The trail which led Ben to Innovative Research Technologies began when at 14 he was asked to take over IT for a family medical practice. At 16 he was commissioned to develop an electronic medical records platform for a group of forensic pathologists, in the era or “going paperless”, yet no one had considered that dead people need medical records too. He consulted for them for over 6 years, and built out a staggering portfolio of products which were years ahead of their time. It was there that he developed and honed his skills around managing the entire lifecycle of product definition, development, and delivery which serve him to this day.
His first exposure to the market research industry came when he joined Quest Mindshare at the end of 2020 in order to build out an engineering department within the company. While assembling an all-star team, he was a strong advocate of turning that department into its own company which could serve other customers across the industry – a vision he shared with Greg Matheson, managing partner of Quest and now CEO of iResTech.
Ben has always been the odd duck. He makes his own fireworks with his children, and he loves Jane Austen and Charlotte Brontë. He builds trebuchets, and cries at every Pixar movie ever made. He works way too much, but tries to set aside time to build a fully-functioning vehicle every Halloween which fits the costume theme of the year, for his kids to ride in while trick-or-treating. In short, he’s a walking paradox, is cool with that, thinks the diverse interests and perspectives empower him to be decent in his job, and is loving this new iResTech adventure! (He also wants to say that he wouldn’t be here without his wife Stacey, who helps her Asperger husband negotiate the minefield of human interactions…or at least, tries her best!)