Benjamin Bethurum

Benjamin Bethurum is a composer and product designer. He worked at Microsoft between 2004 and 2008 as a product designer (later being involved with the sounds for Windows Mobile) and at HTC between 2008 and 2013 as the lead sound designer, creating hundreds of ringtones and alerts at both companies. After leaving HTC in 2013, he has worked as a creative director at other companies such as Gogoro, Samsung and currently Facebook, and has also done contract work for companies such as TCL and Alcatel.

At Microsoft, he was involved in UX design for products such as Windows Mobile 5.0, but after showing higher ups his Versa Vice album, he was put in charge of creating all sounds for Windows Mobile 6.0, as well as downloadable ringtone packs and sounds targetted for specific carriers. He left to join HTC in 2008, where he created entire sound suites for several phones (later joined by fellow ex-Microsoft employee Luc Burson). As many HTC phones ran Windows Mobile, his work from both Microsoft and HTC are present on them. He also composed for several commercials for the company's phones.

Outside of his product/sound design career, he has created a number of albums under the Bethurum alias.