Gary Bengier

Trustee at Exploratorium

Gary Bengier capped a 23-year business career by building and leading the financial team in the early formative years at eBay.

With a focus on financial and strategic roles, Gary has participated in a variety of new technologies, including the Internet, semiconductor chip design, computer peripherals, scientific instrumentation, and biotechnology. Prior to eBay, Gary was vice president and chief financial officer of VXtreme, Inc., a developer of Internet video streaming products. Gary held senior financial positions at Compass Design Automation, Qume Corporation, and Bio-Rad Laboratories, and spent several years as a management consultant for Touche Ross & Co.

Gary holds an MBA from Harvard Business School, a BBA, summa cum laude, in computer science and operations research from Kent State University, and a MA in philosophy from San Francisco State University.