Benjamin Ellison
Group Director Of Product Management, Sam's Club at Walmart
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBenjamin Ellison is a product leader with nine years of experience translating advanced technology into market-ready products, currently serving as Group Director of Product Management for Sam's Club at Walmart in the San Francisco Bay Area. He progressed rapidly through senior product roles at Walmart, bringing a methodical, innovation-first approach to large-scale retail product challenges. His background blends technical rigor—rooted in a BS in Engineering Physics from Carnegie Mellon and early experience as a physicist—with entrepreneurial instincts from founding a consumer startup and leading a music venture. An MBA from Stanford GSB complements his ability to align product strategy with business outcomes, and he has a track record of shipping complex, customer-focused solutions across both startup and enterprise environments. Notably, he pairs deep analytical thinking with hands-on operational experience, making him effective at turning novel technology into reliable, scalable systems.
10 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Business Administration (MBA) Business Administration and Management General, Master of Business Administration (MBA) Business Administration and Management General at Stanford University Graduate School of BusinessBachelor of Science (BS) Engineering Physics/Applied Physics, Bachelor of Science (BS) Engineering Physics/Applied Physics at Carnegie Mellon University
Github Skills (26)
sat-solver8
scripting7
crossword7
datalog7
cryptography7
scripting-language7
theorem-proving6
reverse-engineering6
source-code-analysis6
abstract-interpretation6
interpreter6
test-data6
parallelization6
qemu6
quality-assurance5
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
weaversa/cryptol-course
Jun 2020 - Jul 2020
The purpose of the course is to teach students how to program in Cryptol, a domain specific language for cryptography.
Contributions:43 commits, 9 PRs, 38 pushes in 1 month
cryptography
GaloisInc/cryptol
Aug 2016 - Oct 2020
Cryptol: The Language of Cryptography
Contributions:13 comments, 8 issues in 4 years 2 months
cryptography
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