, Redis...
Availability
Part-time
Preferred Environment
React, Three.js, Node.js, Redux, Django, Python, PostgreSQL, GraphQL, Socket.IO
The most amazing...
...tool I've built is a 3D robotics data visualization engine that rendered heatmap views of predictive asset conditions in real-time.
Employment
Experience
- Chiba - Crypto Made Easyhttps://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.chiba.client&hl=en_US&gl=US
Designed, developed, and launched an app aimed at making altcoin crypto-currency markets more accessible and user-friendly. Built from the ground up over two months after-hours and over the weekends (Node.js back end and cross-platform Android and iOS using Cordova).
- Generative AI Art - NFT Project
A React web application allowing users to create their own generative AI art and interactively mint their creations onto the Ethereum blockchain. I created the entire full-stack experience with Node.js and MongoDB on the back end and React on the front end.
Skills
Languages
Python, GraphQL, JavaScriptLibraries/APIs
React, Three.js, Node.js, Socket.IOTools
Celery, Jira, ConfluenceStorage
PostgreSQL, Redis, Google Cloud, MongoDBFrameworks
Redux, DjangoPlatforms
iOS, AndroidOther
Productboard, Google Cloud ML, Cordova
