Ben South Lee

SVP Product & Design at Aave

Ben South Lee has a diverse work experience in product and design roles. In 2006, they started as a Product Designer, and they worked in this role until 2012. During their time at Crunchyroll, they served as Product Designer and later became a Product Design Lead, where they focused on mobile and new verticals. In 2014, Lee joined Secret, Inc. as the Principal Product Designer and Founding Designer, where they led design across product, brand, and marketing and achieved 15 million users within six months. In 2015, they briefly worked as a Product Designer at Medium. Later that year, they co-founded Bold.co, which was later acquired by Postmates, where they served as Co-founder and Chief Product Officer. At Postmates, they held various roles, including Director of Design, Consumer, and Vice President, Product Design. In 2020, Lee co-founded Sonar and served as CEO until it was acquired by Aave. Currently, they hold the position of SVP Product & Design at Aave.

Ben South Lee's education history is as follows:

- Ben attended UC San Diego from an unknown start year until 2012. During their time there, they studied Computer Science with a focus on Interdisciplinary Computing and the Arts.

- After leaving UC San Diego, Ben enrolled at Y Combinator and completed their education in 2020. No specific degree or field of study is mentioned for their time at Y Combinator.

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Timeline

  • SVP Product & Design

    December, 2022 - present

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