Ben Lowery

Ben Lowery is an accomplished Lead Software Engineer at Automattic since March 2014, with prior experience as a Lead Software Engineer and Manager at Demand Media from July 2012 to March 2014. Lowery has a strong technical foundation with earlier roles as a Senior Software Engineer at Adconion Media Group and Ask.com, where contributions included front-end architecture for Bloglines.com. Additional experience includes a position as a Member of Technical Staff at Joost and independent consultancy through Ben Lowery Consulting, serving clients such as Avenue A | Razorfish and WebMD. Lowery's career began at FactSet Research Inc., where responsibilities included creating web solutions for financial data delivery. Educational qualifications include a Bachelor of Science & Engineering degree in Industrial and Operations Engineering from the University of Michigan.