Ben W
Global Lead Long-Tail Strategy Development & SMB Retention And Expansion
Annapolis, Maryland, United States
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Top SchoolBen W is a strategic sales and customer-retention leader with 14 years in cloud security and threat intelligence, currently leading global long-tail strategy and SMB retention at Google Cloud Security. He combines deep analytical skills and policy-savvy thinking—grounded in a MA in China Studies and International Economic Policy from Johns Hopkins SAIS—to design renewal and expansion programs that balance revenue growth with customer-first outcomes. His background spans hands-on solutions engineering and senior management at Mandiant, Virtru, and iSIGHT Partners, giving him technical credibility with security practitioners and commercial teams alike. Known as a servant leader and lifelong learner, he builds cross-functional collaboration to turn complex security portfolios into scalable, repeatable SMB offerings. Based in Annapolis, he brings an uncommon mix of geopolitical insight and practical go-to-market experience to cloud security retention and expansion.
14 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, East Asian Studies, Bachelor's degree, East Asian Studies at Colorado CollegeMaster's degree, China Studies and International Economic Policy, Master's degree, China Studies and International Economic Policy at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS)
Chinese
Github Skills (200)
javascript-framework10
client-library10
markup-language10
html10
licensing10
css10
windows10
haskell10
high-performance10
markup10
pandoc10
responsive10
facebook10
table-of-contents10
markdown10
Programming languages (21)
Github contributions (5)
verkilo/book-compiler
Jan 2019 - Jun 2020
Verkilo (Pandoc Book) CI/CD toolchain for publishing books in PDF, epub, mobi, using Markdown.
Contributions:19 releases, 26 PRs, 227 pushes in 1 year 5 months
pandocpublishingpdfmobici-cd
merovex-press/benwilson.io
Apr 2021 - Oct 2023
Contributions:7 PRs, 338 pushes, 5 branches in 2 years 5 months
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