Ben Lewis
Chicago,IL
Summary
Commercial sales professional with over three years of B2B experience transitioning into data analytics. Currently completing the Google Data Analytics Professional Certificate, developing skills in SQL, Tableau, and Python to contribute to category, brand, or consumer insights functions.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
Work History
Coursera Candidate
Google Data Analytics Professional Certification
11.2025 - Current
- Developing proficiency in SQL, Tableau, and Python through 180+ hours of hands-on instruction, applying data cleaning, analysis, and visualization
- Querying and processing commercial datasets to surface actionable insights for business decision-making
- Completing case studies focused on statistical reasoning, data storytelling, and translating findings for stakeholder audiences
Business Development Representative / Account Executive - SMB
Sprout Social
Chicago, IL
09.2023 - 10.2025
- Identified untapped accounts within a 2,000+ account portfolio using ICP analysis and research-driven segmentation, closing $386K in total contract value and $32K in monthly recurring revenue
- Outperformed sales targets as a Business Development Representative, achieving 175% monthly recurring revenue quota and 203% pipeline goal, earning President's Club recognition
- Advised marketing and brand teams through full technology evaluations on paid, organic, sponsored, and owned social data strategy, partnering internally with marketing, sales, and product leadership to align on strategic outcomes
Sales Development Representative
Upland Software
Austin, TX
05.2022 - 08.2023
- Consistently exceeded lead generation goals by 30% through high-volume prospecting and data-driven outreach personalization across targeted market segments
- Identified untapped market segments with no existing outbound coverage, developed and executed a targeted prospecting strategy that generated $760K+ in new pipeline
- Partnered with marketing leadership to develop outreach campaigns grounded in buyer data and messaging strategy, resulting in adoption across the entire Sales Development team
Education
Bachelor of Business Administration - Finance & Entrepreneurship
University of Miami, Herbert Business School
Miami, FL05-2022
Skills
- Data Analytics
- Tableau
- SQL
- Salesforce
- 6sense
- Outreach
- ZoomInfo
- Microsoft Office
Interests & Other
- Cooking
- Fishing
- Diving
- Travel
- U.S., Swiss, Irish citizen
- Sigma Chi
Timeline
Coursera Candidate
Google Data Analytics Professional Certification
11.2025 - Current
Business Development Representative / Account Executive - SMB
Sprout Social
09.2023 - 10.2025
Sales Development Representative
Upland Software
05.2022 - 08.2023
Bachelor of Business Administration - Finance & Entrepreneurship
University of Miami, Herbert Business School