Hi, I'm Ben!

My superpower is decoding people to transform ideas into impact––from my professional work to my own passion projects.

I was born and raised in New York and am currently based in Brooklyn, NYC. I'm obsessed with my espresso machine and Sumatra beans, a shameless typography geek, and a perpetual fighter of the travel bug.

Strategic Growth

I love colliding people, projects, and vision to solve problems big and small, lead teams that get sh*t done, and make napkin ideas a reality. Today, I work with organizations on strategic growth, with 5+ years of transferrable experience in building organizational capabilities across various industries:

Startups. I currently partner with exceptional founders of pre-seed through Series A startups on strategic initiatives like product development, company scaling, and fundraising. My client portfolio includes FinTech, HRTech, and biotech. Interested in learning more? Let's chat.
Industry. I developed extensive expertise in strategic growth from the talent science and psychometrics lenses during my time at leading hedge fund and quant firm, D. E. Shaw & Co. There, I devised rigorous selection frameworks and and assessment processes with business leaders across the entire company.
Academia. I've conducted bioengineering research at Vanderbilt University, University of Washington, and Mount Sinai School of Medicine, overseeing independent projects from zero-to-one. Check out the papers I've co-authored here and here.
Nonprofits. I've worked with nonprofit leaders to solve business challenges they're facing for four years and led a grassroots, pro-bono nonprofit consulting organization of 70 people. I also built up a social enterprise named a global finalist for the 2020 Hult Prize, a.k.a the "Nobel Prize for students."

Personal Projects

I've most recently enrolled in a typography course to formalize my education in typeface design. I'm also thinking of codifying spoken family recipes into writing, whether that be on here or in a book. I'm trying to write more opinion and reflection pieces on Medium and publishing more poems on this website.
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I also lead a bookclub with a close friend in NYC––we just hit our one year anniversary! Recent book bangers include Yellowface, Stoner, and The Silent Patient.