Ben James

Ben James has a diverse work experience in various product management roles. Ben co-founded and became the CEO of tubular.network in 2022. Prior to that, they worked at CoStar Group as a Senior Product Manager - Special Projects from 2020 to 2022.

From 2019 to 2020, Ben worked at Magic Leap as a Senior Product Manager - Spatial Visualization, where they played a key role in developing the spatial visualization strategy and driving product strategy for OS utility. Ben also conducted in-depth research on communication and collaboration use cases with lead customers.

Before that, Ben held Senior Product Manager roles at Vrbo, part of Expedia Group, focusing on virtual and augmented reality (2018-2019) as well as partner APIs and insurance (2017-2018).

In 2016, Ben served as the Director of Product at SchooLinks, where they contributed to product development. Prior to that, they worked at Compass Learning as a Product Manager (2015-2016) and Product Marketing Manager (2014-2015).

Ben's early career includes various roles at National Instruments, where they held positions such as Product Manager & Marketing Manager for FlexRIO & Video Test (2013-2014), Multimedia Test Product Manager & Marketing Engineer (2012-2014), and Applications Engineer (2010-2012).

Ben James attended the Georgia Institute of Technology from 2005 to 2009, where they earned their Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering. In 2003, prior to their time at Georgia Tech, they attended the University of West Georgia for two years, during which they participated in the Advanced Academy program. After a break in their formal education, Ben James returned to school in 2017 and attended Texas State University, where they obtained their Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree between 2017 and 2019.