Speakers

Who’s Speaking at SMX West

Speakers at Search Marketing Expo – SMX West 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

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.


Keynotes

Danny Sullivan

Danny Sullivan
Editor-in-Chief
Search Engine Land

Vint Cerf

Vint Cerf
Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist
Google, Inc.

John Battelle

John Battelle
Founder/Chairman/CEO
Federated Media Publishing Inc.


Olivier Amar

Olivier Amar
Senior Web Marketing Consultant
Compucall Web Marketing

Randy Antin

Randy Antin
Director of Interactive Media
Perfect Escapes

Adam Audette

Adam Audette
President
AudetteMedia, Inc

Charlie Ballard

Charlie Ballard
Manager, Measurement & Analytics
One To One Interactive

Alex Bennert

Alex Bennert
In House SEO
Wall Street Journal

Chris Bennett

Chris Bennett
President
97th Floor

Patrick Bennett

Patrick Bennett
Founder
Modern Blue

Seth Besmertnik

Seth Besmertnik
CEO
Conductor, Inc.

Arnab Bhattacharjee

Arnab Bhattacharjee
Senior Director, Yahoo! Search Technology and Engineering
Yahoo!

Brian Boland

Brian Boland
Director, adCenter
Microsoft

Greg Boser

Greg Boser
President and CEO
3 Dog Media

Jessica Bowman

Jessica Bowman
Founder
SEOinhouse.com

Scott Brinker

Scott Brinker
President and CTO
ion interactive

Nathan Buggia

Nathan Buggia
Lead Program Manager
Microsoft

Ann Cafferty Pyle

Ann Cafferty Pyle
Group Manager, Client Services
Digital Brand Expressions

Leslie Carruthers

Leslie Carruthers
CEO and President
The Search Guru

Christine Churchill

Christine Churchill
President
KeyRelevance.com

Bruce Clay

Bruce Clay
President
Bruce Clay, Inc.

Jason Clement

Jason Clement
Director, Search
Wieden + Kennedy

Addie Conner

Addie Conner
Director of Search Marketing
Course Advisor Inc.

Larry Cornett

Larry Cornett
VP, Consumer Products
Yahoo!

Travis Crabtree

Travis Crabtree
Member
Looper Reed & McGraw, P.C.

Jeremy Crane

Jeremy Crane
Managing Director, Online Media and Search
TNS Compete

Brent Csutoras

Brent Csutoras
Online Marketing Consultant
Brent Csutoras, Inc

Matt Cutts

Matt Cutts
Software Engineer
Google Inc.

Craig Danuloff

Craig Danuloff
President
ClickEquations Inc.

Dan Darnell

Dan Darnell
Director of Marketing, Optimost
Interwoven, Inc

Scott Dunlap

Scott Dunlap
CEO
NearbyNow, Inc.

Scott Edwards

Scott Edwards
Senior Search Analyst
Vantage Media

Mona Elesseily

Mona Elesseily
Director of Marketing Strategy
Page Zero

Noah Elkin

Noah Elkin
Managing Partner
Steak

Eric Enge

Eric Enge
President
Stone Temple Consulting Corporation

Dustin Engel

Dustin Engel
Vice President, Strategy & Media
Range Online Media

Rand Fishkin

Rand Fishkin
CEO
SEOmoz

Mark Fiske

Mark Fiske
Senior Manager of Search Marketing
Gap Inc Direct

Duane Forrester

Duane Forrester
Senior Program Manager SEO
Microsoft

Nicholas Fox

Nicholas Fox
Business Product Management Director, AdWords
Google Inc.

Vanessa Fox

Vanessa Fox
Contributing Editor
Search Engine Land

Todd Friesen

Todd Friesen
President
Oilman SEO

Ryan Gibson

Ryan Gibson
Director of Marketing
The Rimm-Kaufman Group

Ethan Giffin

Ethan Giffin
CEO
Groove Commerce

Jon Glick

Jon Glick
Vice President of Product Search and Comparison Shopping
Become, Inc

Gab Goldenberg

Gab Goldenberg
Founder
SEO ROI Services

Eric Goldman

Eric Goldman
Professor
Santa Clara University School of Law

Eli Goodman

Eli Goodman
Search Evangelist
comScore, Inc.

Michael Gray

Michael Gray
President
Atlas Web Service

Rae Hoffman

Rae Hoffman
Owner
Sugarrae Internet Consulting

Keith Hogan

Keith Hogan
Vice President, Search Technology
Ask.com

Craig Hordlow

Craig Hordlow
Chief Strategist
Red Bricks Media

Bryan Horling

Bryan Horling
Software Engineer, Personalized Search
Google, Inc.

Gordon Hotchkiss

Gordon Hotchkiss
President
Enquiro

Drew Hubbard

Drew Hubbard
Senior Linking Analyst, SEO
The Search Agency

Ken Jurina

Ken Jurina
President
Epiar Inc.

Michael Kahn

Michael Kahn
Senior Vice President, Marketing
Performics

Jordan Kasteler

Jordan Kasteler
Co-Founder
SearchandSocial.com

Brian Klais

Brian Klais
Executive Vice President of Search
Netconcepts

Chris Knoch

Chris Knoch
Principal Consultant for the Omniture Best Practices Group
Omniture

Kelly Kochert

Kelly Kochert
Assistant Vice President New Media
NSI

Kaushal Kurapati

Kaushal Kurapati
Director of Product Management
Yahoo! Search

Justine Lam

Justine Lam
former eCampaign Director
Ron Paul 2008 Presidential Campaign

Jeff Lane

Jeff Lane
Search Marketing Manager
Obama for America

Laura Lippay

Laura Lippay
Director of Technical Marketing
Yahoo!

