Ben Ruedlinger

Over the last 20 years, Ben has led software-based businesses and teams in a variety of different areas. Currently, he is the Chief of Business Operations at Wistia, a software as a service company which provides video hosting and creation services to tens of thousands of small and medium businesses. Ben was the first employee after the founders and has been involved in the scaling of the technology platform, the development of industry leading video capabilities, and the scaling of the organization to almost 100 employees.

Prior to Wistia, Ben was Director of Tracking and Fusion Technologies at BAE Advanced Information Technologies. There, he led a team of 20+ engineers engaging on a variety of projects for agencies such as DARPA, NAVAIR, ONR, and AFRL. The programs were focused on the application of optimization and estimation theory to multi-modal sensor data to provide advanced situational awareness on a variety of military platforms. He holds a PhD in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, along with both an MS in Computer Engineering and a BS in Physics from Case Western Reserve University.