Overview
Ben B. serves as Vice President of Engineering at Syrup Tech as of January 2023[3]. B. holds expertise across product development phases including team formation, leadership of teams ranging from 0 to 80 contributors, strategy development, requirements discovery, competitor analysis, partner development, roadmap planning, and product design[2]. B. previously held the position of Head of Product, Design, Engineering at NEWNESS from March to September 2022[4]. B.'s experience at Tripadvisor spanned multiple senior engineering leadership roles, including Senior Director of Engineering for Tripadvisor Plus from July 2020 to March 2022[5], Senior Director of Engineering for Flights and Cruise from June 2018 to June 2020[6], and Director of Engineering for Core Content Platform from November 2015 to June 2018[7]. Earlier roles included Senior Director of Engineering at DataXu from 2014 to 2015[8] and Director of Engineering at DataXu from 2013 to 2014[9]. B. holds an MS in Computer Science from Indiana University Bloomington[12] and a Bachelor's degree in Economics and Business from UCLA[11].
Profile introduction
A proven technologist with a track record of defining new product efforts, forming project teams, and leading products to successful launch. Success managing distributed and diverse product teams that include Engineering, QA, and Product Management. Customer-focused and results driven. Areas of expertise include all phases of product development spanning team formation, leadership of teams from 0 to 80 contributors, strategy development, requirements discovery, competitor analysis, partner development, roadmap planning, product design, and the selection and application of appropriate engineer…
Career history
- Vice President of EngineeringJan 2023 to presentSyrup Tech
- Head of Product, Design, EngineeringMar 2022 to Sep 2022NEWNESS
- Senior Director of Engineering, Tripadvisor PlusJul 2020 to Mar 2022Tripadvisor
- Senior Director of Engineering, Flights and CruiseJun 2018 to Jun 2020Tripadvisor
- Director of Engineering, Core Content PlatformNov 2015 to Jun 2018Tripadvisor
- Senior Director of Engineering2014 to 2015DataXu
- Director Of Engineering2013 to 2014DataXu
- Director of Product Development2010 to 2012Hitachi Data Systems
Education
Bachelor, Economics and BusinessUCLA
MS, Computer ScienceIndiana University Bloomington
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