Ben Liebald

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VP Engineering at Harvey

San Francisco Bay Area, United States

Overview

Ben Liebald serves as the VP of Engineering at Harvey, leading the development of domain-specific AI for legal and professional services. His career includes leadership roles at Figma, Branch International, and YouTube, as well as co-founding a startup that was acquired by Stripe. He holds an MSc from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

He won a Technology & Engineering Emmy Award for his foundational work on YouTubes personalized video recommendation engine.

Personality Overview

Example Seeker

Curious

Value Driven

They are likely to ask many questions and look heavily for supporting information.  They are generally good communicators and can be hard to convince. They can sound friendly and charming but can quickly change gears to become inquisitive and probing.

Topics They Care About

AI Product Development
A frequent speaker on how AI is reshaping product development, focusing on rapid prototyping, iteration, and reliability, as seen in his recent talks for LangChain and ELC.
Domain-Specific AI
His work at Harvey is centered on building and applying frontier AI models for specialized professional domains like law, working with the world's largest firms.
Forward Deployed Engineering
He actively promotes building strong Forward Deployed Engineering teams, viewing them as a powerful bridge between the product and key customers.

Media Appearances

Ben has no verified media appearances

Work History

10-2024
VP Engineering at Harvey
Senior Director of Engineering at Figma
Chief Technology Officer at Branch International
Co-Founder & CTO at Rep - Mensch Labs
Senior Engineering Manager at YouTube

Education

MSc from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
BSc from Jacobs University Bremen

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Insights For Selling To Ben

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Build rapport, it will come handy to handle hard questions later
  • Help them understand the risk aspect fully while inspiring confidence
  • Persuade objectively how your product will help them achieve their goals

DONT's

  • Don’t brush off any concerns, take all questions seriously
  • Don’t be too objective but make sure to pad your storytelling with data points
  • Avoid making offhand commitments

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Ben is

  • Proven value, strong testimonials are important to them, relationships will have some weightage.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Ben

  • They are practical and friendly, don't expect a clear-cut response often.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Ben move?

  • They like to be detailed and take their time to arrive at decisions.
  • Can Ben take some risk or not?

  • They evaluate their decisions systematically and are less likely to take risks.

You And Ben

Personality Compatibility


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