Speakers
Quality speakers and presentations are essential to a rewarding attendee experience. The leadership team at Digital World Expo selects and reviews each and every speaker to ensure key takeaways are inherent in all presentations and workshops. This hands-on effort provides attendees with valuable information to take with them and apply next steps towards business objectives. Each speaker is dynamic with their own style and training methods refined from their past experience.
2012 Keynote Speakers
2012 Featured Speakers
Adam is the founder of Adam Riemer Marketing, LLC. (ARM). Adam has over 10 years of online marketing experience and is the trusted source for strategy, campaign creation & execution for companies from the Fortune 500 to mom & pop shops. Adam has spoken and been booked on panels internationally at various conferences & events.
With an undergraduate degree in French and a certificate in International Marketing, it’s no secret that Alison loves to travel the world discovering different cultures and languages. With a strong background in media planning, Alison has stayed on the forefront of emerging communications trends and can always be found advocating the need for video content.
Allan Rogers is solutions consultant for Adobe Systems. He spends his days helping large enterprise companies make the most of Adobe’s Digital Marketing Suite and data from their web sites. Allan stumbled into being a web developer by accident 15 years ago, back when animated gifs were cool for the first time.
As CEO, Andrew Beckman oversees the strategic direction and business growth of Location3 Media and its division, Local Search Traffic. Andrew founded Location3 Media in 1999 as a media buying agency and has since expanded the portfolio of services to include PPC management, SEO, local search marketing, landing page optimization, social media, web analytics and more.
Live SEO Exhibit
Since 1999, Brent has worked as an in-house online marketing expert for: Tribune Company, OneCall.com, Targus, SimpleTech and Viking Components. During this time, he has worked closely with well-known brands like: Amazon.com, Best Buy, Buy.com, Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, NewEgg.com, Walmart.com and many smaller brands.
Brian Best is the Corporate Vice President of E-Commerce for the Boyd Gaming Corporation, which owns and operates 17 destination casino and entertainment properties across the United States. Brian leads the development and execution of all online, mobile, and social strategies for the company. He and his team are responsible for the integration of offline and online marketing programs; focusing on driving online room and ticket sales, developing multi-channel loyalty communications, and promoting brand awareness for the Boyd Gaming portfolio.
Brian lives and breathes mobile, app discovery, and brand engagement. A veteran of performance-based digital marketing, Brian currently helps advertisers (big brands and small app developers alike), utilize Tapjoy’s in-app mobile advertising platform.
Bruce Carlisle’s is currently CEO & founder of Conference Hound, a San Francisco-based seed stage company dedicated to global discovery of conferences and trade shows in the $263 billion (U.S) conference and trade show industry. He is also the leader of Digital Axle, a specialized digital marketing consultancy.
Carrie Coffee is currently the VP, West Coast Sales at Mojiva where she and her team partner with marketers and their agencies to create mobile advertising programs that scale to audiences across the Mojiva network.
Christian Saylor specializes in bridging the gap between functionality and aesthetics, delivering beautiful, effective digital experiences to his work for clients.
Daron Babin is known throughout the world as one of the top SEO/SEM experts, and has taught and lectured at conferences and trained industry-leading organizations around the world since 1997.
Dave Davies is the CEO and co-owner of Beanstalk SEO. He has been involved in the SEO industry since 2000 and is a well-known author, speaker, blogger, radio host and industry specialist.
When Dave Rohrer is not helping startups in his free time with their SEO and PPC campaigns he can be found working as a Senior SEO Strategist at Covario.
David leads RadiumOne Rewards, our vibrant marketplace for advertisers to engage with social game enthusiasts and drive high value branded experiences with Fortune 500 advertisers.
As General Manager for Netmining, Dean Vegliante oversees the day-to-day operations of the Netmining audience targeting network, manages client relations and directs the overall growth strategy of the business.
As Senior Vice President at General Physics Corporation (GP), Dennis serves as the Managing Director for the Microsoft Global Account Strategy for GP and senior executive in charge of global content development. In this capacity, he oversees all global content development activities conducted by GP for Microsoft and other Fortune 100 companies on a global basis.
Douglas Burda is a Detroit native and the founding attorney at Koncept LLC/Burda IP, a transactional-based intellectual property law firm in Las Vegas and San Diego. Over the last four years, Doug has worked as attorney, consultant and partner to a number of startup and established ventures and technology companies across a myriad of disciplines and offerings.
Dylan Bathurst is a co-founder and CEO of Rumgr, an iPhone app that brings the garage sale experience to the palm of your hand. Launched in February 2012 and backed by Tony Hsieh among other angel investors, the company has quickly grown a vibrant community of buyers and sellers.
Erin Levzow is currently the Director of eCommerce and Interactive Marketing at Palms Casino Resort.
