- Sergey Brin
Sergey Brin (born August 21, 1973 in Moscow, Russia) is an American entrepreneur who co-founded Google with Larry Page. Brin is currently the President of Technology at Google and has a net worth estimated at $16.6 billion as of march 9, 2007, making him the 26th richest person in the world together with Larry Page and the 9th richest person in the United States. He is also the 4th youngest billionaire in the world.
- Rael Dornfest
Rael Dornfest is Founder and CEO of Portland, Oregon-based Values of n. Rael leads the Values of n charge with passion, unearthly creativity, and a repertoire of puns and jokes - some of which are actually good.
- Nicola Tanzini
>> Sales and Marketing Manager in manufactoring industry; >> Marketing Manager in Sales Promotion and Direct Marketing Agency; >> Country Manager [Germany] for Web Television Company;
- Jill Whalen
Jill is the moderator of the weekly High Rankings' Advisor ( www.highrankings.com/adivsor.htm ) and owner of the search engine optimization company, High Rankings (www.HighRankings.com).
- Jim Boykin
Jim Boykin founded We Build Pages in 1999 as a web designer. Shortly thereafter, Jim started specializing in Search Engine Optimization, and has become a world leader in that field. Jim had lead We Build Pages into into several techniques of helping their clients to achieve higher traffic via methods such as: on page optimization, link building, content creation, PPC services, and internet marketing consulting.
- Todd Friesen
Todd Friesen Director of Search Engine Optimization Range Online Media Todd Friesen has been designing and optimizing websites since 1998, a.k.a. "the early days" of SEO. He is a regular contributor at webmasterworld.com and OMMA Magazine and is an internationally-known speaker and expert on the topic of SEO. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Calgary.
- Ken Jurina
Ken is also involved with various professional organizations and industry associations. He has served as a judge at the Canadian New Media Association awards for the past four years, and has been a speaker at Search Engine Strategies conferences in New York, Chicago, San Jose, and Toronto.
- Janet Driscoll Miller
Janet Driscoll Miller will demonstrate how specialilzed landing pages for PPC campaigns can dramatically improve conversion rates. In one particular case, one client's conversion rate shot from 1% to over 12%. Janet will use a variety of examples from real-life clients and real-time, multivariate testing results. Janet is currently the President and CEO of Search Mojo, a full service search engine marketing firm headquartered in Charlottesville, Va.
- Shari Thurow
Shari Thurow is Webmaster and Marketing Director for GrantasticDesigns.com. She has been designing and promoting web sites since 1995, and is outsourced to many firms throughout the U.S. She has a 100% success rate for getting client sites ranked at the top of search engine and directory queries.
- Anders Hjorth
Search Strategist and one of Relevant Traffic's founders - also a Dane and a happy Dad.
- Christine Churchill
Christine Churchill is President of KeyRelevance.com, a full service search engine marketing firm offering organic search engine optimization, strategic link building, usability testing, and pay per click management. She is on the Board of Directors of the Search Engine Marketing Professional Organization (SEMPO), the professional association of the search engine marketing industry and is co-chair of the SEMPO Technical Committee.
- Tim Mayer
Tim Mayer is responsible for the product direction of Yahoo! Search Technology. Tim brings over 10 years of search experience to Yahoo! with previous roles at Overture, FAST Search & Transfer, Inktomi and Thomson Corp. Tim was previously Vice President of Web Search Products at Overture where he led the product direction of the web search product as well as managing the major web search affiliate partner relationships. Prior to Overture, Tim was Vice President and General Manager of . . .
- Matt Spiegel
Matt's Bio As managing director of Resolution Media ( www.resolutionmedia.com ), an Omnicom Media Group Co., Matt Spiegel sets the company's vision and leads its growth plans. A veteran of digital media, Spiegel combines his unique knowledge of direct marketing and entrepreneurial skills to shape the firm's search marketing strategy and integration services. Prior to founding Resolution Media, Spiegel served as SVP, data products and later SVP, search for Mosaic Data Solutions.
- Detlev Johnson
Detlev Johnson Vice President of Technology SuccessWorks Search Marketing Solutions Inc. Detlev Johnson is Vice President of Technology for SuccessWorks Search Marketing Solutions Inc. ( www.searchenginewriting.com ). Widely acknowledged as the top technical search-marketing expert and industry leader, Detlev's expertise fostered the development and growth of search marketing overall.
- Karen Nelson Howe
Karen Nelson Howe , CEO/General Manager, Singingfish: Ms. Howe ha s full P&L responsibilities and provides strategic direction at Singingfish, an audio and visual multimedia search company and division of Thomson... She spearheads partnerships and alliances, oversees sales functions, and supervises all marketing and corporate branding activities... Has 20 years marketing, sales and management experience for very large corporations, such as Motorola, as well as start-ups...
- Tim Mayer
Tim Mayer Vice President of Product Management Tim Mayer is responsible for the product direction of Yahoo! Search globally including web search, multimedia search (image, video and audio) and mobile search. Tim brings over 12 years of search experience to Yahoo!
- Adam Lasnik
Adam Lasnik , Search Evangilist - Google, Mountain View, CA Before there was a public Internet, Adam was e-mailing. Before there was Netscape or Internet Explorer, he was surfing the Web. He ran his own Web server in his grad school dorm room and earned revenues as high as $11,000 monthly from his personal Web site.
- Jessie Stricchiola
Jessie Stricchiola , Founder, Alchemist Media
- Rich Pearson
Rich Pearson is Head of Direct & Online Marketing for Yahoo! Europe with overall responsibility for direct marketing efforts to maximise the subscriber and revenue growth of Yahoo! �s premium services across Europe, and in particular he will be responsible for driving the BT Yahoo! partnership. This role will also include responsibility for aligning US and European direct marketing efforts and leveraging opportunities across these markets.
