Benjamin van der Veen—Veen, for short—has over 20 years experience in software consulting. Early wins include:

  • writing the first 3rd-party iPhone app to smoothly scroll a list of images, way back in 2007

  • leading an open source effort to standardize .NET web service hosting around 2009

  • introducing automated testing and deployment automation at a large email service provider in 2011.

In 2013, he co-founded Survant James with Benjamin Vulpes. Their mission: partner with SMBs to unlock growth through pragmatic product design and software engineering—whether glamorous or not.