As CEO of GILL Media, George Gill (@GeorgeGill) helps businesses grow and master the power of online marketing. Supported by continuous measurement utilizing Google Analytics.
Heather has a BSc in Biology and International Development. She learned early on that she enjoys marketing ideas and finding creative ways to help people understand complex problems as she worked as a program director in the private and non-profit sector. She is passionate about the power of video and it’s ability to inform.
Jason Mendenhall currently serves as the Executive Vice President of Cloud for Switch. He oversees the United States InterCloud Exchange (I.C.E.) and is responsible for the development and market introduction of new products and services into the Switch Ecosystem.
Named a top Chief Marketing Officer on Twitter, Jeff Hasen (@jeffhasen) builds, strengthens and protects brands. Companies benefiting from his talents have landed on Wired’s list of most innovative entities on Earth and been named pioneers and the early leader in the burgeoning mobile marketing category.
Jen is a co-founder, developer, and designer for www.8byte8.com, a Las Vegas startup aimed at making fun and simple web and mobile apps. She has nearly 10 years of experience in the field and loves helping others learn and discover the joy of making beautiful and functional websites.
Jeremy is the founder, CEO and chief product officer of Traffek. He founded the company in 2006 with a mission of creating real world social games utilizing mobile devices. At the time, he realized that the market and technology was not ready for his vision.
Vice President of Branding, ROI DNA
Jim brings more than 20 years of branding and strategy experience to ad:tech NY, including many years defining and implementing strategy in both the performance and brand marketing spaces. He has developed and built highly successful brands in more than 90 consumer and business categories, both domestically and globally.
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Jon Potter is responsible for The Alliance’s organizational development, program planning and executing its strategic agenda. He brings to the position more than 30 years of experience in building and managing coalitions; policy advocacy, political consulting, strategic planning and legal issues.
Justin Goodman is a Marketing Analyst for Internet Marketing Inc. With 6+ years in Internet Marketing, Justin brings a wealth of strategies and tactics alongside his analytics. He has educated and supported a variety of marketing professionals and executives from a wide array of verticals and company size.
Kate Buck Jr is the CEO of KBJOnline, a social media management firm in Austin, Texas and is a highly sought after speaker and consultant. Over the last six years, she has the opportunity to work with clients ranging from some of the top names in Internet Marketing to corporations, entrepreneurs, small business owners and startups around the globe.
Kevin Fong is a special advisor to GSR Ventures, which he helped start in 2004 to focus on investments in China. He has a 23-year track record of supporting entrepreneurs in early-stage companies to build industry leaders.
Kevin Wilk is a veteran in the advertising industry with 20 years of experience and has been involved with sales and business development within the Internet arena at technology and media companies since 1996.
Currently residing in Las Vegas, Kristine has thirteen years experience in the creation, development, implementation & maintenance of websites in all areas including government, academia, entertainment & ecommerce with a focus on usability, architecture, human factors and W3C/508/WCAG accessibility compliance.
Kurt is the CEO of ShareThis. Prior to joining the company, Kurt served as CEO of SocialMedia.com, a leader in online display advertising, which was acquired by LivingSocial. Before SocialMedia.com, Kurt spent several years at Google, where he managed the direct sales channel for publishers and helped lead the global launch of Google AdSense as Director of the Content Media Group.
As VP of Business Development at Mojiva, Laura leads publisher acquisition and development of the Mojiva network as well as strategic partnerships with exchange, data and demand partners. She has spent her career in both digital media as well as telecom.
Don’t let her cute shoes fool you. Not only is Laura Coronado the mastermind behind the Las Vegas fashion blog LollieShopping.com, she is also a columnist for Vegas Seven, a 16-year-veteran marketing copywriter and a well-respected taste maker.
Lindsay Metter is CEO of Blue Luna Marketing, a social media marketing company. Blue Luna Marketing specializes in social media consulting, strategy, management, and promotional services. Blue Luna holds regular workshops & events. In addition, event planning, business development, and public relations/branding services have been added to the company.
Lisa Riolo is an active, dedicated member of the performance advertising community and remains committed to its further growth and achievement. Prior to co-founding Impact Radius, Lisa consulted with high-growth businesses to develop online marketing programs and scale operations.
Lynn Ingham is the founder and principal at Digital Talent Guide, a recruitment firm with focused searches for candidates in digital sales, ad operations, business development, marketing and digital agency roles in companies throughout the U.S.
Mark is the President and CEO of BannerView.com
Mark Cenicola strips away the hype and gives his take on technology and its use in establishing a better business online.
Mark Wallrapp joined Facebook as Director of National Accounts in October of 2008. He has been primarily dedicated to the direct response business on the west coast. Prior to joining Facebook, Mark was a member of The Weather Channel mobile team focusing on advertisers looking to take advantage of emerging technologies in mobile.
