Ben Leiken
Chief Technology Officer at Arkestro
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolBen Leiken is a seasoned technology leader and current CTO based in New York with 11 years of experience building product-led engineering organizations. At Arkestro he leads Product, UX, Engineering, and Data to deliver a predictive procurement orchestration platform that drives significant savings and market-aware procurement decisions. He previously scaled mobile product and engineering teams at SurveyMonkey, shipping native iOS/Android apps, SDKs, and mobile web experiences while managing cross-functional teams. Ben blends hands-on software engineering roots with product leadership and a talent for aligning data and UX to solve complex B2B problems. His background in entrepreneurial computer science from Tufts and a stint at the University of Edinburgh reflects both practical execution and curiosity about systems and product design. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic builder who turns predictive AI research into measurable business impact.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Visiting Student Computer Science, Visiting Student Computer Science at The University of EdinburghB.S Computer Science Entrepreneurial Leadership, B.S Computer Science Entrepreneurial Leadership at Tufts UniversitySt. Albans School (D.C.)
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Github Skills (31)
surveymonkey10
javascript10
android-sdk10
sdk10
declarative10
frontend10
sdk-android10
react10
user-interface9
java9
typescript9
swift8
android8
ios7
strongly-typed7
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
SurveyMonkey/surveymonkey-ios-sdk
Feb 2015 - Nov 2016
The SurveyMonkey Mobile Feedback SDK for iOS
Contributions:11 releases, 5 commits, 2 PRs in 1 year 9 months
surveymonkeysdksdk-for-iosswiftios
SurveyMonkey/surveymonkey-android-sdk
Sep 2015 - Jun 2018
The SurveyMonkey Mobile Feedback SDK for Android
Contributions:7 releases, 6 commits, 2 PRs in 2 years 9 months
sdk-androidsurveymonkeyandroidsdkfeedback
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