SMX East 2009 Speakers

Who’s Speaking at SMX East 2009: New York City, October 5-7

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.

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Conference Chairs

Danny Sullivan 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!

Chris Sherman 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.


John Antognoli

John Antognoli
Senior Director, Account Management
M80

Benj Arriola

Benj Arriola
SEO Engineer
BusinessOnLine

Adam Audette

Adam Audette
President
AudetteMedia, Inc

Roger Barnette

Roger Barnette
Founder and President
SearchIgnite

Andrew Beckman

Andrew Beckman
President
Location3 Media

Ron Belanger

Ron Belanger
Vice President of Worldwide Agency Sales
Omniture

Chris Bennett

Chris Bennett
Co-Founder
BLVD Status

David Berkowitz

David Berkowitz
Director of Emerging Media & Client Strategy
360i

Vince Blackham

Vince Blackham
Founder
Primary Affect

Greg Boser

Greg Boser
President and CEO
3 Dog Media

Keith Boswell

Keith Boswell
Director of Digital Marketing Strategy
Kaiser Permanente

Mary Bowling

Mary Bowling
Director of Search Engine Marketing
seOverflow

Jessica Bowman

Jessica Bowman
President
SEOinhouse.com

Scott Brinker

Scott Brinker
President & CTO
ion interactive, inc.

Gerry Campbell

Gerry Campbell
CEO
Collecta

Vivek Chaudhuri

Vivek Chaudhuri
Director, SEO / Strategy
Digitas Health

Richard Chavez

Richard Chavez
SEO Manager
iCrossing

Christine Churchill

Christine Churchill
President
KeyRelevance.com

Bruce Clay

Bruce Clay
President
Bruce Clay, Inc.

Addie Conner

Addie Conner
Director of Search Marketing
Course Advisor Inc.

Chris Copeland

Chris Copeland
CEO, GroupM Search
The Americas

Larry Cornett

Larry Cornett
VP, Consumer Products, Yahoo! Search
Yahoo!

Laura Covington

Laura Covington
Associate General Counsel, Global Brand and Trademarks
Yahoo!

Jeremy Crane

Jeremy Crane
Managing Director of Online Media and Search
Compete, Inc

Brent Csutoras

Brent Csutoras
Social Media Consultant
Brent Csutoras, Inc

Craig Danuloff

Craig Danuloff
President
ClickEquations Inc

Joshua Dreller

Joshua Dreller
Director, Media Technology & Analytics
Fuor Digital

Rhea Drysdale

Rhea Drysdale
COO & Co-Founder
Outspoken Media

Scott Dunlap

Scott Dunlap
CEO
NearbyNow

Jill Emerson

Jill Emerson
Search Marketing Manager
Allegis Group, Inc.

Eric Enge

Eric Enge
President
Stone Temple Consulting

Scott Finholm

Scott Finholm
VP Partner Solutions
Marchex Connect

Rand Fishkin

Rand Fishkin
CEO & Co-Founder
SEOmoz

Lena Flanigan

Lena Flanigan
Principal Marketing Manager
AOL LLC

Vanessa Fox

Vanessa Fox
Contributing Editor
Search Engine Land

Todd Friesen

Todd Friesen
VP of Search
Position Technologies

Jordan Glogau

Jordan Glogau
Enterprise Search and Business Development
1800Flowers.com

Andrew Goodman

Andrew Goodman
Founder and Principal
Page Zero Media

Eli Goodman

Eli Goodman
Search Evangelist
comScore, Inc.