- Shashi Seth
Experienced leader with broad experience in all aspects of Product Management, and Strategy Development. Direct experience in the Search and Internet e-commerce industry and excellent background and experience in technology. Skilled manager with experience building and managing teams. Strong experience in fostering innovation both in product and strategy.
- Peter Hershberg
Peter was recently named a finalist for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award, along with Reprise Media managing partner Joshua Stylman. His leadership was instrumental in Reprise Media being named to Entrepreneur Magazine's list of the 'Hot 100 Fastest Growing New Businesses in America' for the second straight year. (#26 in 2006)
- Jeffrey K. Rohrs
Jeffrey K. Rohrs is a "recovering attorney" and Director of Digital Marketing for Optiem a full-service digital marketing firm based in Cleveland, Ohio. Mr. Rohrs manages the definition, strategy, production, and delivery of interactive marketing projects for clients including Things Remembered, Sherwin-Williams, National City, Moen, and Proforma. Mr. Rohrs also currently serves on the advisory board for The Center for Interactive Media Studies at Miami University .
- Jon Leicht
Jon Leicht , Web Marketing Manager, Intuit Gregory Markel , Founder/President, Infuse Creative, LLC Advanced Advertising Track
- Eric Papczun
Eric Papczun , Director of Natural Search, Performics
- Justin Sanger
Justin Sanger is the Founder and President of LocalLaunch! , a Chicago-based local Internet marketing firm. Mr. Sanger founded LocalLaunch! in 2003, six years after founding a leading Internet Strategy Firm, Pulsity, Inc. Under Mr. Sanger's guidance, LocalLaunch! has expanded quickly and is widely recognized as the premier local Internet marketing company for small and medium sized businesses.
- Dan Ballister
Dan Ballister joined the FindWhat.com team in late 2002 as vice president of sales. Previously from Go2Net Inc., where he also served as vice president of sales, Dan held a key role in the merger of Go2Net and Infospace (October of 2000); he was responsible for building and leading the sales and sales operations teams as the Go2Net/Infospace Network grew into a Top-10 ranked Internet property.
- Laura Thieme
Laura Thieme founded Bizresearch in June of 1997. Bizresearch provides search engine marketing, tracking and ROI analysis services for retailers, Fortune 500 companies, and service-based companies throughout the United States and overseas. Prior to founding Bizresearch, Ms. Thieme worked for American Electric Power (AEP) in Columbus, Ohio, and USAID/Deloitte & Touche in St. Petersburg, Russia.
- Darren Kuhn
Darren's Bio Darren Kuhn is responsible for executing client strategies and helping drive the company's overall search marketing strategy. Prior to Resolution Media ( www.resolutionmedia.com ), Kuhn served as manager of e-marketing at Orbitz, LLC. During his tenure, Kuhn was responsible for building Orbitz's search engine marketing (SEM) presence in the areas of paid placement, paid inclusion and search engine optimization (SEO).
- Jessica Bowman
Jessica Bowman is the Director of Search Engine Optimization for Business.com and an independent consultant who relishes in the human side of SEO, the art of getting people to do what you need to be done. A leading in-house SEO, Jessica has managed search engine optimization in-house for up to seven divisions across North America and Europe, in five languages.
- Allen Hammock
Allen Hammock, Product Marketing Manager, LookSmart
- Vanessa Fox
Vanessa Fox, Product Manager, Google Webmaster Tools
- Misty Locke
Misty Locke is the co-founder and president of Range Online Media. She was named one of Fast Company Magazine's Top 25 Women Business Builders of 2004 and has advanced Range to become a leading search marketing and interactive agency, with six domestic and international offices. Misty is a regular speaker at influential industry conferences, including Search Engine Strategies, Search Marketing Expo, eTail, WebmasterWorld, Ad-Tech and Shop.org.
- Frank Ford
- Michael Sack
Michael Sack Executive Vice President & Chief Technology Officer Michael is responsible for creating and implementing the product vision and strategy for Inceptor Excedia. In his role as Vice President of Product Management, he will also be responsible for securing key technical alliances and developing tools for the client services and sales teams.
- Marco Corsaro
Marco Corsaro Managing Director Marco is the Founding Partner and Managing Director of 77Agency . Marco initially gained a degree in Economics from University if Turin in 1999. He started his career in London at Fiat Auto Financial Services. Between 2000 and 2003 Marco worked for a leading investment Bank, setting up from scrathc and then running online Bank and Broker in the UK. In 2003 he created 77Agency.
- Selina Aggarwal
Selina Aggarwal Vice President, Search Marketing Selina has eight years of search engine marketing and client services experience, most recently as the director of SEM strategies for Thomas Publishing (Thomas Register). She has managed online marketing campaigns including SEO, pay-per-click management, and database/email marketing for several top financial services companies.
- Ann Freccero
Ann Freccero, Marketing, Organic, Inc. Brooke Nanberg , Executive Creative Director, Avenue A | Razorfish
- Amanda Camp
Amanda Camp, Software Engineer, Google, Inc.
- Melanie Mitchell
Melanie Mitchell is Vice President of SEO/SEM at AOL, one of the most successful internet companies in history. Melanie has over nine years of experience in web site promotion and over seven years experience in search marketing for major sites across several industries including travel, local, entertainment, ecommerce, news and sports. She has managed SEO and PPC campaigns both in-house as well as from the agency side.
- Chevrolet Europe
Chevrolet Europe Jaime del Valle Sansierra works in Chevrolet’s European headquarters in the CRM & Internet team; as the Consumer Dialog, Direct Marketing and Digital Marketing Manager, he is responsible for setting the strategy and implementing one-to-one marketing activities to acquire and keep customers in Europe.