Duke Manufacturing Co.
Ben Wann has a diverse work experience spanning over several years. Ben began their career as a Student Programmer at Principia College in 2001 and later worked as an Intern at Pearson Learning Solutions from 2001 to 2004. In 2005, they co-founded two companies, Katanna and Collabofit, where they held the role of Co-Founder. Ben also worked as a Programmer / Project Manager at Serafini Studios during the same period. From 2006 to 2013, they worked as a Senior Web Engineer at jWeb New Media. In 2013, they joined 2600hz as a Distributed Software Engineer and worked there until 2014. Ben then joined Duke Manufacturing Co. and held various roles, including Web Engineer, System Architect, and most recently, Director of Software Development since April 2019. Finally, in 2009, Ben briefly worked as a Visiting Computer Science Faculty at Principia College.
Ben Wann completed their education as follows:
From 2020 to 2022, they attended Georgia Institute of Technology and obtained a Master of Science degree in Cybersecurity.
Between 2000 and 2004, they attended Principia College, where they earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science.
In 1999 and 2000, Ben attended North Iowa Area Community College, where they studied under the Cisco Networking Academy program. However, no specific degree was mentioned for this period.
Duke Manufacturing Co.
Duke Manufacturing Co. designs and manufactures more than 4,500 foodservice equipment products for a wide-range of clients located across the U.S. and around the world. From our humble beginnings in 1925 as a manufacturer of the first waterless hot food well, Duke has become the preferred solutions provider for fast-paced, demanding businesses like global QSR brands, C-stores, casual dining chains and institutions such as K-12 school districts. We design and build our products at state-of-the-art manufacturing plants in St. Louis and Sedalia, Missouri, incorporating Six Sigma, Lean Manufacturing and 5S programs, that along with our ISO 9001:2000 certification, help ensure that the highest levels of quality are reflected in our products and services. In addition, we serve markets worldwide through 6 global sales offices and distribution centers, as well as maintain a factory-authorized service network consisting of 200 locations that support the US, Canada and 85 International service/support centers.