Dave Lloyd

Dave Lloyd
Search Marketing Manager
Cisco

Heather Lloyd-Martin

Heather Lloyd-Martin
President and CEO
SuccessWorks Search Marketing

Anthony Long

Anthony Long
Director, Search Engine Visibility (SEO)
AOL

Lance Loveday

Lance Loveday
Founder, President and CEO
Closed Loop Marketing

John Marshall

John Marshall
CTO
Market Motive

Debra Mastaler

Debra Mastaler
President
Alliance-Link

Matt McGee

Matt McGee
Assignment Editor
Search Engine Land

Jonathan Mendez

Jonathan Mendez
Founder and CEO
RAMP Digital

Bryson Meunier

Bryson Meunier
Natural Search Associate Director, Content Solutions
Resolution Media

Stuart Meyler

Stuart Meyler
Principal
Beeby Clark+Meyler

David Mihm

David Mihm
Local SEO Consultant
DavidMihm.com

Derek O. Miner

Derek O. Miner
Co-Founder and EVP of OrangeSoda Enterprise
Orange Soda

David Mink

David Mink
Chief Legal Counsel for Dream Systems Media
Dream Systems Media

Melanie Mitchell

Melanie Mitchell
Vice President of Marketing
Folio Investments

Roger Montti

Roger Montti
Owner
MartiniBuster

Ramez Naam

Ramez Naam
Group Program Manager – Live Search
Microsoft

Sandra Niehaus

Sandra Niehaus
Vice President User Experience and Creative Director
Closed Loop Marketing

Maile Ohye

Maile Ohye
Senior Developer Programs Engineer.
Google, Inc.

Pete Olson

Pete Olson
Vice President of Product Management
Amadesa

Eric Papczun

Eric Papczun
Director of Natural Search Optimization
Performics

Sasi Parthasarathy

Sasi Parthasarathy
Program Manager, Live Search
Microsoft

Atif Rafiq

Atif Rafiq
Director, Product Marketing, Yahoo! Local
Yahoo!

David Roth

David Roth
Director of Search Engine Marketing
Yahoo! Inc.

Alissa Ruehl

Alissa Ruehl
Manager of Website Effectiveness
Apogee Search

Thomas Schmitz

Thomas Schmitz
SEO Analyst and Social Media Consultant
Portent Interactive

Daniel Schulman

Daniel Schulman
Director of Search Marketing
Donordigital

Matt Siltala

Matt Siltala
SEO and Owner
Dream Systems Media

Marshall Simmonds

Marshall Simmonds
Chief Search Strategist
New York Times / About.com / Define Search Strategies

Chris Silver Smith

Chris Silver Smith
Director of Optimization Strategy
KeyRelevance

Shane Snow

Shane Snow
Creative Director
semvironment

Dan Soha

Dan Soha
Principal and Search Marketing Specialist
Five Mill Marketing

Patrizio Spagnoletto

Patrizio Spagnoletto
Senior Director, Yahoo! Search Marketing
Yahoo!

Stephan Spencer

Stephan Spencer
President & CEO
Netconcepts

Michael Stebbins

Michael Stebbins
Founder and CEO
Market Motive

Jonah Stein

Jonah Stein
Founder
ItsTheROI

Jim Sterne

Jim Sterne
President
Target Marketing

Jon Stewart

Jon Stewart
Research Director, Technology & Search
Nielsen Online

Julie Sun

Julie Sun
Director, Digital Marketing
MTV

David Szetela

David Szetela
Owner and CEO
Clix Marketing

Jenni Tafoya

Jenni Tafoya
Vice President
comScore, Inc.

Bill Tancer

Bill Tancer
Author, “Click: What Millions of People Are Doing Online and Why It Matters” and General Manager, Global Research
Hitwise

John Tawadros

John Tawadros
Chief Operating Officer
iProspect

Shari Thurow

Shari Thurow
Founder and SEO Director
Omni Marketing Interactive

Lauren Vaccarello

Lauren Vaccarello
Founder
lv logic

Frederick Vallaeys

Frederick Vallaeys
Google AdWords Evangelist
Google Inc.

Matt Van Wagner

Matt Van Wagner
President
Find Me Faster

Sharad Verma

Sharad Verma
Senior Manager, Yahoo! Search Technology
Yahoo!

Wister Walcott

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

David Wallace

David Wallace
Founder and CEO
SearchRank

Clarke Walton

Clarke Walton
Attorney-at-Law
Walton Law Firm

Marty Weintraub

Marty Weintraub
President
aimClear

Jill Whalen

Jill Whalen
Founder and CEO
High Rankings

Dennis Yu

Dennis Yu
CEO
BlitzLocal LLC

James Zolman

James Zolman
CEO
semvironment

Richard Zwicky

Richard Zwicky
President
Enquisite


Corey Anderson
Manager SearchWiki
Google Inc.

Laura Callow
Web Marketing Manager
Intuit

Jennifer Chin
Consumer Operations Strategist
Google Inc.

Steve Espinosa
Director of Innovation
eLocal Listing

Bill Hartzer
Search Engine Marketing Manager
Vizion Interactive

Nathan Johns
Search Quality Analyst
Google Inc.

Tiffany Lane
Software Engineer
Google, Inc.

Peter Linsley
Product Manager
Google Inc.

Tara McCaffrey
Sr Director of Consumer Marketing
LexisNexis

Chris Pennock
Senior Software Engineer, Blog Search
Google Inc.

Carolyn Shelby
Mercenary
CShel

Jennifer Slegg
Owner
JenSense

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Dates & Times

Conference:
February 10-12, 9am-6pm

Expo Hall:
February 10, 10am-7pm
February 11, 10am-3pm

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