Ben Reid Email & Phone Number

Sydney, Nsw, Au

Sydney, New South Wales, Au

Founder and CPTO @ Digital Creators.Digital Creators is a product and innovation studio that offers:1) Product management "as a service"2) Design sprints (Ideo, Google, et al) and human-centred design servicesWe combine a core senior team with our network of 50+ high performing and entrepreneurial individuals to execute on new innovation opportunities.We believe in the power of small senior cross-functional teams that can act as a "pod" or a complete “startup team in a box” and cover the full stack of capabilities required for a venture including: research, strategy, CX/UX/UI, engineering, product management, commercial and growth.We've worked in the trenches with 200+ companies, built 20+ large scale digital platforms and corporate ventures, and products we've built are used by over 10M Australians.For human-centred design, we've executed over 20+ design sprints, and facilitated 100's of design thinking sessions and workshops.Industries we have built large platforms and ventures for include:- Media- OTT video- Fintech- Sports- Food- Wellness - Disability- Aged care- Retail- Education- TelcoTo see more visit https://www.digitalcreators.com.au

Chief Product Officer at AgFi Labs, building the Future of Finance for Agriculture (AgFi). AgFi connects DeFi capital with high quality, real world assets in agriculture.

London, Gb

There is no doubt that we live in times of profound change and disruption. It has become obvious how we as humans, our systems and institutions are currently not able to cope with the global challenges that we face.If we want to create positive systemic change we need to fundamentally shift the way we are operating –from the inside out – on an individual level and as a collective.SARSEN™ was founded on the core belief that the combination of wisdom, integration and action will enable us to address the enormous problems and opportunities that lie ahead for humanity.

Manly, New South Wales, Au

Alta provides a tried, tested accessible, and safe training path for everyone to achieve something special through Mixed Martial Arts training. Alta has changed thousands of lives in 10 countries worldwide. With no prior experience required, everyday men and women immerse themselves in a 20 week professional quality Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) training program with some of the best MMA Coaches in the world. Our Alta Warriors learn the core skills of combat sports in various martial art disciplines, in a safe and team-based environment.

Cluch is a new live and on-demand streaming service and performance insights platform dedicated to sport at all levels.Investor and CPO advisor on commercial, product and tech strategy and execution.

Los Angeles, California, Us

Music Health (now Vera) - the soundtrack to your life. Repeated listening to meaningful music from your unique past induces beneficial brain plasticity and memory function in people with dementia, and can help improve their quality of life.

South Melbourne, Victoria, Au

MediStays is the new accommodation website enabling patients, caregivers and healthcare professionals to find and book accommodation close to hospitals and medical facilities.Better access to medical services is fundamental to achieving improved healthcare outcomes for regional and remote Australians. MediStays provides reliable and relevant accommodation and support options for patients making the best decisions for their medical care and long term health. Medistays also provide an efficient and reliable solution for healthcare professionals and practice managers booking accommodation on behalf of patients.

Sydney, New South Wales, Au

Investor and Advisor to Eatsee, a food-tech company focused on high quality content, marketing and on-demand services to the food industry.Advisory is focused on product, tech and commercials.

Surry Hills, New South Wales, Au

An NDIS-approved companionship marketplace, bringing isolated Australians together by building lasting relationships with non-medical support.

Eveleigh, New South Wales, Au

Angel investor in loop+, a remote rehabilitation platform that accesses sensor technology to translate care plans from the clinic into the home, creating a feedback loop with clinicians in patient's everyday lives. Their first product is loop+ an activity tracker for wheelchair users that creates a positive feedback look with clinicians and carers to monitor health risks in everyday life. For the first time, wheelchair users who either can’t feel their lower limbs or are non-verbal and unable to communicate their discomfort, have a way to visualise what’s going on with their body. Remote monitoring supports early detection and intervention of pressure wounds, respiratory issues and scoliosis.

