Ben is Co-Founder Integrous Capital Partners, LLC, an alternative investment company focused on identifying opportunities with high upside potential through a bottom-up hands-on approach to risk assessment that yield significant returns. Prior to forming Integrous, Ben spent time working as a consultant and capital advisor to a high growth oil and gas service company focusing on financial structuring and creating an exit strategy. Previously, Ben's career included alternative investment management and 10 plus years as a Specialist and Member of the New York Stock Exchange as a partner of Benjamin Jacobson & Sons. Ben spent 6 years as Vice President of Goldman Sachs after Goldman’s purchase of Benjamin Jacobson & Sons in 2001.  He directed the trading operations and risk management activities while serving a clientele of major global corporations. Ben holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in communications from the University of Denver. He resides in Austin, Texas with his wife and three children where he serves on the Board of Directors of his church.