Benya Chongolnee

Passionate and driven pre-sales engineer in business-to-business (B2B) software with a high rate of success in closing opportunities in varying industries, driving strategic and impactful company-wide initiatives, and indirectly managing and building teams of diverse age groups, experiences, and backgrounds. I thrive best in a fast-paced environment with non-stop learning opportunities. For more information, please feel free to email me at b.chongolnee@gmail.com. Thank you!


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Hello World! I grew up in Bangkok, Thailand then moved in Chicago, Illinois when I was 11. The new life in a new country scared me. Ever since then, I embraced whatever scares me the most because it could turn into something beautiful and impactful.

My passion for technology stemmed from wanting to make an impact at a young age. I needed to learn about "all things data" in order to understand more about the world and how I can positively make an impact on it. Data science, analytics, statistics, SQL and so on. Those were my interests at Purdue University where I earned my bachelors in Information Technology with minors in Statistics, Communications, and Organization Leadership Supervision. During the 4 years I was there, I was able to make impacts within the university through various different extracurricular activities and leadership positions that I was a part of.

After graduation, I did what scared me the most: moved away from my home for 11 years in Chicago to start a new beginning as a Sales Engineer in San Francisco. My current role at Optimizely allows me to showcase my strong technical and analytics skills, proven communication ability, and a passion for technology while making a positive impact on customers.

When I am not working, I still thrive to embrace whatever scares me the most by traveling to new cities and always seeking discomfort.