Ben Wills
An Uncommon Combination
of Marketer & Engineer
Currently Available for Marketing/Engineering Contracting.
Particularly if it involves downloading, parsing, and analyzing lots of data.
Contact: [First].[Last] at gmail.
Current Projects
Owner & Engineer
Currently developing a tool that helps marketers and PR professionals discover marketing opportunities through intelligent alerts.
- Building a more sophisticated alternative to Google Alerts
- Focused on identifying and alerting users to marketing opportunities
- Provides keyword monitoring and customizable alert systems
Owner, Contractor/Researcher
Specializing in large-scale internet data parsing and analysis, particularly focused on Common Crawl datasets.
- Process and analyze multi-billion page datasets
- Publish free datasets and analysis
- Available for consulting on parser development and Common Crawl data extraction
Partner, Engineer & Marketer
Co-founding a venture builder focused on rapid market validation and deployment of business ideas.
- Combine decades of engineering and marketing expertise
- Focus on quick market validation and deployment
- Balance rapid releases with sustainable business development
Engineering History
Owner & Developer
Developed and operated a successful marketing tool focused on SEO and link opportunities.
- Rewritten from scratch in 2015, in pure C to download and parse up to 400M URLs per day.
- Started as an agency in 2008
- Evolved into a successful SaaS application
- Well-known in the industry for innovative marketing tools
Contractor
Developed sophisticated embedded systems for high-end audio equipment.
- Wrote pure C code for ESP32 platform from scratch
- Developed custom networking protocol between ESP32 and PIC32
- Implemented cross-platform networking library
- Built firmware update systems for multiple controllers
Contractor & Consultant
Various consulting and development projects including:
- Built local sponsorship finder and database
- Developed data collection systems for sponsorship opportunities
- Served as Director of SEO in Austin
- Extensive work in local SEO and PPC campaigns
Marketing History
VP of Operations
Managed half the company operations for a rapidly growing SEO agency.
- Managed writers, SEO analysts, editors, and account managers
- Grew to $140,000+ monthly revenue in 9 months
- Oversaw rapid company growth and team expansion
Director of Search Marketing
Led large-scale SEO operations for a major digital marketing agency.
- Managed 70-80 person team of SEO analysts, writers, and managers
- Led first major international SEO campaign for Motorola (30-40 countries)
- Managed Lowe's Home Improvement SEO campaign
- Oversaw 1400+ client accounts
- Conducted weekly company-wide SEO training sessions