Sheldon Smickley

Sheldon is the Founder & CEO of Podible. Sales Engineer & Analytics Expert with over 5 years experience managing consumer-facing startups and Fortune 100 accounts, including TD Ameritrade, Purina, A&E, RR Donnelley, and NY&Company. A graduate of Economics from Rutgers University, Sheldon helped grow Tapad's data business customer base by 600% and revenue by 260% over the last year and a half. During his time at Tapad, he completed a data science bootcamp during the nights and weekends, where he came up with the idea for ‘the search engine for audio.’ As his capstone project, he created a full prototype of the search engine, which after many evolutions became Podible. Sheldon recognized the excessive growth and problems in the podcasting medium, the lack of data to make decisions, and the inability for content creators to profit from their craft. For Podible, Sheldon has taken on everything from front-end & back-end development, data engineering and data science to brand / product development and fundraising. As CEO, he is uniquely qualified to own the combination of technology, communication, and leadership, to build a powerful brand.