Alex Melen

Alex Melen is an award-winning entrepreneur, keynote speaker, best-selling author, and early digital pioneer. He is the co-founder of SmartSites, a digital marketing agency that has grown from a handful of digital visionaries to a team of over four hundred full-time employees, spanning six offices worldwide. SmartSites has been featured in AdWeek and the Inc. 5000 for numerous consecutive years as one of the fastest-growing digital agencies. SmartSites continues to be America’s top-rated digital marketing agency with a data-driven and customer-centric approach applicable to every industry. Alex is a long-time automotive enthusiast and has become a thought leader in the automotive dealership industry, having spoken at NADA, Digital Dealer, Driving Sales, and NIADA. He has also been featured in Business Week’s Top 25 Entrepreneurs, Bloomberg, NPR, and more. Alex immigrated to New York City from Kyiv, Ukraine, in 1992. He founded T35 Hosting in 1997 and graduated from Babson College in 2006. Alex worked to spearhead digital marketing for several fortune-500 brands before starting SmartSites with his younger brother in 2011.