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.
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.
Danny Sullivan
Editor-in-Chief
Search Engine Land
Vint Cerf
Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist
Google, Inc.
John Battelle
Founder/Chairman/CEO
Federated Media Publishing Inc.

Olivier Amar
Senior Web Marketing Consultant
Compucall Web Marketing

Randy Antin
Director of Interactive Media
Perfect Escapes

Adam Audette
President
AudetteMedia, Inc

Charlie Ballard
Manager, Measurement & Analytics
One To One Interactive

Alex Bennert
In House SEO
Wall Street Journal

Chris Bennett
President
97th Floor

Patrick Bennett
Founder
Modern Blue

Seth Besmertnik
CEO
Conductor, Inc.

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

Brian Boland
Director, adCenter
Microsoft

Greg Boser
President and CEO
3 Dog Media

Martin Bowling
CTO
Vec3

Jessica Bowman
Founder
SEOinhouse.com

Scott Brinker
President and CTO
ion interactive

Nathan Buggia
Lead Program Manager
Microsoft

Ann Cafferty Pyle
Group Manager, Client Services
Digital Brand Expressions

Leslie Carruthers
CEO and President
The Search Guru

Christine Churchill
President
KeyRelevance.com

Bruce Clay
President
Bruce Clay, Inc.

Jason Clement
Director, Search
Wieden + Kennedy

Addie Conner
Director of Search Marketing
Course Advisor Inc.

Larry Cornett
VP, Consumer Products
Yahoo!

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

Jeremy Crane
Managing Director, Online Media and Search
TNS Compete

Brent Csutoras
Online Marketing Consultant
Brent Csutoras, Inc

Matt Cutts
Software Engineer
Google Inc.

Craig Danuloff
President
ClickEquations Inc.

Dan Darnell
Director of Marketing, Optimost
Interwoven, Inc

Scott Dunlap
CEO
NearbyNow, Inc.

Scott Edwards
Senior Search Analyst
Vantage Media

Mona Elesseily
Director of Marketing Strategy
Page Zero

Noah Elkin
Managing Partner
Steak

Eric Enge
President
Stone Temple Consulting Corporation

Dustin Engel
Vice President, Strategy & Media
Range Online Media

Rand Fishkin
CEO
SEOmoz

Mark Fiske
Senior Manager of Search Marketing
Gap Inc Direct

Duane Forrester
Senior Program Manager SEO
Microsoft

Nicholas Fox
Business Product Management Director, AdWords
Google Inc.

Vanessa Fox
Contributing Editor
Search Engine Land

Todd Friesen
President
Oilman SEO

Ryan Gibson
Director of Marketing
The Rimm-Kaufman Group

Ethan Giffin
CEO
Groove Commerce

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

Gab Goldenberg
Founder
SEO ROI Services

Eric Goldman
Professor
Santa Clara University School of Law

Eli Goodman
Search Evangelist
comScore, Inc.

Michael Gray
President
Atlas Web Service

Rae Hoffman
Owner
Sugarrae Internet Consulting

Keith Hogan
Vice President, Search Technology
Ask.com

Craig Hordlow
Chief Strategist
Red Bricks Media

Bryan Horling
Software Engineer, Personalized Search
Google, Inc.

Gordon Hotchkiss
President
Enquiro

Drew Hubbard
Senior Linking Analyst, SEO
The Search Agency

Ken Jurina
President
Epiar Inc.

Michael Kahn
Senior Vice President, Marketing
Performics

Jordan Kasteler
Co-Founder
SearchandSocial.com

Brian Klais
Executive Vice President of Search
Netconcepts

Chris Knoch
Principal Consultant for the Omniture Best Practices Group
Omniture

Kelly Kochert
Assistant Vice President New Media
NSI

Kaushal Kurapati
Director of Product Management
Yahoo! Search

Justine Lam
former eCampaign Director
Ron Paul 2008 Presidential Campaign

Jeff Lane
Search Marketing Manager
Obama for America

Laura Lippay
Director of Technical Marketing
Yahoo!

Dave Lloyd
Search Marketing Manager
Cisco

Heather Lloyd-Martin
President and CEO
SuccessWorks Search Marketing

Anthony Long
Director, Search Engine Visibility (SEO)
AOL

Lance Loveday
Founder, President and CEO
Closed Loop Marketing

John Marshall
CTO
Market Motive

Debra Mastaler
President
Alliance-Link

Matt McGee
Assignment Editor
Search Engine Land

Jonathan Mendez
Founder and CEO
RAMP Digital

Bryson Meunier
Natural Search Associate Director, Content Solutions
Resolution Media

Stuart Meyler
Principal
Beeby Clark+Meyler

David Mihm
Local SEO Consultant
DavidMihm.com

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

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

Melanie Mitchell
Vice President of Marketing
Folio Investments

Roger Montti
Owner
MartiniBuster

Ramez Naam
Group Program Manager – Live Search
Microsoft

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

Maile Ohye
Senior Developer Programs Engineer.
Google, Inc.

Pete Olson
Vice President of Product Management
Amadesa

Eric Papczun
Director of Natural Search Optimization
Performics

Sasi Parthasarathy
Program Manager, Live Search
Microsoft

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

David Roth
Director of Search Engine Marketing
Yahoo! Inc.

Alissa Ruehl
Manager of Website Effectiveness
Apogee Search

Thomas Schmitz
SEO Analyst and Social Media Consultant
Portent Interactive

Daniel Schulman
Director of Search Marketing
Donordigital

Matt Siltala
SEO and Owner
Dream Systems Media

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

Chris Silver Smith
Director of Optimization Strategy
KeyRelevance

Shane Snow
Creative Director
semvironment

Dan Soha
Principal and Search Marketing Specialist
Five Mill Marketing

Patrizio Spagnoletto
Senior Director, Yahoo! Search Marketing
Yahoo!

Stephan Spencer
President & CEO
Netconcepts

Michael Stebbins
Founder and CEO
Market Motive

Jonah Stein
Founder
ItsTheROI

Jim Sterne
President
Target Marketing

Jon Stewart
Research Director, Technology & Search
Nielsen Online

Julie Sun
Director, Digital Marketing
MTV

David Szetela
Owner and CEO
Clix Marketing

Jenni Tafoya
Vice President
comScore, Inc.

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

John Tawadros
Chief Operating Officer
iProspect

Shari Thurow
Founder and SEO Director
Omni Marketing Interactive

Lauren Vaccarello
Founder
lv logic

Frederick Vallaeys
Google AdWords Evangelist
Google Inc.

Matt Van Wagner
President
Find Me Faster

Sharad Verma
Senior Manager, Yahoo! Search Technology
Yahoo!

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

David Wallace
Founder and CEO
SearchRank

Clarke Walton
Attorney-at-Law
Walton Law Firm

Marty Weintraub
President
aimClear

Jill Whalen
Founder and CEO
High Rankings

Dennis Yu
CEO
BlitzLocal LLC

James Zolman
CEO
semvironment

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.
Eric Lander
SEO
ADP
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