Primary Job Title Co Founder and CMO Primary Organization Big Wheelbarrow
Location Austin, Texas, United States Regions Southern US Gender Male
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Ben Mcconnell is the Co-Founder and Chief Marketing Officer of Big Wheelbarrow. He is also the Owner and Operator of Boudin Food Forest, an urban farm operation in Austin, TX. CX guru and co-author of two books on marketing in the digital age: Citizen Marketers and Creating Customer Evangelists. Ben started his career as a journalist for the Dallas
Morning News, where he crafted its first entry into the digital era. He was a partner at management consulting firm Ant’s Eye View and then a managing director at PwC, where he pioneered programs to prepare corporate cultures such as Dell, Starbucks, and Wells Fargo for digital transformation. He has successfully started and sold a business, Wabash & Lake.
Ben is passionate about providing local restaurants and neighbors with the best possible produce. He grows to produce in market gardens and farm plots all around Austin. His customers include some of the top names in the Austin culinary scene and some very happy neighbors.