Ben Vickery is Group Manager of Network Knowledge Management for the Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). He previously served at NIST MEP as Group Manager for Marketing & Communications, where he managed a portfolio of products and services, including the NIST MEP website, MEP Connect, social media, blogs, reports, newsletters, infographics, videos, branding, MEP National NetworkTM national awareness initiative, meetings and events.