Benjamin Ling

About Benjamin Ling

Founding General Partner at Bling Capital.General Partner at Khosla Ventures. Looking to fund and work with smart, driven entrepreneurs looking to have impact and change the world.Looking to hire top talent interested in working at portfolio companies.Previously- COO at Badoo- Head of Local Business Products at Google- Head of Google Mobile Applications Lab, Product and Engineering- Head of Google Search Products, including Images, Video, News, Finance, Books, Blogs, Real-Time, Alerts, and Trends- Head of Platforms and Syndication at YouTube and Google\'s strategy on TV- Led the product management, product marketing, operations, and partner solutions groups for the Facebook Platform- Head of Google eCommerce (Google Checkout and Product Search). Lead the cross-functional and product management teams for Product Search and Checkout.

Experience

1. Board Observer Investor Seed Round Lead

   Hermeus

   Jun 2019 — Present

Education

• Stanford University

  Ph.D., Computer Science

  1998 — 2004

• University of California, Berkeley

  B.S., Electrical Engineering Computer Science, Minor in Business Administration

  1994 — 1998

• Stanford University

  M.S., Computer Science

  1998 — 2000

Skills

• Product Development
• Software Engineering
• User Interface Design
• Saas
• Web Applications
• Big Data
• Product Management
• Mobile Applications
• Analytics
• Cloud Computing
• Mobile Devices
• Product Marketing
• Distributed Systems
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• User Experience
• Software Development