Ben Nyland
Chief Operating Officer

Ben Nyland joined Exro technologies as the COO at its founding, bringing a vast knowledge of technology communications and business development to the team.

Ben worked as an engineer for IBM and Nortel, before transitioning to the role of Internet marketing manager at a startup software company in 1996. Here his fascination with the ever-changing Internet world emerged. He learned the ins and outs of electronic software delivery and the fundamentals of marketing software on the Web. In 1998, Ben joined Workfire Technologies, a software developer for advancing business-critical web applications. As Marketing Director, Ben oversaw marketing communications and product management.

After Packeteer acquired Workfire, Ben has held a number of positions in the technology finance arena including Executive VP of a Boltons Capital Corporation, VP Operations/Finance for BuildIT Systems Corp., and most recently president of Rampworth Capital Services, a boutique consulting group specializing in value maximization pre capital events.

Ben’s passion for working with small and mid-sized companies to implement sustainable growth strategies, combined with a passion to contribute to making renewable energy economically viable is what attracted him to Exro technologies. Ben graduated with a Bachelor’s in Science in Computer Engineering from the University of Alberta.