Ben Guzovsky

What I'm Working on:

Incorporating an education nonprofit with a mission to inspire student agency nationwide.

Helping parents understand their school's governance & stay ahead of risks.

Building resources that motivate and empower high school students.

What I'm Proud of:

Building intelligent fraud systems at SafetyKit for Shopify, Visa, Discord, Etsy, and dozens more platforms as founding engineer

100s of interactive self-advocacy resources for students —  Doorstop Education

Sitting in on high school classes across the country to understand how trust forms in and around classrooms.

Silly recent projects like my joke invoice generator, splork.io, and love is blob

My digital chess teaching aid and my JS-powered productivity app, both built to support friends and my campus community.

Find my full product design portfolio here.

What people say behind my back:

"Nothing escapes his keen analytical gaze... He has immersed himself in an incredible volume of seemingly-dry historical sources and not only wrestled them into a clear and well-structured piece of writing, but also condensed them into a pithy but substantial interpretive formula... articulated with flair." 

• Professor Natasha Wheatley

"Having such a broad impact on the course of a project takes skills ranging from communication and vulnerability – such as reaching out for help when stuck understanding something – to the technical aptitude needed to understand and master range of difficult tools, from Amazon Web Services to python and the mathematics and statistics needed to make sense of machine learning. "

• Jaan Altosaar, Postdoctoral Officer of Research at Columbia University

"As a full-stack designer, Ben paid meticulous attention to every facet of the user experience. He fully grasped the essence of my brand and services, enabling us to create a site that was not only innovative and user-friendly but also resonated with my vision."

• Rachel Westlake, Health Care Advocate

What I've Been Reading:

Invisible Man, Ralph Ellison

Experience & Education, John Dewey

The Odessa Tales, Isaac Babel

Crowds and Power, Elias Canetti