Summary
Ben Peirce is an engineering manager and data infrastructure leader with two decades of experience building high-throughput analytics, ad tech, and data collaboration platforms across startups and large enterprises. Currently leading Data Clean Rooms at Netflix after shaping advertising data products and clean-room capabilities at Roku, he combines deep technical chops in scalable pipelines and DevOps with a knack for assembling cross-functional, high-performing teams. His background includes founding Vrtigo to deliver one of the largest VR analytics services of its time and architecting HIPAA-compliant analytics and telemedicine platforms, demonstrating both entrepreneurial drive and domain rigor. Based in San Francisco, he brings a rare mix of academic depth (Harvard PhD/SM in applied math/engineering) and practical product-first execution in ad measurement, shoppable streaming, and data privacy tools.
14 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
B.M.E. Mechanical Engineering, B.M.E. Mechanical Engineering at University of Minnesota
Ph.D. Engineering Sciences, Ph.D. Engineering Sciences at Harvard University