BRAD BENJAMIN

E: psbl.commish@gmail.com
Status: Happy at Workiva!

OVERVIEW

I'm a driven engineering leader that quickly builds trust by connecting with leaders in other roles and learning the product and technology of teams. I'm biased to move fast to deliver customer value, and over time I have been able to work with tech leads to maintain technical stability. I stay optimistic in tough times, learn fast, adapt to change, and constantly generate ideas and possibilities, and build leaders around me.

TECHNOLOGIES

Java, Kotlin, Python, GAE, AWS, HTML, CSS, JS, Dart, PHP, SQL

EDUCATION

B.S. in Computer Engineering, May 2006 Montana State University, Bozeman, MT

EXPERIENCE

Director of Engineering, Workiva, Bozeman, MT 2020-2022
  • Led technical strategy and expansion of Integrated Risk product line in launching new solutions
  • Workiva was named a leader in the GRC Forrester Wave for Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC)
    • Senior Engineering Manager, Workiva, Bozeman, MT 2016-2020
  • Reached difficult point of 20+ direct reports across multiple product areas
  • Managed 5 other managers for a year across multiple product areas
  • Then moved back to leading a single team during a crucial growth period for a new product, we stabilized and scaled a graph database service.
  • Then moved up to group manager in Integrated Risk product line, managing other managers, architects, and principal engineers
    • Engineering Manager, Workiva, Bozeman, MT 2014-2016
  • Managed XBRL Services team while we maintained XBRL validation in production full-stack and built a filing index and data warehouse
  • Led promotion panel reviews (through 2019) and engineer and manager hiring (ongoing)
  • Gradually added direct reports across multiple teams out of organizational need
    • Senior Software Engineer, Workiva, Bozeman, MT 2012-2014
  • Developed XBRL validation service and custom rules, replacing a 3rd party system in production
    • Development Lead, Zoot Enterprises Inc., Bozeman, MT 2008-2012
  • Led project with key client, consulting with client at every stage from sales to requirements to development to production
  • Led multiple client loan origination implementations to production
  • Led implementation of next-gen loan origination system, built reusable Java MVC plugins
  • Performance optimization
    • Software Engineer, Zoot Enterprises Inc., Bozeman, MT 2006-2008
  • Java web application frontend using Struts framework
  • Java web application backend using Hibernate and Spring frameworks
  • SQL Server

    • I enjoy discussing many hobby projects such as Purestats, MontanaTrack, and CHS contracting