Ben Gardner

Ben Gardner

Ben Gardner

Customer Director, EMEA

Planhat

Ben is a customer success and commercial leader with over 10 years of experience building post-sales teams across SaaS. At Planhat, he serves as a Customer Director, having progressed through multiple roles since joining the company in 2022. He previously led customer success at Rio ESG and held commercial leadership positions at Vuelio and Cision. Alongside his tech career, Ben also chairs Emerging Leaders, a nonprofit focused on entrepreneurship and leadership development in underserved communities. He brings a rare blend of mission-driven leadership and operational excellence.

Ben is a customer success and commercial leader with over 10 years of experience building post-sales teams across SaaS. At Planhat, he serves as a Customer Director, having progressed through multiple roles since joining the company in 2022. He previously led customer success at Rio ESG and held commercial leadership positions at Vuelio and Cision. Alongside his tech career, Ben also chairs Emerging Leaders, a nonprofit focused on entrepreneurship and leadership development in underserved communities. He brings a rare blend of mission-driven leadership and operational excellence.

Ben is a customer success and commercial leader with over 10 years of experience building post-sales teams across SaaS. At Planhat, he serves as a Customer Director, having progressed through multiple roles since joining the company in 2022. He previously led customer success at Rio ESG and held commercial leadership positions at Vuelio and Cision. Alongside his tech career, Ben also chairs Emerging Leaders, a nonprofit focused on entrepreneurship and leadership development in underserved communities. He brings a rare blend of mission-driven leadership and operational excellence.

An abstract render of a Planhat customer profile, including timeseries data and interaction records from Jira and Salesforce.

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