Ben DeBow

Ben DeBow (bendebow.com) is a business leader, author, and innovator on a mission to move the technology industry from the era of abundance to the era of efficiency. As the founder and CEO of Fortified, a next-generation database consultancy twice named to the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing private companies, DeBow has been implementing mission-critical data platforms around the globe for the past two decades.  He is the author of End of Abundance in Tech: How IT Leaders Can Find Efficiencies to Drive Business Value and a sought-after speaker, podcaster, and contributor to technology publications and media, He earned his degree in information systems and accounting from the University of Cincinnati.