We’re building the industry cloud for distributors, one platform that knows your whole business and uses AI to do the work.
My great grandfather started a dental supply company in 1930. Since then, my family’s been in distribution. Some of my earliest memories are of me tagging along on business trips with my Dad, just like he used to do with his. In 2018, I realized the industry is at risk distributors are struggling to keep up with technology. I wanted to see people – including my family – use technology, instead of getting squeezed out by it.
While studying data science at Harvard, I teamed up with a brilliant group of engineers and long-time distributors to build a product that would make selling easier for distributors. Since then, we’ve been making our mark on the distribution industry as Proton AI – an industry cloud for distributors.
Using customer feedback to shape our roadmap, we’ve built a platform distributors of all shapes and sizes use daily to catapult their revenue growth, reclaim market share, and succeed across all sales channels. Thanks for reading, and for giving Proton a try. If you have any questions, you can connect with me on LinkedIn – I’d love to hear from you.
Benj Cohen
Founder & CEO
The values that drive us
Customers first
Our customers’ success is our north star. We dive deep into their challenges to offer solutions that go beyond what they expect, providing top-notch business solutions.
Think big, start small
We’re experimental innovators. We dream big — as big as revolutionizing an entire industry. But we try out our big ideas on a smaller scale, taking the smallest, simplest first step possible that lets us learn quickly. And we fail fast, acting with urgency and celebrating fast experiments even when they don’t work.
Own our results
Each of us owns this company, and we act like it. Each of us fully owns solving the problems we take on, and plowing through roadblocks to just get results. We do this by looking for positive solutions to problems, not making excuses.
Be open
We’re big believers in honesty and candor. We default to open and we bias towards proactive sharing, knowing that better decisions are made through collaboration.
Lead with curiosity
Curiosity pushes us to learn faster, spot smarter solutions, and stay ahead. We assume positive intent, seek to understand before we judge, and approach problems—and people—with openness and respect. Many of our best ideas start with someone asking, “Why?” or “What if?”
One team
We’re all on this journey together. We put the team above our own self-interests, and focus on achieving great things together, rather than taking credit or pointing fingers. We support each others' development, knowing that helping each other benefits us all.
Leadership Team
Benj Cohen
Founder and CEO
Dasha Shakov
Head of Marketing
Jesse Filipi
Head of Product
Vlad Dobrovolskiy
Director of Engineering
Rachel Warren
Head of Customer Experience
