Ben Hengst

Bio

Ben Hengst is an instructor for the Perl series of courses at the O'Reilly School of Technology. For the last ten years he has worked as a web developer and programmer for various companies including Norwegian Cruise Lines, Nike Golf, KEEN, and Powells.com.

He has been playing with computers since the first grade, when instead of receiving the requested Nintendo game system, his father gave him a book on programming games in Basic. This fateful substitution ultimately lead to a BS in Multimedia and Web Design.

On rare occasions when Ben gets some free time, he enjoys hanging out with other technology-minded folks, attending various user groups events around the Portland Metro area.