An Uncommon Combination
of Marketer & Engineer

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13+ years of engineering from firmware to large-scale web scraping & indexing
13+ years in SEO & performance marketing

Ben Wills

Embedded Systems, Web Scraping, & Search Engines

Contractor & Consultant

Misc • 2016–Present

  • Built local sponsorship finder + database
  • Data collection systems for sponsorship opportunities
  • Director of SEO in Austin; extensive local SEO + PPC work

Contractor

High-End Audio Company • 2022–2023

  • Pure C firmware for ESP32 from scratch
  • Custom networking protocol between ESP32 and PIC32
  • Cross-platform networking library + firmware update systems

Owner & Developer

ontolo • 2008–2024

  • Marketing tool focused on SEO and link opportunities
  • Rewritten from scratch in 2015 in pure C to download/parse up to 400M URLs/day
  • Started as an agency, evolved into a successful SaaS

SEO Agency Team Management, SMB Strategy & Execution

Contractor

Various • 2006–Present

  • SEO and pay-per-click campaigns for small and medium businesses
  • Large-scale web scraping and custom databases for marketing intelligence and competitive analysis
  • Custom datasets and reports built specifically for marketing objectives and strategic decisions

VP of Operations

Fortune Interactive • 2005–2006

  • 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

WebSourced/KeywordRanking • 2001–2005

  • Managed 70–80 person team of analysts, writers, and managers
  • Led Motorola international SEO campaign (30–40 countries)
  • Managed Lowe's SEO campaign; oversaw 1400+ client accounts
  • Conducted weekly company-wide SEO training