# Jeff Bellsey

> Software Engineer at Benchling

Location: San Rafael, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/jeffbellsey

Experienced application programmer, engineering manager, architect, trainer, technology consultant, CTO. Specializing in modern JavaScript.

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Benchling
Jan 2019 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area

### Senior Staff Software Engineer @ Lookout
Jan 2016 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco Bay Area
Front-end lead, running web application development for our main public-facing app, as well as for in-house tools. Responsible for architecture and UX, component and tool development, and writing reliable and maintainable code.

### Proprietor @ Future Ground
Jan 2012 – Jan 2016 | Marin County, CA
Web development, technology consulting, and engineering management. Specializing in mobile apps (iOS and Android), web applications, and content-management systems. We build highly-customized web apps in React, Angular, Aurelia, Wordpress, and Craft. We also set up and run online tele-courses, product launches, and data integrations. We even write killer documentation.

User-centered design is our specialty, whether those users are customers, other programmers, or C-suite product owners.

Full-service shop, with top-shelf design and marketing available as well as core technology services.

### CTO, Webmaster @ Evolving Wisdom
Jan 2010 – Jan 2011 | San Rafael, CA
Responsible for the web presence and technology infrastructure of a multi-million dollar e-learning corporation. Oversight of seven six-figure product launches. Team management, site architecture, and implementation of all sites and applications.

### CTO, Webmaster @ EnlightenNext
Jan 1998 – Jan 2010 | Lenox, MA
Full oversight of all programming, technology, site architecture, and usability of a collection of websites with hundreds of thousands of unique visitors each year. 

Managed and mentored a rotating and fast-moving team of programmers of all levels. Interfaced between COO, art director, vendors, and end-users.

Other responsibilities: devops, server maintenance, data integration, e-commerce, social site creation (blogs, community sites), SEO, custom applications. Wrote front-end and back-end applications for both end-users and in-house staff.

This position was held as a part-time volunteer from 1998–2004, then full-time until 2010.

### Lead Software Developer & Trainer @ TreeAge Software, Inc.
Jan 1992 – Jan 2004 | Williamstown, MA
Application programming for Windows and Macintosh in C++.

Our application was an award-winning risk-analysis suite used by pharmaceutical companies, law firms, investment banks, and universities, and was the standard-bearer in its field. 

In addition to my role as application architect, designer, and programmer, I also served as a trainer. I taught about 80 sessions for hundreds of students, and presented at trade shows and academic conferences.


## Education
### MIT


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/jeffbellsey
- Portfolio: http://futureground.net
- Portfolio: http://www.goingtoground.com

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Last updated: 2026-04-11