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When not chasing his two primary school kids around his South Bay neighborhood, Ben is a fitness fanatic who enjoys HIIT and yoga. He credits his wife - arguably his better half per his friends - for a heightened interest in self-development and being a better parent and partner. Ben is an avid reader of news periodicals and a former junior chess champion. Prior to founding Catalyst Executive Partners, Ben joined Russell S. Reynolds II’s RSR Partners in 2014 as a principal to further expand RSR’s technology and alternative investment capabilities by leveraging his experiences and relationships cultivated over 20+ years. Prior to RSR Partners, Ben was general manager of New Ventures with an U.S. Venture Partners Series C-funded venture that was successfully sold. Before that, he was vice president of western U.S. for an Union Square Ventures Series C-funded FinTech SaaS startup.  Prior to his entrepreneurial endeavors, Ben was co-director of strategic growth and development for Parsons, a global engineering firm. He was also a limited partner in ING Barings’ Merchant Banking Group, an associate with Merrill Lynch’s High Yield Finance Group, and an investment analyst with The Prudential. Ben started his career as a supervisor with Pacific Bell (AT&T). Ben earned an MBA from the J.L. Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, a BS in Mechanical Engineering from University of California, Los Angeles, and a diploma from Deerfield Academy.