Ben is an Executive in Residence expert at Reforge. Ben was the VP of Product and Growth at Thumbtack where he rebuilt the Product team and Thumbtack's Growth levers, re-architected the revenue model, and helped 3X Thumbtack's Growth within 3 years. Prior to Thumbtack, Ben was at Lyft for 6 years (employee #30 until IPO) where he primarily led the Supply side of Product to reach 1% of US workers driving for Lyft every month. He hosts the Marketplace Growth course at Reforge.