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Neal Varner

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VP of Product, AI at 8am
📍 Salt Lake City Metropolitan Area, United States

Neal is an executive product leader with 15 years of experience specializing in AI-driven products. He has a proven track record of driving significant revenue growth, such as helping BENlabs surpass $150M. Colleagues describe him as a passionate and outcome-driven leader who excels at building world-class teams. He is a graduate of Brigham Young University.

Neal has a deep-seated interest in genetics and data science, demonstrated by his work at Ancestry developing innovative genetic genealogy tools. This passion extends beyond his professional roles, as evidenced by his academic publications on human longevity, showcasing a blend of scientific curiosity with his technological expertise.

He co-authored a scientific paper titled, "Estimates of the Heritability of Human Longevity Are Substantially Inflated due to Assortative Mating."

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Experience
12 Years
Current Role
VP of Product, AI
Job Level
Senior
Location
Salt Lake City Metropolitan Area, United States
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AI-driven Products
His entire career is focused on delivering AI-driven products and platforms that solve complex problems for consumer, SMB, and enterprise markets.
Product-led Growth
Praised for driving a product-led growth culture, he led initiatives that resulted in a 569% increase in paid subscriptions from marketing campaigns at Ancestry.
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Career

Work history

4-2026
VP of Product, AI
8am
1-2025 - 4-2026
Director of Product, Data & AI
BambooHR
1-2022 - 8-2024
VP of Product
BENlabs
12-2020 - 1-2022
Executive Director, Product
BENlabs
6-2019 - 12-2020
Head of Product, Recommendations & Search
Ancestry
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Education
2008 - 2013
Bachelor's Degree
Brigham Young University
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