Mr. Benjamin Russell Smith, alias Ben Smith, aged 50, is Executive Vice President of Business Development at Vobile. He is responsible for overseeing corporate and business development activities for the company. Before joining Vobile, Mr. Smith served as the CEO of Blayze Inc., which was acquired by Vobile in 2014. Before that, Mr. Smith worked as an early executive at Google and YouTube, where he played a key role in establishing some of YouTube’s earliest partnerships and strategic initiatives. Mr. Smith is also credited with creating several groundbreaking social media partnerships on the web and helping to lead YouTube’s efforts with Hollywood for many years. Mr. Smith graduated with a Bachelor of Arts, majoring in Political Science and minoring in Legal Studies from Beloit College in 1997.