Speakers at Search Marketing Expo – SMX East are the most respected thought leaders in search engine marketing. Here’s the list of speakers currently confirmed to speak at this event.
Conference co-chair Danny Sullivan has been covering search for over a decade and organizing search marketing events for nearly as long. He is renowned for producing quality shows where the information presented is so good that attendees sometimes immediately start implementing tips during breaks!
Conference co-chair Chris Sherman has analyzed and influenced developments in search marketing for more than a decade. He is Executive Editor of Search Engine Land and the creative force behind programs Search Marketing Expo events around the world, including SMX Local & Mobile and SMX London.

Tony Adam
SEO Manager
Yahoo!

Adam Audette
President
AudetteMedia, Inc

Cam Balzer
Vice President of Emerging Media
Performics

Ariel Bardin
Product Management Director
Google

Aimee Beck
Director of Search Strategies
SuccessWorks

Ron Belanger
Vice President of Agency Development
Yahoo!

Michael Benedek
Vice President
AlmondNet

David Berkowitz
Director of Emerging Media
360i

Brian Boland
Director, adCenter
Microsoft

Jessica Bowman
CEO
SEOinhouse.com

Scott Brinker
President & CTO
ion interactive

Matthew Brown
Director of Search Strategy
New York Times Co.

Nathan Buggia
Live Search Webmaster Central, Lead Program Manager
Microsoft

Christine Churchill
President
KeyRelevance.com

Bruce Clay
President
Bruce Clay, Inc.

Jason Clement
Director of Search
Wieden Kennedy

Addie Conner
Director of Search Marketing
Course Advisor Inc.

Chris Copeland
CEO, GroupM Search
The Americas

Larry Cornett
VP, Consumer Products
Yahoo!

Brian Cosgrove
Web Analytics Engineer
Avenue A | Razorfish

Rob Crigler
Director of Interactive Marketing
Orkin, Inc.

Brent Csutoras
Online Marketing Specialist
BrentCsutoras.com

Aaron D'Souza
Software Engineer, Search Quality
Google Inc.

Vic Dabricky
TBA
Range Online Media

Rich Devine
Director of Search
ZAAZ

Jon Diorio
Group Product Marketing Mgr Adwords
Google

Mona Elesseily
Director of Marketing Strategy
Page Zero Media

Noah Elkin
VP of Corporate Strategy
Steak

Eric Enge
President
Stone Temple Consulting Corporation

Marc Engelsman
VP Client Programs & Services
Digital Brand Expressions

Liana Evans
Director of Internet Marketing
Key Relevance

Veronica Fielding
President & CEO
Digital Brand Expresssions

Rand Fishkin
CEO
SEOmoz

Todd Friesen
President
Oilman SEO

Ryan Gibson
Director of Marketing
The Rimm-Kaufman Group

Jordan Glogau
Partner
Internet Reputation Managment

Andrew Goodman
President
Page Zero Media

Michael Gray
President
Atlas Web Service

Craig Greenfield
Director, Local Search
Performics

Mike Grehan
Founder and CEO
Smart Interactive Ltd.

James Grimmelmann
Associate Professor of Law
New York Law School

Andrew Hally
Vice President, On-demand Product Marketing
Unica Corporation

Peter Hershberg
Managing Partner
Reprise Media

Simon Heseltine
Director of Search
Serengeti Communications

Jonathan Hochman
Founder and President
Hochman Consultants

Rae Hoffman
Owner
Sugarrae Internet Consulting

Bryan Horling
Software Engineer, Personalized Search
Google

Patricia Hursh
President and Founder
SmartSearch Marketing

Michael Jensen
Co-Founder
SoloSEO.com

Ken Jurina
President
Epiar

Jon Kelly
President/CEO 3 Dog Media
SureHits

Anton E. Konikoff
Founder/CEO
Acronym Media

Kimberly Krause Berg
Usability Consultant/Owner
UsabilityEffect.com

Cindy Krum
Director of New Media Strategy
Blue Moon Works, Inc.

Justine Lam
Former eCampaign Director, Ron Paul 2008
Ron Paul for President

James Lamberti
SVP, Search and Media
comScore, Inc.

Theresa LaMontagne
Research Director, Sales & Media
Yahoo!

Kevin Lee
Executive Chairman & Co-Founder
Didit

Judith Lewis
Search Director
i-level

Laura Lippay
Director of Technical Marketing
Yahoo! Inc.

