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Benjy Cook

Benjy Cook

Systems NCO

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Chief Technology Officer at DatAdat

  • Education

    • Shenkar School of Design

      2014 - 2014
      Certification Game and Interactive Media Design

      Activities and Societies: Global Game Jam 2014 Completed Game Design studies, made 2 final games - Tower Battle & Master of Awesome.

    • Tel Aviv University

      2010 - 2013
      Bachelor’s Degree Computer Science & Film (Double Major) Incomplete (3.7 GPA)

      Activities and Societies: Google Summer of Code Internship I completed 2 years of study at Tel Aviv University, majoring in Film and Computer Science. Completed such courses as CS 101, OS, Data Structures, Algorithms, AI, Complexity, and Image Processing. In Film, completed theoretical courses such as criticism, history and appreciation.

  • Experience

    • Israel Defense Forces

      Apr 2006 - Apr 2009
      Systems NCO

      Head of Computer Services for Northern District, Israeli Prison Service

    • Google

      Apr 2011 - Aug 2011
      Intern

      Summer of Code Intern for Blender Foundation. Created open source Motion Capture addon to allow animations from around the world to freely modify and integrate motion capture data to drive their animated characters. The addon has seen used in projects ranging from architecural visualization to video game asset creation.

    • Stevie

      Oct 2011 - Feb 2015
      Senior Programmer

      Stevie is a cross platform app for watching content from social networks in a leanback, TV-like expierence. I was the first programmer Stevie hired and was there for 3+ years, developing & architecting both 5 clients across platforms (iOS, Android, Web, Chromecast, Samsung TV) as well as the LAMP backend.

    • Shenkar College of Engineering and Design

      Feb 2015 - now
      Lecturer

      As a Lecturer at Shenkar, I teach courses in Programming For Designers, Prototyping and Game Design as well as mentoring the students projects throughout the year. I teach programming and game design principles using everything from paper prototypes and pseudocode to Construct 2 and Unity.

    • Zazim ‎זזים - קהילה פועלת ززيم- حراك شعبيّ‎

      Jun 2016 - Jun 2020
      Tech Director

      Implementing and developing technology for mass campaigning, donations and volunteering - in a new grassroots community.

    • DatAdat

      May 2020 - now
      Chief Technology Officer

      Datad.at is an IT & Agency solution provider for non profits, political organizations and candidates -equipping progressive organizations with modern digital tools levels the playing field and empowers grassroots voices working for the change we need in the world.

  • Licenses & Certifications

  • Volunteer Experience

    • Computer Room Assistant

      Issued by Beit Yerach Hight School on Jan 2004
      Beit Yerach Hight SchoolAssociated with Benjy Cook