Ben Tompson

Background

About Ben Tompson

As the director of market insight and analytics at LA Libations, Ben leads a team of data engineers and analysts who provide data-driven insights and solutions to support the company's growth and innovation in the CPG beverage industry. He is responsible for designing and implementing scalable and robust data pipelines, using technologies such as Apache Kafka, ETL, and AWS, to collect, process, and analyze data from various sources and platforms. Ben has a passion for solving complex problems and driving business decisions with data. He holds a master's degree in finance from the University of Tampa and a bachelor's degree in statistics from the University of Florida. He has over 6 years of experience in data engineering, including 3 years as a data intelligence officer at Repfabric, where he built and managed the data infrastructure and analytics for a sales automation platform. He is always eager to learn new technologies and techniques in the field of big data and machine learning, and to apply them to the CPG beverage industry. He is also an avid outdoorsman and a fervent advocate for sustainable packaging.