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Ben's Wikipedia Page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Neumann Born and raised in Europe, serial entrepreneur and former celebrity bodyguard Ben Neumann, an expert mixed martial artist (12 black belts in 4 styles), came to the U.S. in 1994. Over the past 20 years Ben founded, co-founded, built, directed & sold various successful Internet ventures such as Web Hosting companies Globat.com & Icom.com as well as (CDN) Content Delivery Network provider NetDNA.com/MaxCDN.com. During his overall tenure as CEO Ben was responsible for creating several hundred jobs, servicing hundreds of thousands of customers and creating millions of dollars in revenues. For his achievements in the technology industry Ben was nominated for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award in 2000 and 2003. In 2006, after a short and successful political campaign, Ben was elected and later re-elected twice to serve on the Studio City Neighborhood Council (SCNC) for a total of 6 years. The SCNC advises the City of Los Angeles either directly at City Hall or through the City Council's district office on important issues that affect or could possibly affect the approximately 45,000 Studio City constituents. Ben was elected President of the Council in 2008 and served two consecutive terms. Under his leadership the SCNS evolved from a group of well-intended community activists to the organized and city-wide highly respected Model Council it is today, with a particularly focus on overseeing and regulating complex land-use issues. Ben also was a board member of the Studio City Improvement Association (Business Improvement District - BID) and on the Board of Governors for the Pituitary Network Association. He previously also served for 3 years on the board of the YMCA. For even more info just google "Ben Neumann" or visit www.BenNeumann.com. Specialties: Team Building M & A, Leadership, Strategy, Negotiations, Web Hosting, CDNs, Online Marketing, Fundraising, Start-Ups, Business Exit Strategies.
SocialMediaMadMen (SMMM) provides white-label digital social media management services for agencies, artists and influencers. The company is privately and headquartered in San Jose, CA.
The Neumann Group (TNG) focuses on C-level consulting and coaching Entrepreneurs to be more effective and successful leaders with the ability to make the right decisions at the proper time. TNG assists and coaches wantrepreneurs to become entrepreneurs who know the values of strong leadership, proper brand positioning and development, exponential website traffic growth and targeted market development. TNG was founded by Internet Pioneer Ben Neumann. Over the past 25 years Ben was the or one of the principles in over 20 successful acquisitions, mergers, A/B venture rounds, 3 acquisitions of his own companies - with the acquisition of his MaxCDN to StackPath in 2016 being the last one) as well as one IPO. In part due to growing up in a very different culture and being able to fluently communicate with business leaders and start-up entrepreneurs alike in various languages, Ben's ability to clarify and ease people into more complex strategies and over time inspire a shared vision, are some of the qualities that set him apart. Ben’s core competencies, however, are his unique approach and 30+ years spanning experience in molding tomorrow's industry leaders and prepare them for a life as a success-oriented, measured Business Owner and Executive. His unique approach to focus owners on created NOC (Non Owner Centric) companies and business models assure a highly profitable and smooth exit strategy through a successful merger or acquisition, has been his most successful model to date. By working predominantly with "owner-centric" and therefore significantly more difficult to exit businesses Ben isolated and finally "extract" the owner-centric parts of a running company and as such prepares a formerly difficult to exit company, as well as its owners, leaders and the staff for a successful exit strategy that aligns all the integral parts of a business to work toward this new and sometimes slightly "scary" goal. Source: TNG Media - Chuck Mendel
NetDNA/MaxCDN was acquired by StackPath in January 2016. At NetDNA/MaxCDN our customer service model is "Promise and Deliver." Delivery is a central theme across all aspects of the NetDNA/MaxCDN service, from delivering content to users quickly and efficiently to delivering a highly satisfactory customer experience for our clients from the very beginning. But the delivery is hinged upon our promise that at NetDNA/MaxCDN it is not enough to simply deliver the standard "cross your fingers" service, we dare to promise unparalleled speed, execution, reliability and care. After all, speed and efficiency are in our DNA. Don't accept less!
Ben was elected to the Board of the Studio City Neighborhood Council and sworn in on March 1, 2006. In 2008 Ben became the Council’s two-term President. The Studio City Neighborhood Council (SCNC) is an elected body officially recognized by the City of Los Angeles to promote greater access and participation in the political process. Its mission is to build community and advise City government on issues of local concern, and to direct information between local Stakeholders and city agencies.