Ben Lesnick



Benjamin Lesnick is currently the Director of Community Engagement and Content Strategy at CIG Los Angeles. He was one of Cloud Imperium's first employees in 2013. He was also the host of various CIG-related shows, including Wingman's Hangar, Around the Verse, and Reverse The Verse. Since May 2018, he has worked remotely from his home in Maryland.

He never set out to work in games, he only ran the Wing Commander Combat Information Center out of his love for it, and would get calls from projects trying to bring back Wing Commander in various forms such as a TV serie to help with promises of a job if it worked, which he didn't expect to work out, until Star Citizen. He joined as community manager thanks to his experience running the Wing Commander community.

He has known Chris Roberts since the late 90's, corresponding with him in his Origin Systems and Digital Anvil days, more and more when he was putting out the Wing Commander movie.

Trivia

 * Ben is known for his love for the Wing Commander series.
 * He invented Ben Dance.
 * He is the cofounder of the Wing Commander Combat Information Center.
 * He spent two years living in France due to his father working there for IBM.
 * He's the one who came up with the idea of creating a choose your own adventure and an airline to promote the Genesis Starliner.
 * Growing up he would play Space Vikings on Apple II with his familly.
 * He grew up watching Star Trek.