Product Manager · Platform Integrations

Hi, I'm Ben.

I build and ship integrations for a living. I own the platform integrations portfolio at Practifi — the Salesforce-native CRM for financial advisors — connecting our clients to the broader wealth-management technology ecosystem. Before product, I spent fifteen years as a developer and consultant, which is why I can still read the Apex, write the SOQL, and debug the OAuth flow myself.

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Ben Siegel

My career is the career of someone who couldn't stay in one lane. I graduated from the Art Institutes in 2011 with a web design degree and went straight to an agency floor, writing HTML and CSS for the Target.com relaunch. Three years at Thomson Reuters, a contract at Ameriprise, a full-stack bootcamp at Prime Digital, a stint at Digital River — and somewhere in there I picked up Salesforce.

That's what shifted things. Working on nCino at U.S. Bank meant sitting next to product managers and actually seeing what the job was: translate messy reality into a roadmap, keep engineering unblocked, keep clients calm. I got good at it by being the person who could have both conversations — the one with the architect and the one with the VP. Two years at West Monroe sharpened the consulting side; three years at Practifi moved me from BA to growth consultant to platform engineer to PM.

On the side, I built ChoreStar — a gamified chore-tracking SaaS for families — as a solo founder using AI-assisted workflows with Claude and Cursor. Paying subscribers, real retention data, a product I actually use with my own kids.

The work I care about.

01

Product strategy & roadmapping

Outcome-oriented roadmaps for enterprise SaaS — the kind that hold up in front of both the engineering team and the C-suite.

02

API & integration architecture

Designing how platforms talk to each other — authentication, data models, partner-ready environments, the lifecycle from intake to sign-off.

03

Partner ecosystem management

Tracking partner roadmaps, aligning release timelines, and keeping delivery approaches consistent across a portfolio of integrations.

04

Data-driven prioritization

Growth experiments, usage analytics, and retention data — picking the next bet based on what the numbers actually say.

Fifteen years of shipping.

A selection of the things I'm proud of — side projects that pay rent, Salesforce implementations that changed how banks lend, and the websites that trained me to ship.

Founder · 2024 — Present

ChoreStar

A gamified chore-tracking SaaS for families. Built solo from zero to paying subscribers — market research, feature scoping, UX, full-stack development, launch, and growth. Behavioral incentives for kids, point systems, reward tracking, family dashboards. Shipped using AI-assisted workflows with Claude and Cursor.

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Visit chorestar.app
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U.S. Bank · 2019 — 2021

Small Business Loan Transformation

Salesforce Developer on the nCino implementation that modernized U.S. Bank's small-business lending. Ninety-plus percent heads-down coding — Apex, automation, data model work — plus the translation layer between bank employees and the nCino product team.

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U.S. Bank · 2020 — 2021

Customer Portal

Customer-facing engagement layer on Salesforce Community Cloud — loan status, document requests, the lifecycle work that turned a back-office tool into a self-service experience for borrowers.

Community CloudApexLightningJavaScript
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Ameriprise Financial · 2015 — 2016

Ameriprise.com & Auto/Home Insurance

Contract front-end work across Ameriprise's public sites — HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and jQuery inside an agile workflow. Brand consistency across properties and the pages that carried the insurance line.

HTML/CSSJavaScriptjQueryAgile
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OLSON Agency · 2011 — 2012

Target.com Relaunch

First gig out of school, on a team of contractors rebuilding Target.com. Where I learned what production velocity looks like — and picked up the mobile campaign work that followed.

HTML/CSSMultiple CMSJIRA
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Thomson Reuters · 2012 — 2015

Business Law Center

Three years as a web developer at Thomson Reuters, writing the HTML, SASS, and JavaScript for complex legal-research applications. Lead front-end on the first iteration of the Business Law Center.

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Notes from the side project.

Essays from the ChoreStar blog — gamification, allowance systems, age-appropriate chores, and lessons from building a small SaaS as a solo founder.

See all posts on the ChoreStar blog →

Dev → Consultant → PM.

The shortest version: three agencies, two big banks, a bootcamp, a consultancy, a product company, and a side business.

Product Manager — Platform Integrations
PractifiMar 2026 — Present

Own the partner product integrations portfolio — roadmap, prioritization, and the full lifecycle so clients can connect Practifi to the wealth-management stack.

Go-To-Market Platform Engineer
PractifiJun 2025 — Mar 2026

Configured and troubleshot the Practifi CRM for the GTM team and ran a prioritized improvement roadmap for platform efficiency.

Consultant — Product Growth
PractifiNov 2024 — Jun 2025

Designed and shipped growth experiments that lifted engagement 25%. Built production features in Lightning Web Components.

Founder
ChoreStarJan 2024 — Present

Side project turned SaaS. Built and launched with AI-assisted workflows; iterating on subscriber feedback, usage, and retention.

Functional Business Analyst
PractifiMay 2023 — Nov 2024

Scoping, requirements, and Salesforce configuration for client implementations.

Salesforce / nCino Functional Business Analyst
West MonroeMay 2021 — May 2023

Led Salesforce implementations for financial clients. 95% end-user adoption on delivered projects.

Salesforce Developer
U.S. BankApr 2019 — Apr 2021

Business Loan Transformation team — Apex, nCino, automation. Heads-down engineering.

Software Engineer
Digital RiverOct 2017 — Apr 2019

E-commerce portal development and maintenance for Digital River's professional services clients.

Contractor — Front-End
Ameriprise FinancialMay 2015 — Nov 2016

Site development across Ameriprise properties. Agile delivery, brand consistency, content updates at scale.

Web Developer
Thomson ReutersJun 2012 — May 2015

Front-end on complex web apps. Custom CSS systems, JS markup, daily standups with cross-team delivery.

Developer / Designer
OLSON AgencyAug 2011 — Jun 2012

Target.com relaunch and mobile campaigns. Boston Scientific CardioTeach iPad app visual design.

What's in the stack.

Product & Strategy

  • Roadmapping
  • API design
  • Partner ecosystems
  • Experimentation
  • Analytics
  • Lifecycle management
  • Stakeholder comms
  • Technical writing

Technical

  • Salesforce
  • nCino
  • Apex
  • SOQL
  • Lightning Web Components
  • OAuth
  • JavaScript
  • HTML / CSS
  • Git

Certifications

Salesforce Certified Administrator badge
Salesforce Certified Administrator SCA
Salesforce Certified Associate badge
Salesforce Certified Associate Foundational credential

Education

Prime Digital Academy Full Stack Software Engineering · 2017
Art Institutes International MN BA, Web Design & Interactive Media · 2007 – 2011

Let's build something that actually connects.

Always up to talk integrations, partner platforms, Salesforce product work, or indie SaaS. Fastest way to reach me is email.