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Ben Garves

Leader in Digital and Growth Product Management

15+ years of experience as a Product Manager overseeing roadmaps for digital products, including websites, mobile apps, and enterprise SaaS applications. Career focus on CMS development, the AI transition, product-led audience growth, A/B testing, and the changing SEO/AIO landscape. Certified full-stack engineer (bootcamp, 2025).

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Work experience

Portfolio

Corporate Brand, Recruiting, and HCM

Fintech and Financial Products

AI, LLM, and ML

NGOs and Social Causes

Publishing and Legacy Media

eCommerce and Apps

Gamification and Community

Localization

OTT Streaming and Live Events

SaaS Tools and Marketplaces

Who I’ve Helped

Skills and Tools

Project and Product Management

Airtable, Asana, Confluence, GTM strategy, Jira, Miro, Monday, MS Project, MVP planning, POCs, Sharepoint, Smartsheet, Trello, Visio, Zendesk.

Code and Dev Tools

Algolia, Algorithm Development, API Integrations, AWS S3, AWS SES, C, DevOps, Elasticsearch, Express.js, Git, HTML/CSS, Javascript, Open API, PostgreSQL, Pyton, React.js, Responsive Design, REST APIs, SQL, SSO, Swagger, Typescript, Web Security, Zapier.

UX/UI and Design

Adobe Xd, Balsamiq, Canva, Figma, InVision, Zeplin.

OTT and Streaming

OTT: Kaltura, OBS Studio, Streamlabs, Vidyard, Vimeo OTT, Wistia.

Streaming: Facebook Live, Instagram live, Rumble, TikTok Live, Twitch, Twitter #GoLive, YouTube Live.

Administrative

Both the Microsoft and Google administrative ecosystems, including Outlook/Gmail, Slides/PowerPoint, Excel/Sheets (with advanced functions), and Word/Docs.

CMS and Enterprise Tools

Adobe Experience Manager, ADP, Drupal, Contentful, FluentCRM, Hubspot, iCIMS, Mailchimp, MailerLite, NetSuite, Salesforce, Shopify, Sitecore, Squarespace, Webflow, Wix, WordPress, Workday, Zoho.

Experimentation and Testing

A/B and Multivariate Testing, AB Tasty, Adobe Target, Amplitude, Clarity, Crazy Egg, Hotjar, Kameleoon, Optimizely, Tapen.

App Development

Appsmith, Bubble, FlutterFlow, Glide.

Ads, Affiliate, and Monetization

AdSense, Amazon Associates, Awin, CJ Affiliate, ClickBank, Impact, MaxBounty, Media.net, Outbrain, Rakuten, Skimlinks, Taboola.

Analytics, Tracking, and Dashboards

Ahrefs, Brightedge, Firebase, Google Analytics, Google Search Console, Looker Studio, Power BI, Qattr, Qlik Sense, SEMRush, Tableau.

AI, ML, and LLM

ChatGPT, Claude, Claude Code, Copilot, Custom GPTs, DeepSeek, Gemini, Perplexity, Toqan, Delphina.

Marketing Channels

Amazon SNS, Gleam, Hootsuite, Klaviyo, Later, Mailchimp (+SMS), Pushly, Sprinklr, Sprout, Substack, Twilio, Zoho.

Community Engagement and Gamification

BuddyBoss, BuddyPress, Bunchball Nitro, FluentCommunity, GamiPress, Gleam, JiveX, Khoros, SurveyGizmo, SurveyMonkey, Youzify.