As part of Executive Leadership Team, Ben leads Nelson's digital transformation across the business by putting the needs of the students, teachers, and administrators at the centre of product design. Ben's focus is on leading the Company's K-12 commercial functions.

space150 is a leading digital agency putting brands on the forefront of culture and technology. As Managing Director of Los Angeles office, managed overall P&L while diversifying client base to include additional Fortune 500 brands. Led a growing team of content creators, software developers, and strategists to increase revenue and brand awareness for the agency's clients while maintaining cost efficiencies across other agency offices

Subsidiary of Cinram.Created and implemented turn around Business Plan to focus on growth opportunities in new verticals. Turned around P&L from 3 straight years of losses into a profitable and growing company within 6 months.Drove sales through strategic hiring, renegotiated customer contracts, and reduced costs through operational controls and re-organization of company structure.Managed 75 cross-functional employees across technology, marketing, content creation, design, and social media campaign management.Reported to Board of Directors on monthly basis including P&L review, strategic direction, and operations overview.Planned, developed, and helped launch a multi million dollar OTT (over-the-top) online TV network leveraging a cross functional team across multiple parties

Managed sales team of 9 team members representing over $65 mm in annual sales across multiple verticals in North America.Identified acquisition targets and worked with executive management to lead acquisition process. Successfully closed on acquisition of leading online video platform company in August 2013.Directly negotiated sales contracts with C-level executives across multiple verticals

Responsible for developing and implementing strategic vision to leverage large physical business into a growing digital business supporting the entertainment industry.Helped develop and expand Company offerings to include creative services, video production, mobile app development, and digital content preparation and delivery

Co-founder of overseas investment consultancy and brokerage firm in Shanghai, China. Company’s primary focus was facilitating overseas residential and commercial real estate investments for Chinese businesses and high net worth individuals. Company later diversified into working with Chinese companies looking for overseas acquisition targets.Achieved USD 23mm in sales transaction volume between 2008-2010.Created and led Chinese sales team, developed and implemented company marketing strategy, and completed due diligence on specific investment opportunities on behalf of Chinese clients.

Led China team to grow annual export sales from $300,000 to $19mm USD in 3 yearsNegotiated and developed three JV factories in Zhejiang province including contract execution, local government agreements, and licensing requirements.Reorganized supply base within China by standardizing contracts, payment terms, and logistics management. Overall costs savings realized to company in first year averaged 45%.Directly responsible for all daily operations of the company in China in addition to overseeing and developing growth strategies throughout Asia. Customers included but not limited to General Motors, Chrysler, Toyota, Honda, Howa, Geely, and SAIC.Provided monthly reports to group CEO and quarterly reports to Board of Directors. Reports included budget plans, sales reports, production updates, and program management overview.