Ben Welch-bolen

Current

• CEO and Owner at Site5 LLC
• President at Bweeb Inc.

Past

• President at SEM UK
• Vice President at HostGator
• Support Consultant at Touch Support

• President at Bweeb Hosting And EmuHQ
• Partner at Tech Site Project
• Writer at GD Publications, Inc. and TechExtreme Inc.
• Tech Support at BitStream ISP

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Education

• University of Arkansas at Fayetteville

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Connections

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Industry

Internet

Ben Welch-bolen’s Summary

Entrepreneur executive who loves a challenge. Broad set of skills for the ever diverse online world. Search engine marketing and optimization, project management, and general enjoyment of creative approaches to problems. A huge fan of marketing analytics, split testing, and figuring out how to find more customers. Always interested in starting and developing new projects.

Ben Welch-bolen’s Specialties:

hosting industry, marketing for hosting companies, growth management, general management, internet and affiliate marketing, SEO and SEM, PPC, viral marketing, creating quality content, code development, speed reader, and creative thinker.

Ben Welch-bolen’s Experience

• CEO and Owner

  Site5 LLC

  (Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

  October 2008 — Present (1 year 3 months)

  Currently I am responsible for the day to day operations of Site5 as well as the planning, research, and execution of long term goals and projects. Site5 currently has over 25,000 hosting clients and over 30 employees world wide.
  
  I organized the purchase of Site5 in October of 2008 and along with my business partner and the great employees at Site5 have been working to make the company competitive once again.

• President

  Bweeb Inc.

  (Internet industry)

  January 2006 — Present (4 years )

  I currently oversee development and marketing for our network of websites on webmaster related topics. Our goal is to help everyone build and grow a website into something they can be proud of. We build quality sites in the areas of web design, web programming, API development, internet marketing, community development, affiliate marketing, blogging, tutorials and more. We are open to partnership opportunities with like minded individuals in any of those areas.

• President

  SEM UK

  (Internet industry)

  January 2008 — August 2009 (1 year 8 months)

  We provide consulting services to a select number of companies on search engine marketing and optimization. Specifically helping them to increase sales through PPC, SEO/SEM, affiliate marketing, viral marketing, landing pages, branding, and other methods.
  
  We currently are not taking new clients due to other time demands.

• Vice President

  HostGator

  (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Internet industry)

  August 2004 — February 2006 (1 year 7 months)

  I handled a wide range of responsibilities over the years while watching HostGator grow to over 40+ employees. I learned more than I ever thought possible about the hosting industry, marketing, and management from Brent. I had many roles, I managed the sales department, managed remote staff, trained new staff, and handled a wide range of small jobs that needed to be done right.

• Support Consultant

  Touch Support

  (Internet industry)

  March 2004 — August 2004 (6 months)

  Provided support and admin consultation for a period of five months for a rapidly growing web host. I was offered a job at the end of the consulting period but had already accepted another offer.

• President

  Bweeb Hosting And EmuHQ

  (Internet industry)

  March 1999 — August 2004 (5 years 6 months)

  I founded Bweeb Inc in 1999 and the companies first project was the development of a website and community to foster emulation and the programmers behind it. We built an active community of emulator programmers who created some amazing code that emulated a wide range of computer, arcade, and console hardware on your computer. From there we expanded to several other niche gaming areas that had lucrative advertising income. These were sold in 2002 in order to take the company in a new direction.
  
  From 2002 to 2005 we founded and grew a web hosting company. During this period we acquired two smaller hosting companies. I was responsible for every aspect of the company and ran it while I was attending university. I sold the hosting company to a Canadian firm in 2004. I learned a great deal about the hosting industry during this period and I sold the company because I received a job offer to join HostGator as vice president.

• Partner

  Tech Site Project

  (Internet industry)

  November 2001 — May 2002 (7 months)

  Myself and two gentlemen from AnandTech started a website focused on collecting and storing hardware and software reviews and sorting them for visitors. The project ended when one of the partners was not happy with the growth rate of the site and pulled all his code from the project. I learned a lot about building dynamic sites and the importance of choosing who you work with.

• Writer

  GD Publications, Inc. and TechExtreme Inc.

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

  March 2000 — September 2000 (7 months)

  Wrote a variety of articles and reviews covering computer hardware and gaming for popular websites.

• Tech Support

  BitStream ISP

  (Public Company; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

  February 1997 — February 1998 (1 year 1 month)

  Provided tech support to customers of this local ISP.

Ben Welch-bolen’s Education

• University of Arkansas at Fayetteville

  Bachelors of Arts , History, Political Science, International Relations , 1999 — 2005

  Minors: Religious Studies and Anthropology

  Activities and Societies:

  Ultimate Frisbee

Additional Information

Ben Welch-bolen’s Interests:

web hosting, internet marketing, affiliate marketing, analytics, websites, gadgets, computers, travel, creating new things, reading, latest tech, branding, good stories, ultimate frisbee

Ben Welch-bolen’s Groups:

Google Adwords Professional, HostingCon, Hosting Industry Group

•    Hosting Industry
•    UK Search Engine Marketing And Optimisation
•    SuperGroup Founders
•    Ping! Zine Web Hosting Magazine
•    Site5 Hosting Community

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