Ben Michel

Ben Michel is a Developer Advocate and Technical Evangelist at Datadog, based in Bend, Oregon.5 He is passionate about enabling developers and supporting open source projects that advance web technologies.1 In his role at Datadog, Ben focuses on helping developers create better user experiences through real user monitoring and distributed synthetic testing.16

Professional Background

Ben has a history of building and nurturing hacker communities.2 Before joining Datadog, he held positions at other companies, including:

• Developer Advocate at InVision4
• Role at ZHealth Documentation5

Community Involvement

Ben is actively involved in the developer community:

• He has led JavaScript meetups, including PDXNode and WebAudioPDX1
• He supports open source projects and organizations such as the OpenJS Foundation, Node.js, tc39, and the Unicode Consortium1

Skills and Interests

Technical Expertise:: Ben specializes in real user monitoring and distributed synthetic testing, helping developers improve their applications' performance and user experience.16

Community Building:: He has a knack for building hacker communities and working on various projects.2

Music Production:: Occasionally, Ben produces music as a side interest.1

Ben Michel's LinkedIn profile can be found under the username ben-michel-044a3985, where he shares professional updates and engages with the tech community.23