Michael Gray

Michael Gray
President
Atlas Web Service

Dax Hamman

Dax Hamman
Vice President of Display Media
iCrossing

Kristjan Mar Hauksson

Kristjan Mar Hauksson
Director Search / Managing Partner
Nordic eMarketing

Simon Heseltine

Simon Heseltine
Senior Marketing Manager
AOL LLC

Rae Hoffman

Rae Hoffman
Owner
Sugarrae Internet Consulting

Sara Holoubek

Sara Holoubek
Consultant, Columnist and SEMPO Board of Directors

Ben Huh

Ben Huh
CEO
Cheezburger Network

Bill Hunt

Bill Hunt
CMO
OC4, Inc

Patricia Hursh

Patricia Hursh
president and founder
SmartSearch Marketing

Michael Kahn

Michael Kahn
SVP of Marketing
Performics

Jordan Kasteler

Jordan Kasteler
Co-Founder
Search & Social

Topher Kohan

Topher Kohan
SEO Coordinator
CNN

Anton E. Konikoff

Anton E. Konikoff
Founder and CEO
Acronym Media

Kimberly Krause Berg

Kimberly Krause Berg
Usability and SEO Consultant
UsabilityEffect.com/Cre8pc.com

Cindy Krum

Cindy Krum
CEO & Founder
Rank-Mobile

William Leake

William Leake
CEO
Apogee Search

Jordan LeBaron

Jordan LeBaron
Sr. Business Consultant, SEO
Omniture

Kevin Lee

Kevin Lee
CEO
Didit

Heather Lloyd-Martin

Heather Lloyd-Martin
President and CEO
SuccessWorks Search Marketing

Michael Martin

Michael Martin
SEO Director
Internet Marketing Inc.

Debra Mastaler

Debra Mastaler
President
Alliance-Link

Jon Maxson

Jon Maxson
Manager, Natural Search Optimization
iCrossing

John McWeeny

John McWeeny
COO
TurnHere

George Michie

George Michie
Co-Founder, Chief Operating Officer
Rimm-Kaufman Group

David Mihm

David Mihm
Designer + Local Search Marketer
davidmihm.com

Roger Montti

Roger Montti
Owner
martinibuster

Ken Moss

Ken Moss
CEO & Cofounder
CrowdEye

Graham Mudd

Graham Mudd
Vice President Search & Media
comScore, Inc.

Ulli Muenker

Ulli Muenker
Search Marketing Manager
BusinessWeek

Robert Murray

Robert Murray
CEO
iProspect

Kimbal Musk

Kimbal Musk
CEO
OneRiot

David Naffziger

David Naffziger
CEO
BrandVerity

Maile Ohye

Maile Ohye
Senior Developer Programs Engineer
Google Inc.

Alan Osetek

Alan Osetek
Managing Director, iProspect Boston
iProspect

Helen Overland

Helen Overland
Director of Marketing & Training
Search Engine People

Joshua Palau

Joshua Palau
VP, Search Engine Marketing
Razorfish

Eric Papczun

Eric Papczun
VP of Client Services
Performics

Sasi Parthasarathy

Sasi Parthasarathy
Program Manager, Bing
Microsoft

Rachel Pasqua

Rachel Pasqua
Director of Mobile Strategy
iCrossing

Brent Payne

Brent Payne
Director of Search Engine Optimization
Tribune Company

Cris Pierry

Cris Pierry
Senior Director, Search
Yahoo

Taylor Pratt

Taylor Pratt
Senior Search Specialist
nFusion

Atif Rafiq

Atif Rafiq
Head of Y! Local, North America
Yahoo!

Robyn Raybould

Robyn Raybould
Group Manager-Premium Account Service Group,
Microsoft Advertising

Manny Rivas

Manny Rivas
Associate SEO Account Manager
aimClear

Leslie Rohde

Leslie Rohde
Founder and CEO
LeftSideSystems, LLC

David Roth

David Roth
Director of Search Marketing
Yahoo!

Alissa Ruehl

Alissa Ruehl
Manager of Website Effectiveness Consulting
Apogee Search

Jennifer Sable Lopez

Jennifer Sable Lopez
SEO Consultant
SEOmoz

Khalid Saleh

Khalid Saleh
Co-Founder & President
Invesp

Mark Schwartz

Mark Schwartz
Managing Partner
Steak

Will Scott

Will Scott
President
Search Influence

Bill Scully

Bill Scully
Director eMarketing
Siemens

Siddharth Shah

Siddharth Shah
Director, Business Analytics
Efficient Frontier

Bridget Shea

Bridget Shea
Director of Client Services
Kenshoo

Andrew Shotland

Andrew Shotland
Proprietor
Local SEO Guide

Matt Siltala

Matt Siltala
President
Dream Systems Media

Chris Silver Smith

Chris Silver Smith
Director of Optimization Strategies
KeyRelevance

Dan Soha

Dan Soha
CEO
Five Mill, Inc.

