Ben Guthrie

Current

• Product Manager at Shutterfly

Past

• Consultant at Stanford Alumni Association
• Product Manager at LinkedIn
• Business Analyst at LinkedIn

• Research Assistant at Stanford University
• Ranger at Philmont

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Education

• Stanford University
• Bellarmine College Preparatory

Recommended

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Connections

425 connections

Industry

Internet

Ben Guthrie’s Summary

I enjoy discovering and creating products that are valuable, usable, and feasible and that have a positive impact on the world.

Ben Guthrie’s Specialties:

product management, social networking, web 2.0, enterprise 2.0, online community

Ben Guthrie’s Experience

• Product Manager

  Shutterfly

  (Public Company; SFLY; Internet industry)

  August 2009 — Present (5 months)

• Consultant

  Stanford Alumni Association

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  June 2009 — July 2009 (2 months)

  Assisted Stanford Alumni Association's new director of career services in developing Stanford's social networking strategy.

• Product Manager

  LinkedIn

  (Privately Held; Internet industry)

  June 2007 — November 2008 (1 year 6 months)

  Transformed LinkedIn Groups into a flagship product for LinkedIn. Designed and led implementation of the automated group creation flow, searchable group directory, network updates for group activity, group invitations, and discussion system among other features. Groups on LinkedIn serve several constituencies, including user-created discussion groups, companies, schools, and professional associations.

• Business Analyst

  LinkedIn

  (Privately Held; Internet industry)

  April 2006 — June 2007 (1 year 3 months)

  Helped build LinkedIn's online advertising business unit from an experimental revenue line to an established and rapidly growing revenue line. Implemented new ad serving platform (DoubleClick’s DART for Publishers) and developed business processes around lead generation, sales, account management, insertion order management, operations, ad trafficking, reporting, and billing. Interfaced with product, design, web development, and finance departments. Developed marketing collateral, inventory forecasts, and customized targeting solutions. Helped create new advertising products that integrated with existing LinkedIn products, including InMail, Groups, and Answers.

• Research Assistant

  Stanford University

  (Educational Institution; 1-10 employees; Higher Education industry)

  June 2005 — August 2005 (3 months)

  Political communications research project in Stanford's Public Policy Program to assess impact of newspapers on public opinion polls during 2004 presidential election; evaluated and coded articles.

• Ranger

  Philmont

  (Non-Profit; 501-1000 employees; Ranching industry)

  June 2003 — August 2003 (3 months)

  Guided scout crews from across the United States on initial leg of a 12-day backpacking excursion in the rugged Sangre de Cristo Mountains of northern New Mexico at the Boy Scouts of America's premier high-adventure base.

Ben Guthrie’s Education

• Stanford University

  B.A. , Economics , 2002 — 2006

  Activities and Societies:

  Phi Beta Kappa

• Bellarmine College Preparatory

  1998 — 2002

Additional Information

Ben Guthrie’s Groups:

•    Bellarmine College Preparatory Alumni
•    Internet Product Management Group
•    Stanford University Alumni
•    Shutterfly Employees And Alumni
•    LinkedIn Alumni

Ben Guthrie’s Honors:

Eagle Scout

Ben Guthrie’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
• consulting offers
• new ventures
• job inquiries
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
• getting back in touch