Ryan Kelly

: I wanted to explore podcasts focused on CEOs starting from one career path and how they climbed their corporate ladder - sometimes in very unique industries. Ben Currin is the CEO of Vantaca, an AI-based platform running the operational backbone of community associations — HOAs, condo boards, the infrastructure governing 30% of American neighborhoods. Ben spent nearly a decade as a U.S. Navy submarine officer and nuclear engineer, where he led sailors on deployments around the world and operated in environments defined by zero-defect tolerance and now he’s leading a software company that just received a unicorn valuation of $1.25B (at the age of 35), serving customers in the community management/HOA operations market.