Editorial illustration of Ben Ackerman — bearded, glasses, sage shirt, smiling.

Director · Personalization & Discovery Platforms · Crunchyroll

Hi  I’m Ben,
and I think a lot about discovery.

I lead the team at Crunchyroll building the platform-level systems that decide what millions of anime fans see first — across home, search, and recommendations. Twenty years of consumer product across e-readers, game consoles, smart TVs, and streaming. I think about AI-powered discovery, taste, and the very large content libraries underneath all of it.