Ben Poole
Product Leader, Technologist, Data Storyteller, Recovering Web Developer
Move Fast and FIX things!
Technology fuels the largest enterprise organizations, but can feel out-of-reach for small companies and non-profit organizations. Together, we can unlock the "just enough" CIO thinking to get the most value out of your organization's technology.Plans in pencil, goals in pen.Big Data, Enterprise Architecture, and UX Design systems are great, but don't sleep on the simplicity and elegance of listening to users, interpreting "just enough" data, and a hyper-targeted 120 minute design-thinking workshop to clarify your goals, and outline your plan.Getting started is the first step; so, let's go!
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Bring my experience to your next event - virtual or in-person. I have conducted several dynamic workshops and presentations on Product Development, Marketing, Digital Transformation, Data Visualization & Story-telling, Organizational Change Management, UX Design and Research, STEM Education, careers in tech, and more.
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A Microsoft Adoption Case Study
A Successful Change Champions Community to support global adoption campaign for Microsoft 365 collaboration platform.
Click the video thumbnail above to view the video and whitepaper Microsoft published to highlight the impact of my global UX Research and Change Management efforts.
My global UX Research team is featured in this video for our successful org-wide rollout of Microsoft Teams. We connected the technical team with our users in more meaningful ways to influence an excellent change management experience. Our unique approach and industry-standard research methodologies strengthened our network of Change Champions, with a modern approach to community-driven learning. A global survey measured the tools and the impact of our change process on 30,000+ employees.
About Ben:
Less than a year out of college, the President of the company I was working for asked me, "What's a web site... and can you build one?" Naturally, I answered "Yes!" without hesitation, grabbed an "Intro to HTML" book, and proceeded to launch my first web site. The next two decades would teach us all what the web could become, and force businesses to embrace constant change and opportunity. I have balanced technology, business, and creativity to help build a FinTech startup into a Billion dollar industry leader, build user communities around digital collaboration, manage large-scale technology vendor relationships, and lead global enterprise teams into successful product development, UX Research, and Organizational Change Management.