Alex Melen

Co-Founder, Co-CEO & CFO at SmartSites

Alex Melen is the CO-CEO & CFO of SmartSites and brings over 10 years of digital media experience. Before SmartSites, he spent 3 years heading up digital analytics on the Walmart account at Starcom MediaVest Group (SMG). In the late 1990’s, Alex founded T35 Hosting – one of the first and largest free web hosting providers.

Alex has been featured numerous times in Business Week, Forbes and other publications. In 2001, he was named the #19 teen entrepreneurs in the U.S. by Young Biz Magazine. In 2006, Alex was named one of America’s Top 25 Best Entrepreneurs by BusinessWeek. Alex is a graduate of Babson College, one of the top entrepreneurial schools in the nation. Alex completed Babson with honors and was awarded the highly prestigious Babson Student Business Initiative Award.

Timeline

  • Co-Founder, Co-CEO & CFO

    Current role