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Ben is a seasoned entrepreneur and angel investor. He currently supports the team as an external consultant. Over his career, Ben has built and led ventures across IoT, Infrastructure, and AI, bringing over a decade of hands-on experience to the table. Recently, as the Founder of Very, Ben led a team of over 100 engineers, designers, and data scientists, contributing to numerous product launches over 14 years. Under his leadership, Very made the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing U.S. companies for six consecutive years and garnered numerous workplace and innovation awards, including Inc. Magazine Best Workplaces in 2020, and BIG Innovation Awards in 2020 and 2021.

During his time at Very, Ben has spearheaded the development of several ventures spun out from the company, such as Peridio, an OTA Firmware orchestration SaaS platform launched in 2021, and Foresight, a platform focused on predicting and mitigating employee burnout, launched in 2018. His entrepreneurial achievements also include co-founding ReadyCart, which was later acquired by Grapevine Inc in 2017.

Before founding Very in 2011, Ben served as the Chief Executive Partner at Ashoka Changemakers, where he developed products connecting social entrepreneurs with global resources. He remains committed to social impact by advising non-profits and served as a judge for the American Society of Mechanical Engineers’ Annual Innovation Showcase (ISHOW), a global competition for hardware-led social innovation in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2022.