Ben graduated from Stanford University in 1995 with Honors, Distinction, and Phi Beta Kappa. He went on to co-found Akimbo Design, a web design firm that created and managed the consumer Web sites for The North Face, Beringer Vineyards, California Pizza Kitchen and completed award-winning projects for Nokia, Sony Pictures, MGM, Calvin Klein, and Macromedia. His company produced three Web design books, won dozens of awards, and had work featured in major media publications such as Newsweek, the New York Times, Washington Post, and USA Today.

In 2002, Ben took a position as CTO of DFILM – a youth entertainment company creating web and mobile applications. At DFILM, he managed the launch of a youth-focused communication platform in partnership with KPN, the largest wireless operator in the Netherlands. He also launched a viral application that is consistently used by 300,000 unique users per month and has been licensed by Yahoo!, Sam Adams, IBM, the Sierra Club, and Old Navy.

In 2004, Ben founded and is currently co-executive director of Mobile Voter, a non-profit non-partisan organization seeking to facilitate the process of civic participation through mobile technology. Mobile Voter has conducted innovative youth-focused voter registration campaigns over the past two years – in the effort to make registering to vote as easy as calling a friend.