A Geek Leader Podcast - inspiring technical and creative leaders around the world AGL 426: Ben Johnson
Jul 18, 2025
41:40
About Ben
Benjamin Johnson is a serial technical co-founder with a track record of success and hands-on open-source programming experience. He has a wide range of being both a board-level advisor and founder but also an in-depth understanding of how things work. Through his 20+ years as a software developer and leader, he has gained extensive experience with remotely distributed development teams and business hacks.
Benjamin is the CEO & Founder of Particle41, a dev firm founded by industry veterans that aims to help companies accelerate their initiatives through Software Development, DevOps, and Data Science.
With a constant focus on results and ways to improve, Benjamin is having fun building highly scalable and highly secure applications.
Today We Talked About
- Background
- The Name of Particle
- 3Vs – Visibility, Velocity, Vision
- Special Operations Teams for Tech
- OKRs and Smart Goals, KPIs, etc.
- Velocity
- Staff Augmentation vs. Solution Outcomes = Mission Aligned Teams
- Questions Preceed Clarity
- Dependability
- Culture
- Imposter Syndrom
- Adaptability
- Resourcefulness