Ben Cooper is a passionate technology and business developer driven by the need to find innovative solutions to real-world problems. He has spent most of his career between start-ups and Fortune 500 innovation team and is currently the General Manager for the Flex Boston Innovation Center. Before joining Flex, Ben was the founder and Managing Director of IoClothes, the first B2B industry platform providing tools, resources and key insights for the emerging areas of smart textiles and advanced soft systems integration. He was also the host of The IoClothes Podcast, a program that interviewed thought-leaders and innovators fusing tech and textiles. The show can be found on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher and RadioPublic.
Previously, Ben was a founding member of VF Corporation’s (parent company for The North Face, Timberland and Vans) Global Innovation Center, co-founded one of the first "smart" infant monitoring companies, Sensible Baby, and started his career as the lead engineer for the US Army’s footwear program.