Ben Hannel

Ben Hannel is a Senior Software Engineer at Snowflake, focusing on building a high-performance database engine in C++. Previously, Ben contributed to Rockset as a Software Engineer, where responsibilities included developing distributed systems and optimizing query execution performance. A notable achievement at Rockset was enhancing scan performance by a factor of 10 through vectorization. Ben's experience also includes a research assistant role at Stanford University, which involved applying machine learning to analyze financial transaction networks, and internships at Facebook and Tesla, where user interface improvement and data intelligence were key focuses. Additionally, Ben founded EVTripPlanner, successfully aiding Tesla drivers with efficient route planning, and volunteered to develop a mobile app for coordinating refugee assistance. Ben holds both a Bachelor's and a Master's degree in Computer Science from Stanford University.