Stephan Spencer

Stephan Spencer
Founder & President
Netconcepts

Dr. Ariel Sumeruk

Dr. Ariel Sumeruk
Head of Business intelligence
clicks2customers

Julie Sun

Julie Sun
Director, Digital Marketing
MTV

David Szetela

David Szetela
CEO
Clix Marketing

Mike Tekula

Mike Tekula
President
Unstuck Digital

Karon Thackston

Karon Thackston
President
Marketing Words

Shari Thurow

Shari Thurow
Founder and SEO Director
Omni Marketing Interactive

Frederick Vallaeys

Frederick Vallaeys
AdWords Evangelist
Google Inc.

Matt Van Wagner

Matt Van Wagner
President
Find Me Faster

Vipul Ved Prakash

Vipul Ved Prakash
Cofounded
Topsy

Wister Walcott

Wister Walcott
co-founder and VP of Products
Marin Software

Aaron Wall

Aaron Wall
Author
SEO Book

Eric Ward

Eric Ward
CEO
EricWard.com

Jiyan Wei

Jiyan Wei
Director of Product Management
PRWeb

Tamar Weinberg

Tamar Weinberg
Author, Owner
Techipedia.com

Marty Weintraub

Marty Weintraub
President
aimClear

Marc Wendling

Marc Wendling
US Managing Director
eSearchVision

Jill Whalen

Jill Whalen
Founder and CEO
High Rankings

Deborah Wilcox

Deborah Wilcox
Partner
Baker & Hostetler, LLP

Chris Winfield

Chris Winfield
President
10e20, LLC

Tony Wright

Tony Wright
CEO/Founder
WrightIMC

Tony Wright

Tony Wright
Founder & CEO
WrightIMC

Dennis Yu

Dennis Yu
CEO
BlitzLocal LLC

Richard Zwicky

Richard Zwicky
President
Enquisite


Andy Atkins-Krueger
Managing Director
WebCertain

Loren Baker
Co-Founder & Managing Partner
Search & Social

Ari Bezman
Associate Product Manager
Google Inc.

Mike Blumenthal
Owner and Local Marketing Expert
Blumenthals

Steve Espinosa
CEO of Cherrp
Cherrp

James Fenelon
Interactive Product Director
nFusion

Joe Fernandez
CEO & Founder
Klout.com

Willie Fernandez
Director of Marketing
World Travel Holdings

Brad Geddes
Founder
bg Theory, LLC

Jon Henshaw
Co-Creator & Product Manager
Raven Internet Marketing Tools

Jeremy Hylton
Software Engineer
Google Inc.

Rob Jackson
Head of Conversion Analytics
Latitude Group

Brian Jurutka
VP of Telecom
comScore, Inc.

Rebecca Kelley
Director of Social Media
10e20

Jean-Pierre Khoueiri
CEO
Constant Click

Joachim Kupke
Senior Software Engineer, Indexing Team
Google Inc.

Matthew Liu
Product Manager, YouTube
Google Inc.

David Miller
Director, Sponsored Search Product Management
Yahoo! Inc.

Duncan Morris
CEO
Distilled Ltd

Jennifer Osborne
President
Search Engine People

Surag Patel
Director
comScore

Jeffrey Root
Bing Maps Solutions Specialist
Microsoft

Todd Sandoval
VP of Digital Strategy
emfluence

Ben Seslija
Senior Director, Analytics
Clickable Inc.

Gregg Stewart
President
15miles

Laura Thieme
President
Bizresearch

Agustin Vazquez
Analytics specialist
NVI

Navneet Virk
Search Marketing Manager
Roundarch

Frank Watson
CEO
Kangamurra Media

Avi Wilensky
CEO
Promediacorp

Monica Wright
SEO & Social Media Manager
VONT+HMG

Monica Wright
SEO & Social Media Manager
VONT+HMG

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Dates & Times

Conference:
October 5-6, 9am - 6pm
October 7, 9am – 3pm

Expo:
October 5, 12pm- 7pm
October 6, 10am – 6pm

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