Ben Peirce

Co-Founder

San Francisco, California, United States17 yrs 11 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

20 years of experience in data infrastructure and products.
Proven track record in building high-performing teams.
Expertise in analytics and data-driven decision making.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and Healthcare expert with strong leadership in data analytics and product development.

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A/B TestingMachine LearningAgile MethodologiesSoftware DevelopmentWeb ApplicationsStatisticsAnalyticsBusiness IntelligenceStart-upsWeb Development360 VideoEntrepreneurshipAmazon Web Services (AWS)Ruby on RailsMongoDB

About

Technology leader with 20 years' experience building data infrastructure and data products. Track record of assembling high-performing, agile teams in startup and corporate environments.

Experience

17 yrs 11 mos

Total Experience

2 yrs 10 mos

Average Tenure

8 mos

Current Experience

Netflix

Engineering Manager, Data Clean Rooms

Sep 2025 – Present · 8 mos · Los Gatos, California, United States

Building data collaboration tools into the Netflix ads platform.

Roku inc.

2 roles

Sr. Software Engineering Manager

Promoted

Jul 2023 – Sep 2025 · 2 yrs 2 mos

Managed teams working on data clean rooms, shoppable streaming ads, data foundations, and DevOps.

Software Engineering Manager

Sep 2021 – Jul 2023 · 1 yr 10 mos

Samsung research america

3 roles

Sr. Director, Development

Jun 2018 – Jun 2021 · 3 yrs · On-site

Managed team that built analytics infrastructure for an A/B testing platform. Joined when Vrtigo was spun back into Samsung to become the creator analytics dashboard for Samsung’s 360-degree video hosting service.

Co-founder and CEO, Vrtigo

Promoted

Mar 2016 – May 2018 · 2 yrs 2 mos · On-site

Founded internal team that created the largest VR analytics service by data volume processed at the time, which was eventually installed on all Samsung Galaxy phones.

Entrepreneur-In-Residence, Samsung NEXT

Jul 2014 – Mar 2016 · 1 yr 8 mos · On-site

Recruited and managed multiple teams to rapidly prototype, test, and iterate new product ideas. Projects included data-driven workplace productivity and a personal safety apps.

Spongecell

Engineering Manager

Oct 2012 – Jul 2014 · 1 yr 9 mos · San Francisco, California, United States

Converted advertising analytics backend to a scalable data pipeline, built on a distributed, cloud-based infrastructure (Hadoop, Kafka, AWS). Hired and managed team of engineers to support highly available analytics services, from architecture and implementation to DevOps.

Refactr llc

Software Consultant

Aug 2011 – Jul 2012 · 11 mos · Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Led team of contract developers building software prototypes for early stage startups. Projects varied from web-based SaaS applications to a distributed messaging system.

Zipnosis

CTO

Sep 2009 – Nov 2011 · 2 yrs 2 mos · Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Architected and built telemedicine platform that facilitated survey-based online clinic visits. Hired and supervised small team of full-time and contract developers.

Redbrick health

Business Intelligence Lead

Oct 2007 – Apr 2009 · 1 yr 6 mos · Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Built analytics, data warehousing, and reporting tools for a HIPAA-compliant environment. Converted patient stratification models from proprietary (SAS) to open source (RStats) technology.

Affine systems

Co-founder

Aug 2006 – Aug 2007 · 1 yr · Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Co-founded venture-backed video analytics startup with two Harvard classmates. Built early platform for contextual advertising in online video using computer vision. Part of Highland Capital Partners Summer Entrepreneurship startup incubator (also YC Winter 2007 finalist).