Matt Drake joined appMobi in 2007 to oversee the company’s business development and partner relations. Matt works to have apps made with appMobi be published as broadly as possible, with the aim of making appMobi the top choice for app developers around the world.
Session: Live SEO Exhibit
Having been successful in online content since the 90′s, Matt Tuens stepped to the forefront of Internet marketing and search by developing intelligent content strategies and solutions that helped companies get more exposure and generate more revenue online.
R. Michael McKinney is founder and president of comHAUS, Inc. and specializes in content driven revenue strategies that create new revenues using Streaming and OnDemand media. The Denver based agency provides internet broadcasting, webcast, webinar and virtual event production, learning technologies and messaging solutions for a select global client base including Anthem, BlueCross BlueShield, Oppenheimer Funds, Nielsen, Bombardier, Virginia CLE, Access Intelligence and PennWell.
Michael Pranikoff, Global Director of Emerging Media at PR Newswire, is responsible for educating PR Newswire staff and customers about the role emerging media, such as RSS, blogs, social networks, search engines, and other emerging technologies, play in public relations and marketing. Michael joined PR Newswire in 1998. He immersed himself in the technology industry in and around the Washington, D.C. area working with clients such as XM Satellite Radio, AOL and the Consumer Electronics Association.
Mike Lewis is an International speaker, author of “Stand Out Social Marketing”, active blogger and twitter personality. He is Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Awareness, Inc, a social media marketing software provider. Awareness’ flagship product, the Social Marketing Hub, powers the social media strategies of some of the world’s largest and most social media savvy brands.
As Managing Director of Resolution Media, West, Nancy has had the privilege of working with leading Fortune 500 companies in the areas of Search and Social Media. With more than 13 years’ experience managing interactive media both Agency-side and In-house, she has achieved a deep understanding of strategic, behavior-driven search engine marketing (SEM / SEO).
Nate is a mobile developer who builds apps people touch every day, and some that touch people too. He has over ten years experience crafting award winning applications for the web, desktop, and a variety of devices.
Paul has been in Interactive Marketing for more than 15 years with the last 12 being spent with an emphasis in Affiliate Marketing. Since founding PS Web Solutions in 2002, some of the clients Paul has worked with include TMP Worldwide (Monster.com), Oreck, Tabasco, Logoworks, Blanchard and Company, and Blue Man Group.
Rebecca Murtagh, Author of Million Dollar Websites: The Definitive Guide (October 2012) has helped organizations leverage the digital landscape to build brand, differentiate from competition, win hearts and minds of customers, and deliver value to shareholders for the last 15 years of her long, diverse career. Founder of Karner Blue Marketing, Rebecca creates strategies that help brands become market leaders.
Shahab Zargari is creative director and managing partner of Assurance Advertising, LLC. He has a bachelor’s degree in Sociology with a minor in Education from the University of California at Irvine, which he acquired in 2000. The only thing that exceeds Shahab’s passion for art, photography and music is the love for producing captivating and highly creative advertising campaigns.
Shawn Rorick is a digital media professional with over 15 years experience in development, advertising, Internet marketing and next-gen advertising. Witnessing the boom of Las Vegas and working as Interactive Marketing Director for large corporations such as Cox Communications, MGM MIRAGE, Wynn Resorts and Cirque du Soleil, he has gained the insight and experience to accurately define our new media today and provide road-map assessments of our future.
Simon Heseltine the Director of SEO for AOL. He is responsible for organic search and training across all AOL Inc. properties including TechCrunch, Engadget, Huffington Post, and Patch.com In his previous position as Director of Search at a Washington, D.C.-based agency, he was responsible for developing and implementing organic search and social media strategies for companies across several industries.
Steve is the founder and CEO of Encore Media Metrics, a leading provider of campaign measurement, attribution and reporting services for brands and agencies. Encore’s platform enables clients to optimize media spend through deeper insights into performance of paid, owned and earned media, while lowering the cost and complexity of online measurement.
Tim Ash is author of the bestselling book Landing Page Optimization, and CEO of SiteTuners, a firm that specializes in improving website conversion rates through landing page diagnosis and redesign, conversion consulting, a/b and multivariate test plan creation, and client training/mentoring.
Victoria is creative, distinctive, standout, innovative and original communications leader – common feedback from her peers, competition and members of the community. As a veteran of numerous organizations she always brings strategic thinking and creative execution together to enhance her past and current company and client’s presence among influential members of the media and community leaders.
Warren Whitlock is a Social Media Marketing Strategist, blogger, speaker and author or “Profitable Social Media: Business Results Without Playing Games” and “Twitter Revolution: How Social Media and Mobile Marketing is Changing the Way We Do Business & Market Online”