Ben Slivka
Ben Slivka is a Trustee at Wissner Slivka Foundation. He is a self-employed Angel Investor and Advisor at Atomic Machines, CyrusBio, LumenBio, OneTrack, Stoke Space and TwinStrandBio. He was Co-Founder and Chairman at DreamBox Learning, Inc., which was acquired by Charter School Growth Fund, The Rise Fund and Evergreen Coast Capital. He was Director, Enterprise Resource Planning at Amazon and General Manager, Project Leader, Software Design Engineer (L70/D15) at Microsoft.
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Atomic Machines, CyrusBio, LumenBio, OneTrack, Stoke Space, TwinStrandBio, ... Angel Investor and Advisor 2003–present · current
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Wissner Slivka Foundation Trustee 1997–present · current
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DreamBox Learning, Inc. Co-Founder and Chairman 2006–2010 · past
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Amazon Director, Enterprise Resource Planning 1999–2000 · past
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Microsoft General Manager, Project Leader, Software Design Engineer (L70/D15) 1985–1999 · past
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Northwestern University Staff Programmer 1983–1985 · past
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IBM Corporation Junior Programmer 1982–1983 · past
Education
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Northwestern University MS, Computer Science · 1983–1985
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Northwestern University BS, Computer Science · 1978–1982
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Northwestern University BS, Applied Mathematics · 1978–1982
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Garfield High School, Seattle 1974–1978