Ben Zang, MBA

Product Leadership & Strategy

Portland, Oregon, United States

About

Deep experience translating business needs into technology solutions and managing customer relationships.

Experience

  • Manager Product Management at Amazon
    Nov 2021 - Present · 4 yrs 8 mos

    Leading team of Sr. Product Managers and Program Managers building new Customer Experiences for Amazon's marketplace to support Buy Online Pickup In Store (BOPIS) for 3rd Party Sellers and new Seller Tools to support Location-Level inventory and fulfillment for national delivery.

  • Kroger Digital (Full-time · 2 yrs 10 mos)
    • Sr Manager, Product Management
      Nov 2020 - Nov 2021 · 1 yr 1 mo

      Led team of 6 Product Managers to create a number of Associate Experiences from using AI to improve night team's restocking efficiency, to sunsetting legacy systems, to creating a mobile experience for store leader's metrics to get them out from behind desks from spending hours running reports to spending 2+ hours more per day on the sales floor working with associates.

    • Product Manager
      Feb 2019 - Nov 2020 · 1 yr 10 mos

      Built associate experiences for Kroger Pickup managers to manage capacity and for store associates to prioritize serving customers when they arrived curbside to pickup their orders. Products increased pickup capacity at stores by 20% and reduced wait times from an average of 50% from 8 minutes to <4 minutes.

  • Head of Customer Success at CrowdStreet
    Feb 2016 - Feb 2019 · 3 yrs 1 mo

    CrowdStreet is the premium provider of online commercial real estate investment marketplace, technology and professional services that connects successful investors and CRE firms in order to maximize wealth. Investors can directly access institutional-quality commercial real estate offerings through CrowdStreet’s marketplace. For CRE developers and operators, CrowdStreet Connect provides a platform to manage investors and investments, and to raise capital to grow their business. For more information at www.crowdstreet.com

  • Rubicon International (Portland, Oregon Metropolitan Area)
    • Product Manager
      Jan 2011 - Feb 2016 · 5 yrs 2 mos

      Led Product Management for industry-leading Curriculum Mapping solution for K-12 schools. Revamped SaaS product for enterprise (large-district) scale implementation. Cross-functional release coordination with Engineering, Marketing, Sales, and Customer Success; helping grow revenues from $4 million to $11 million in ARR.

    • Sr. Consultant & Account Manager
      Jan 2007 - Jan 2011 · 4 yrs 1 mo

      Managed two channel portfolios and consult with 250 clients and $1M in annual recurring revenue across SE Asia and the U.S. Included providing both online and on-site training for faculty groups from 1 - 1000 educators, developing new professional development offerings and leading multi-day workshops on numerous curriculum topics including standards-based planning, assessment, backwards design (UbD) and managing curriculum development and revision in schools and districts.

    • SaaS Deployment Lead
      Dec 2005 - Dec 2006 · 1 yr 1 mo

  • Renaissance Learning - Corporate Services (7 yrs)
    • Business Unit Manager
      Sep 2003 - Dec 2005 · 2 yrs 4 mos

      Managed unit in New Delhi, India and coordinated K-12 and college content projects with clients, developers and contractors supervising 2 Project Managers and 30 staff in New Delhi, India.

    • Internal Product Manager
      Jan 2002 - Aug 2003 · 1 yr 8 mos

      Managed lifecycle of internal software development projects from cost-benefit analysis, to requirements definition, project scope and implementation.

    • India Project Manager
      Aug 2000 - Jan 2002 · 1 yr 6 mos

      Led cross-functional teams across all levels of the organization to create a new business unit in New Delhi, India. Managed team of 12 content developers in India.