Aaron Benz

As CEO and Founder of CampusIQ, Aaron leads the company’s vision to transform how colleges and universities understand and optimize their physical spaces. A mathematician and data scientist by training, he’s spent his career building—from mobile apps and large-scale analytics platforms to teams solving tough problems in higher ed. Aaron began his career at Accenture, developing enterprise data systems for Fortune 100 clients. He later founded Degree Analytics (now CampusIQ) to help campuses act on space data in meaningful ways. He holds a patent in location-based monitoring systems and has contributed to peer-reviewed research in big data analytics. A former Academic All-American lacrosse goalie at Eastern University, Aaron now mentors student-athletes and continues coaching the sport. Outside work, he’s usually building something—tools, teams, or training dogs.