Adelaide, Au

Investor and Advisor at Kindship, a platform to connect and inform parents of children with disabilities / special needs. I helped coach Kindship as EIR at the Remarkable accelerator, and in 2019 became their first angel investor - fundamentally because I back the founding team (Summer and Andrius), their skillset, passion and commitment.Along with investing I also advise on product, tech and commercial aspects of the business.

Tuggerah, New South Wales, Au

Innovation consultant, product management consultant and advisor for Suremploy. Suremploy (http://www.suremploy.com.au) is a leading national provider of Pre-Employment Medical services. Through my product and innovation studio, Digital Creators, we built a modern cloud based telehealth platform that allows for a completely digital workflow and the ability to scale globally with medical professionals all around the world.Since we started working with Suremploy they have grown their revenue consistently 50-100% YoY.

The Global Community for Education (GCE) is a grass roots not-for-profit founded by Don Wilks and focused on building schools in Nepal. They champion local empowerment and education as the foundational tool to bring people out of poverty. To date GCE has built 3 schools in rural Nepal: Baladevi, Patalini and Sunchaya.I sit on the Advisory Council for GCE and assist with it's strategy, fundraising and digital activities.

Sydney, Nsw, Au

Chief Product Officer at Fusion Labs advising on corporate ventures and helping set up high performing venturing teams. Work included corporate ventures with: Boral, Department of Education, Scentre Group, NAB, Suncorp, Batyr

Berlin, Berlin, De

Foldie is the “keep cup” of lunch boxes, a stylish, convenient foldable lunch box to avoid the use of single use plastics in food courts and other large physical spaces (e.g. festivals and events).Currently in trials around Sydney and Berlin.

Sydney, Nsw, Au

Entrepreneur in Residence at the Remarkable startup accelerator program, an accelerator focused on inspiring and growing startups and entrepreneurs solving problems for people with disability. Remarkable was one of the first accelerator programs globally to focus just on disability-tech, and carries Australia's fine innovative tradition in this space including companies like Cochlear. So far Remarkable has taken 19 startups through 3 cohorts, influenced the lives of 10K's and also generated a whole wave of genuinely commercial, sustainable businesses.My role as EIR was to mentor and coach startups, help with their product management and strategy, design and deliver accelerator structure and content, and help connect and partner with startup, industry and follow-on funding networks.

Artarmon, New South Wales, Au

Senior Product Management Consultant to Kayo Sports, acting as 2IC to the VP of Product.Kayo Sports is the "Netflix for Sports" and one of the boldest OTT video products built in the last 5 years.Kayo has won many international awards on its UX including the SportsPro OTT Award in 2019.

TEMPL built a shoppable video platform pushing the envelope on "entertainment driven eCommerce". It developed a platform combining mobile video, 360 imaging, VR/AR and suited to retail that is limited edition, signature, pre-release or exclusive.

TURF was an industry group bringing together people interested in sports-tech in the Australian ecosystem. TURF ran exclusive Meetup events, facilitated startup networking and featured speakers from high profile local success stories like Catapult.

The Studio is Australia's first not-for-profit Creative and Media Tech innovation hub with a vibrant community focused on fostering and supporting tech startups to engage with new technologies to create global sustainable businesses in the media, entertainment, music, games and creative industries. The Studio connects industry, education, innovation and investment.

Founder & Chief Product Officer of Reidefine Media, a media technology company focused on entertainment driven eCommerce for the China and Asia-pacific market.Reidefine built a mobile app and platform allowing film, TV and online talent/influencers to produce shortform videos, upload it to our platform and sell products and services from that video. It was a new innovation on shoppable video bringing together the latest in mobile payments and integration of video and eCommerce together seamlessly.Reidefine spent 2 years in 2014/2015 executing and forming partnerships in the China market, based out of Beijing, working with franchises such as Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny.