Joanna Lord
Senior Search Strategist
OneTime.com

Lance Loveday
Founder, President & CEO
Closed Loop Marketing

Gregory Markel
Founder & President
Infuse Creative

John Marshall
Founder & CEO
Market Motive

Debra Mastaler
President
Alliance-Link

Alison McPartland
Manager of Search & Discovery Strategies
Questex Media Group Inc.

Roger Montti
Owner
martinibuster

Kate Morris
Search Engine Marketing Manager
RateGenius

Jeff Muendel
Search and Online Marketing Analyst
Netconcepts

Ulli Muenker
Search Marketing Manager
BusinessWeek

Robert Murray
President
iProspect

Evan Neufeld
VP, Ad Effectiveness
comScore, Inc.

Tim Ogilvie
Founder & CEO
AdBuyer.com

Eric Papczun
Director of Natural Search Optimization
Performics

Lindsay Perkin
Director, Organic Search
onTargetjobs, Inc.

Aimee Reker
SVP, Global Director of Search
MRM Worldwide

Leslie Rohde
Founder
Windrose Software

Mark Rosenberg
Of Counsel
Sills Cummis & Gross P.C.

Steve Rubel
Senior Vice President, Director of Insights
Edelman Digital

Alissa Ruehl
Manager of Paid Search Services
Apogee Search

Julie Rutherford
Marketing Director
Washington Post

Kevin Ryan
CEO and Founder
Motivity Marketing

Bill Scully
Director eMarketing
Siemens

Tyler Shears
Online Marketing Manager
Databanq Media

Adam Sherk
Search/PR Strategist
Define Search Strategies (The New York Times Co.)

Roy Shkedi
Founder & CEO
AlmondNet

Marshall Simmonds
Chief Search Strategist
The New York Times

Dan Soha
Principal & Search Marketing Specialist
Five Mill Marketing

Stephan Spencer
President & CEO
Netconcepts

Don Steele
VP Digital Marketing
MTV Networks

Sean Suchter
VP of Engineering
Yahoo!

David Szetela
President
Clix Marketing

Karon Thackston
President, Marketing Words
Marketing Words

Shari Thurow
Founder and SEO Director
Omni Marketing Interactive

Bob Tripathi
Search Marketing Strategist
Discover Financial Services

Matt Van Wagner
President
Find Me Faster

Sharad Verma
Sr. Product Manager, Web Search
Yahoo!

Wister Walcott
Co-Founder and Vice President of Products
Marin Software

Jimmy Wales
Founder
Wikia Search

Eric Ward
CEO
EricWard.com

Marty Weintraub
President
aimClear

Jill Whalen
CEO and Founder
High Rankings

Deborah Wilcox
Partner
Baker & Hostetler, LLP

Tom Wilde
CEO
EveryZing

Chris Winfield
President
10e20

Eileen Winslow
Sr. Director of SEO
MeziMedia

Randy Woods
EVP
non-linear creations

Tony Wright
CEO/Founder
WrightIMC

Richard Zwicky
President
Enquisite
Benu Aggarwal
Founder & President
Milestone Internet Marketing
BENU Aggarwal
President and Founder
Milestone Internet Marketing
Loren Baker
President
TrafficBlend
Mike Blumenthal
Partner
blumenthals.com
Jason Carmel
Senior Optimization Manager
ZAAZ
Jeff Carpenter
Director of SEO Operations
MEA Digital
Steve Espinosa
Director of Product Development
eLocal Listing
Justin Everet-Church
Sr. Product Manager for Adobe Flash Player
Adobe
Eric Frenchman
Chief Internet Strategist, McCain-Palin 2008
Connell Donatelli Inc.
David Gong
Account Leader
Range Online Media
Avinash Kaushik
Analytics Evangelist
Google Inc.
Eric Lander
Associate Editor
Search Engine Journal
Pavan Li
Trade Marketing Research
Microsoft
Ken Mitchell
Director of Internet Marketing
Hanover Direct
Alex Muller
CEO
Slifter
Shelly Palmer
Managing Director
Advanced Media Ventures Group LLC
Ben Seslija
Director, Analytics
Clickable
Carolyn Shelby
Director of Natural Search
BeFoundLocal.com
Navneet Virk
Director, Search Marketing
Roundarch
David Wharton
Director of Digital Marketing, Services & Software
Nokia
Andrew Wheeler
Managing Director
iProspect