Ben Kulp

Ben Kulp has a diverse work experience that spans across over two decades, with their most recent role being a Senior Site Reliability Engineer at Lambda since 2022. Prior to this, they also held the same role at Zapproved from 2019 to 2022. Before transitioning to Site Reliability Engineering, Ben worked as a DevOps Engineer at AWS Elemental, an Amazon Web Services Company, from 2015 to 2019. Ben also worked as a DevOps Developer and later as a DevOps Team Lead at Thetus Corporation in 2014.

In 2011, Ben worked as an Academic Coordinator at Washington State University Vancouver, where they advised students in the accounting undergraduate and graduate programs, represented the College of Business at student recruitment events, and developed an undergraduate accounting bootcamp that helped improve student success in intermediate accounting courses. Prior to this role, Ben worked at InsideTrack, where they served in various capacities such as Potentially Serious Situation Supporter, Coach Mentor, Student Success Coach, and Project Specialist from 2007 to 2011. Here, they consistently exceeded student retention targets, developed new reports, views, and workflows, and served as a power user for a new Salesforce CRM, among other responsibilities.

Between 2006 and 2007, Ben worked as an Admission Counselor at Knox College, where they managed travel, interview arrangements, and recruiting for a territory that included California, Missouri, and New England, presented to groups of students about Knox and the college application process, and planned and executed prospective student events on and off-campus. Before this, they co-founded Burn These Records, a small record label, while in college in 1998. Ben designed record sleeves, engineered and mixed recordings for most releases, and oversaw the label's operations.

Ben also worked as a Graduate Research Assistant at the University of Maryland in 2005, supervising the administration of a survey to all incoming freshmen, analyzing the results using SPSS, and compiling them in a report form for the Provost's office and scholarly publication. Ben also worked as a Research Intern at the National Association for College Admission Counseling in the same year, where they conducted literature research, compiled an annotated bibliography of over 300 sources, and developed an organizational system for members to quickly locate relevant research.

Ben Kulp attended Knox College from 1997 to 2001 and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Fine and Studio Arts. Ben went on to earn a Master of Arts degree in Higher Education Policy and Administration from the University of Maryland from 2004 to 2006. In 2014, they attended PDX Code Guild for a Junior Developer Bootcamp. No additional certifications were listed.