Ben Kirtland

Ben Kirtland is the current Chief Strategy Officer at Auction Mobility, a position they have held since June 2020. Ben is responsible for building out revenue forecasting and retention/pricing analytics capabilities, as well as leading capital markets and strategic M&A. Prior to joining Auction Mobility, Kirtland was a Vice President Team Leader at Bridge Bank from February 2013 to December 2019. During their time at Bridge Bank, they helped grow the portfolio from $60mm to over $400mm and originated 11 deals with committed debt of over $100mm. Ben also ran diligence/execution for 45 other deals representing $500mm+ of senior debt, $750mm of venture and growth equity funding, and $2.5bn of M&A consideration. Some of the notable relationships Kirtland sourced include Gimlet Media (acquired by Spotify), Invoice Cloud (Summit and General Atlantic), Parachute Home (HIG Growth), Recorded Future (Accomplice, later acquired by Insight) and Stratex (acquired by Toast).

Ben Kirtland has a B.A. in Theirtory and Economics from Tufts University, and is certified from FINRA in Series 66, 7, and 79.

They are on a team with Andrew Kwasik - CTO, Christopher Dee - COO. Ben Kirtland reports to Doug Brenhouse, Founder & President.