Ben Dowling

Founder & CEO of IPinfo

Ben Dowling is the Founder and CEO of IPinfo, a company established in 2013 that specializes in providing reliable and comprehensive IP address data. Under his leadership, IPinfo has become a significant player in the industry, processing over 40 billion API requests monthly for more than 100,000 businesses and developers globally.1 4

Before founding IPinfo, Dowling held notable positions in the tech industry, including serving as the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at Calm.com and working as a software engineer at Facebook, where he focused on ads integrity.3 5 His career also includes roles at other tech companies, such as Mendeley and Lightbox.com, where he contributed to product development and server engineering.3

Dowling's journey with IPinfo began when he created an API to simplify the process of accessing IP data for his various side projects. This initiative not only addressed a significant pain point for developers but also laid the groundwork for what would become a successful business model focused on improving data quality and accessibility.2 4

Highlights

Jul 26 · The Guardian

Australia’s men face ultimate rugby sevens test in semi-final against Fiji - The Guardian

Apr 24 · Business Wire

IPinfo Launches a New IP Data Community - Business Wire

Feb 10 · ipinfo.io

Code Story podcast with Ben Dowling: Where IPinfo came from, and ...

Mar 10 · natfluence.com

Ben Dowling | Founder & CEO of IPinfo | Former CTO of Calm.com

Mar 8 · ipinfo.io

Starting a business? Set your sights on what really matters - IPinfo.io

Experience

Founder & CEO at IPinfo (Dec 2016 - Present)

CTO at Calm.com (Dec 2014 - Dec 2016), Software Engineer at Facebook (Sep 2012 - Nov 2014), Lead Server Engineer at Lightbox.com (Jun 2011 - Jun 2012), Co-founder & CTO at Geomium (Jul 2010 - Jun 2011), Senior Software Engineer at Mendeley (Jun 2008 - Jul 2010), Software Developer at smartFOCUS (Nov 2007 - Jun 2008), Software Engineer at Roke Manor Research, Siemens (Oct 2006 - Nov 2007)