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Benjie Gillam

Founder

Founder at FitFu

United Kingdom

FoundedFitFu · YC

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133 people in our graph share verified history with Benjie — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

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About

Benjie Gillam is a member of the GraphQL Technical Steering Committee at the GraphQL Foundation and a community-funded open source maintainer working in the Node.js, GraphQL, and PostgreSQL ecosystems. His projects include Grafast, a planning and execution engine for GraphQL; PostGraphile, a TypeScript-based GraphQL schema generator and server for Postgres; Graphile Worker, a Postgres-backed Node.js job queue; and Graphile Migrate, a migration framework for Postgres. These projects are MIT-licensed, self-hosted, and funded through community sponsorship.

Founder at FitFuYC W11

Intro paths

YC

Benjie went through Y Combinator (Winter 2011) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

In turn, Benjie can intro founders to FitFu's investors below.

Co-founders at FitFu

JAJof Arnold
Jof ArnoldFounder/Co-designer

Experience

  1. GraphQL FoundationGraphQL Technical Steering Committee Membercurrent2020 — present
  2. Graphile.orgMaintainercurrent2017 — present
  3. GraphileDirectorcurrent2018 — present
  4. GraphQL TrainingLead Trainer2017 — 2020Europe
  5. Timecounts.orgCTO2013 — 2016London, United Kingdom
  6. So Make It - Southampton MakerspaceTrustee2013 — 2016Southampton, United Kingdom
  7. Brain Bakery Ltd.Founder2006 — 2013
  8. FitFu.comFounder2010 — 2012
  9. i-together Ltd.CTO2007 — 2008

Skills & more

TypeScriptWorking GroupGraphQLGitHubTechnical WritingEntrepreneurship2Programming2Start-ups3APIsWeb AppiOS2Objective-C6
+8 moreAndroidPhoneGapJavaScriptCSS3HTML 5CanvasNode.jsGit

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Benjie Gillam?
Benjie Gillam is a member of the GraphQL Technical Steering Committee at the GraphQL Foundation and a community-funded open source maintainer working in the Node.js, GraphQL, and PostgreSQL ecosystems. His projects include Grafast, a planning and execution engine for GraphQL; PostGraphile, a TypeScript-based GraphQL schema generator and server for Postgres; Graphile Worker, a Postgres-backed Node.js job queue; and Graphile Migrate, a migration framework for Postgres. These projects are MIT-licensed, self-hosted, and funded through community sponsorship.
Where does Benjie Gillam work?
Benjie Gillam is Founder of FitFu.
What companies did Benjie Gillam found?
Benjie Gillam founded FitFu.
Where did Benjie Gillam go to school?
Benjie Gillam studied at University of Southampton (Bachelor of Science (BSc), Mathematics with Physics).

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