Benjamin Wayne

Founder & CEO, Fliqz

Benjamin Wayne is currently the President & CEO of Fliqz (www.fliqz.com), a provider of online video solutions. Prior to Fliqz, Benjamin was the President & CEO of Collabrys, a leading provider of outsourced customer acquisition and retention solutions for Global 1000 corporations, including Bank of America, Capital One, Visa, Estee Lauder, Clorox, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, Target, New York Life Insurance, and Prudential. During his tenure as CEO, Benjamin personally sold over $6MM in business to Global 1000 Corporations, and raised $18.5MM from top tier venture capital sources including Sutter Hill Ventures, Canaan Partners, Versant Ventures, Red Rock Ventures, Ignite Group, Aspen Ventures, and Johnson & Johnson Development Corporation. He recruited a stellar executive team; including VPs from P&G, Disney, Forbes, Red Herring, and US Web/CKS; and built the company to profitability in an extremely challenging and unpopular market sector. Collabrys was acquired by E-Centives in 2004. Prior to Collabrys, Benjamin was the Founder, President & CEO of Smartshop.com, an online comparison shopping portal. Smartshop.com was acquired by CNet in 2000. Prior to Smartshop, Benjamin was President of BG&W Consulting, a South-Korean based market-entry consultancy whose clients included Coca-Cola, Disney, Benetton, Cathay Pacific Airways, Samsung, and the US Government.

Benjamin holds an undergraduate degree from Princeton, an MBA from the Harvard Business School, and was a Fulbright Research Scholar to South Korea.