Benjamin Hodel

Benj enjoys creating software solutions at the place where physical systems intersect applied science and analytics. Having received a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Benj has worked at Caterpillar for over 13 years. He spent his early career as a developer of engineering data analysis software specializing in signal processing, and is now a senior analytics team leader. He is currently creating new architectures that can make predictive insights from Caterpillar time series data on-machine or at scale off-machine. He lives in Dunlap, Illinois, with his lovely wife and three young girls.