Ben Perry

Denver, CO, USA

  1. Engineering
  2. Chief Technology Officer
  3. Founder
  4. Advisor
  5. Asana
  6. Python

Experienced CTO turning founder vision into shipped products, strong teams, and real traction.

You've got the vision and the market insight. What you need is someone who can translate that into a product, a team, and a technical strategy that actually ships — without burning through runway on the wrong architecture or the wrong hires.


That's what I do. I'm a business and product-focused engineering leader who partners with non-technical founders to bridge the gap between what they want to build and how it gets built. I start by deeply understanding the business — the model, the product, th…

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Experience

  • Get In Contract

    Get In Contract

    Co-Founder & CTO

    Aug 2022 - Present

    GIC is an e-contract solution designed specifically for Colorado real estate transactions. Real estate transaction software offering advanced security, smart auto-fill, highly custom templates, and more. Saving agents time, increasing accuracy, and giving their clients a top tier experience.

    • Led efforts in translating real estate industry feedback into product
    • Grew engineering org to 5
    • Developed data ingestion system normalizing all MLS and local property data sources
  • Mockingbird

    Mockingbird

    Fractional CTO

    Jun 2022 - Present

    At Mockingbird, our mission is to empower parents through every stage of their baby gear shopping experience and beyond, and to give parents one brand they can turn to for each parenting milestone — from first stroll to first food, with more coming soon. We offer approachable, everyday products parents will actually use (never collecting dust in the closet!). Our insights-driven products, like our Single-to-Double Stroller and 2-in-1 High Chair, are made to check all the boxes, with functionality that just makes sense. And, we provide customer service that makes families feel unequivocally supported every step of the way.

    • Built fully custom order flow and fulfillment backend
    • Self healing infrastructure handling order replay, tracking, holding and custom pre-order system
    • Translation between multiple 3PLs and Shopify
    • AWS fulfillment
    • High throughput, stability, and reliability
  • VALT

    VALT

    Fractional CTO

    Mar 2023 - May 2024

    Automated data broker removal, dVPN protection, and private AI — all built on infrastructure where not even VALT can access your private data.

    • Helped with scaling pains, architecting migration to cloud systems
    • Oversaw teams refactoring APIs and data ingestion to increase performance and latency
    • Vendor relations and product integration
  • Ink

    Ink

    Co-Founder & CTO

    Jan 2021 - Apr 2022

    Texas based digital signature software designed to helping busy real estate agents save time with a modern, mobile-friendly product.

    • Founding engineer
    • Translated business requirements into product and technical strategy
    • Hired engineering, product, design, and data science team
  • Candid™

    Candid™

    Director of Engineering

    May 2019 - Nov 2020

    Candid supplies direct to consumer invisible aligners, administers the treatment plans end-to-end, and manufactures the aligners in house.

    • Led clinical engineering org building treatment plan management software
    • Worked with three product managers building orthodontic tooling
  • Mirror

    Mirror

    Vice President of Engineering

    May 2017 - Dec 2018

    MIRROR (acquired by Lululemon) is the first connected fitness system that streams live and on-demand classes to users in-home via a sleek responsive display. The content is then personalized in real-time using a combination of user feedback and biometric data. For the first time, MIRROR brings the essential components of a great studio workout--variety, personalization, and community--to the most convenient place: your home.

    • First software engineer hire
    • Grew/Hired engineering org to 15
    • Oversaw development of native mobile apps/bluetooth stacks for Mirror connectivity
    • In-house fitness studio with custom video streaming and distribution backend
  • Sixup PBC, Inc.

    Sixup PBC, Inc.

    Engineering Manager

    Jul 2015 - Jul 2017

    SIXUP is a public benefit corporation and online lending platform whose mission is to lift up the next generation of high-achieving, low-income students in pursuit of a high-quality college education. Sixup’s platform combines community, finance and technology to fund the life cycle of education and upward mobility.

    • First engineering hire
    • Grew/Hired engineering org to 10
    • Hired design and product resources
    • Oversaw custom student loan underwriting model development
  • Jawbone

    Jawbone

    Platform Software Engineer

    May 2013 - May 2015

    jawbone® is a world-leader in consumer technology and wearable devices, building hardware products and software platforms powered by data science. jawbone’s up® system helps people live better by providing personalized insight into how they sleep, move and eat. its open api – the up platform – includes an ecosystem of apps and services that integrate with up to offer new, customized experiences. the company’s approach to lifestyle tracking is unique, with over 600 patents granted or pending related to its ecosystem and wearable technology manufacturing processes. the next era of technology will be defined by products that are smarter, more connected, and seamlessly integrated into our daily routines—and jawbone is leading the charge. if you're in search of a place to push the edges of what's possible and you're ready to do the best work of your life with insanely smart people: hello, nice to meet you.

    • Built and scaled backend for mobile social media app
    • Designed and built UP band achievement system
    • Performance and scalability focused API development