Sydney, Nsw, Au

Business development manager for muru-D, the startup accelerator backed by Telstra, Australia's leading telecommunications company.My role was to focus on new corporate commercial opportunities and partnerships for the muru-D startups, including leveraging the relationship with Telstra. In the time at muru-D I saw over 500 startups and worked closely with 20 of them across: edu tech, health tech, food tech, sports tech, agribusiness, eCommerce, finance, construction, mining, education and gaming/entertainment.From a mentoring perspective, I focused on helping startups with their business models, financials and metrics, and biz dev and sales with respect to B2B and enterprise customers.

Sydney, Nsw, Au

Commercial, strategy and product development in the areas of media, video streaming and Pay TV. My core focus was on FOXTEL, a $8B+ media company at the time jointly owned by Telstra and News Corp and Australia's #1 Pay TV company.My specialisation was the ability to connect business, technology and product thinking together. Major projects in this time included: bundling and retailing FOXTEL (FOXTEL-from-Testra, T-Box), infrastructure provision to FOXTEL (e.g. CDN, video platforms) and growth areas such as Subscription Video-on-demand (SVOD).During this period I worked under the FOXTEL COO to develop a new Subscription Video On Demand (SVOD) platform and product focused on movies and television and with the aim to beat Netflix to market. The final version of this was launched as "Presto" on March 2014.Expertise crafted in:- Television, Pay TV, IPTV, online video, mobile video, new media- Video platforms, media tech innovation- Negotiation and strategy on deals with media companies, distributors, Hollywood Studios and video platform providers- Game theory and competition analysis- Robust analysis of the economics of content, including TV, film and online video- Strategic analysis of the future of TV and video consumptionHighlights include:- Strategy, valuation, analysis for high growth businesses ranging from $1M to $8B+ valuations- Delivering insights at Board, CEO and GMD level- Product development and strategy for a new $100M+ subscription video competitor to Netflix

During 2010, my wife and I took 12 months to travel the world across South America, Asia and Europe.

Sydney, Nsw, Au

Product Owner on key initiatives in the OTT video and media space.Senior analyst on key external media companies including: Netflix, Hulu, iTunes, Comcast, BSkyB and the Hollywood studios; and internal media assets including Sensis (online vertical, advertising, classifieds), FOXTEL (Pay TV, video-on-demand) and BigPond/Telstra Content (Movies, Games, Music, Shopping, etc).

Sydney, Nsw, Au

Developing new media platforms and rationalising existing ones within the BigPond Content division (movies, music, games, etc).During this time I was the product owner (researching, specifying, designing, prototyping, building, testing) Australia's first legal online video platform for Movie and TV downloads (BigPond Movies), managing a $3M+ build across a team of 50+ people.

North Ryde, Sydney, Au

Chosen by Telstra Media GMD and CEO of FOXTEL for 18 month secondment to FOXTEL to build new innovative products for the launch of FOXTEL Digital. Also acted as liaison between FOXTEL and Telstra as part of the $900M FOXTEL Digital build and launch.Worked in this time under both the Head of Engineering, and Head of Product at FOXTEL.During this time I created (researched, specified, prototyped, tested, etc) for FOXTEL a world first, innovative wireless product that provided internet connectivity to FOXTEL set-top boxes. This product (DigiPath aka Wireless Phonejack) saved up to 50% of the time of an install and provided simplicity to hundreds of thousands of FOXTEL customer installation. It was so successful it was patented, adopted by SKY properties overseas, and installed in 3M+ homes across Australia, UK and Europe.

Sydney, Nsw, Au

Engineer in broadcast television, working on the provision of infrastructure services to FOXTEL, including the HFC network and set-top boxes.Within 6 months was selected as part of Telstra high achiever program, with subsequent exposure up to GMD levelDuring this time had engineering ownership and relationship management with FOXTEL for the FOXTEL set-top box, which had $350M investment as part of FOXTEL Digital.

Master Of Business Administration, International Business, Entrepreneurship, Business Model Innovation, Strategic Management

B. Computer Engineering / B. Computer Science, Software Engineering, Software Design, Web Development, Hardware Design, Electronics

Venture Deals, Venture Financing

Graduate Certificate In Applied Finance, Macroeconomics, Financial Analysis And Valuation