Prior to joining Saw Mill, Ben served as CFO at (3) different, PE-owned companies in the design, distribution and manufacturing spaces, all resulting in successful exits. He served in various finance roles at American Standard, most recently as VP & Corporate Controller where he was involved in the break-up of the Fortune 500 conglomerate (American Standard-Trane-Waco) and subsequent acquisition by Bain Capital / Sun Capital of the bath & kitchen business. Ben’s other roles included Corporate Assistant Controller at Advance Publications (parent company of Condé Nast, Brighthouse Networks (now Spectrum), various newspapers and magazines) and was a manager in public accounting earlier in his career.
Ben has a B.A. in Economics from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and an M.S. in Accounting from Pace University’s Lubin School of Business in NYC. He is a CPA and has his Six Sigma Green belt certification. He also served on the board of the Metuchen, NJ Board of Education for (4) consecutive 3-year terms.
Ben’s hobbies include being on the water and mixing up whisky cocktails for happy hour. He also enjoys spending time with his wife, two rescue dogs, and two human daughters, too.