Ben. T. Smith, IV was appointed CEO of Wanderful Media® in April 2012. A veteran Silicon Valley entrepreneur, Ben was selected to spearhead the media industry’s major effort to extend its considerable national reach for retail advertisers to the digital realm through the formation of this new company. One year later, Wanderful Media launched a completely re-imagined Find&Save. Available at findnsave.com, this online community enables shoppers to discover products and sales in their local area.

Ben came to Wanderful Media after serving as co-founder, CEO and chairman of the board of MerchantCircle, a fast-growing, profitable, local internet media company he sold in 2011. Previous positions include CEO of Borland spin-off CodeGear, and chairman and CEO at Spoke.com where he remains on the board of directors.

He also serves on numerous boards of technology and digital ventures in Silicon Valley, including mobile companies such as Glu Mobile. In addition, Ben is a venture partner at Accelerator Ventures.

Early career experience includes employment as an engineer at IBM. Ben then worked in management consulting at Ernst & Young before moving to A.T. Kearney, where he helped lead their Technology practice, as well as their Venture Investment Group alongside EDS. He became one of the youngest partners in the history of the firm and was selected as one of the 25 most influential consultants in the world in 2002. Ben was also a senior advisor to the Secretary of Transportation, serving the White House after 9-11.

Ben holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Davis and an MBA from Carnegie Mellon University’s Tepper School of Business.

Twitter: @bentsmithfour