Alexander Benz
Founder & CEO At Mato The AI Podcast Engine
Los Angeles, California, United States
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Top SchoolAlexander Benz is a founder and product-focused UX leader with 14 years of experience designing high-conversion digital products and leading teams from Norway to Los Angeles. As CEO of Mato he’s building an AI podcast platform that makes expert interviews economically viable at scale, and his track record includes driving multimillion-dollar revenue gains and conversion lifts (300% at Ark, 400% influencer growth at Pokket). He combines deep UX, CRO and product management skills with hands-on development roots that began at age 11, pairing user psychology and lightweight, sustainable design to boost business outcomes. He’s an author and Entrepreneur contributor whose UX writing has reached hundreds of thousands, and he intentionally pursues eco-conscious digital practices through Blikket. Comfortable in both startup and enterprise contexts, he’s launched and scaled products across publishing, e-commerce and SaaS while keeping production lean and measurable. An unusual strength: he blends creative initiatives like niche communities and jewelry retail with data-driven product strategy, showing fluency across audience-building and monetization.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science, Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science at Westerdals Oslo ACTHigh School, Graphic Design, High School, Graphic Design at Noroff
Norwegian, English
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (104)
python10
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google10
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azure9
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Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
alexanderahlsen/MusicBrainz
Dec 2014 - Dec 2014
Contributions:21 commits in 2 days
alexanderahlsen/PJ2100-1-16V-Iterativt-webprosjekt
Mar 2016 - Apr 2016
Contributions:7 pushes, 1 branch in 7 days
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