Ben is a Senior Associate and Kauffman Fellow at Storm Ventures. He focuses on investments in the mobile, Internet, and software sectors.

Prior to Storm, Ben served as VP Strategy at Greystripe, the first mobile in-game ad network, where he remains a Strategic Advisor. Ben began his career in venture capital at RRE Ventures, where he helped source and lead their investment in Massive Incorporated (purchased by Microsoft in 2006), an in-game ad network for PCs and consoles. He later joined the strategic venture capital arm of the CIA, In-Q-Tel, as a Sr Associate.

Prior to venture capital, Ben held operating roles in several technology startups. As a product manager at Yahoo, he directed the Southeast Asia mobile strategy and launched several groundbreaking mobile services. Ben was also an Engagement Manager and early employee at ZEFER, an Internet consulting firm (acquired by NEC), which raised over $150M in venture capital financing and grew to over $100M in annual revenue. Prior to ZEFER, Ben was a product manager at DESoFT, an online brokerage ASP (acquired by Merrill Lynch).

Ben received his M.B.A. from Columbia Business School, with Dean's List and Beta Gamma Sigma distinctions, and his B.A. in Computer Science with honors from Harvard University.

When not geeking out on the latest technology, Ben is an avid traveler and a published amateur digital photographer.