I help technical products find their market.
I'm Ben Ackles, a product marketer and builder in Boulder, Colorado. I work across positioning, messaging, and go-to-market strategy, with a particular focus on products built for developers and technical teams.
Work
- EnumerateSr. Product Marketing Manager2025 — Sept 2026
- StoryblokProduct Marketing Manager2024 — 2025
- BigCommerceProduct Marketing Manager, DX2021 — 2023
I've spent my career helping companies turn complicated products into clear reasons to care.
That work usually starts well before launch. I partner with product managers, engineers, designers, sales teams, and customers to understand where a product fits, who it matters to, and what needs to be true for people to adopt it.
My sweet spot is technical products. At BigCommerce, I worked on developer-facing products including GraphQL APIs, App Extensions, and Catalyst, an open-source storefront framework. At Storyblok, I led a company-wide positioning initiative to sharpen how the headless CMS differentiated in a crowded market, then translated that positioning into messaging for developer, marketer, and enterprise audiences. More recently, I’ve worked on bringing AI capabilities to market inside an established SaaS platform.
I also like getting close to how products are actually built. This site is one small example.
Currently Building
Exploring product marketing from both sides: building a zero-to-one product with MeetCard and a working Storybook design system with Deck.