Arnie Kuenn
President - Vertical Measures
Mr. Kuenn has held executive positions in the world of new technologies and marketing for more than 20 years. In the 90's Arnie successfully launched a technology and distance education company. The company grew from six employees to more than 90 in five different states. His commitment to quality earned him several local and national Quality and Best Practices awards. Mr. Kuenn has served on the board of directors for the Arizona Internet & Software Association, was a member of the Microsoft Advisory Committee, and was honored as a nominee for the Phoenix Chamber of Commerce Small Business Owner of the Year award. He is currently a member of SEMPO, SEOMoz Professional and TopSEOs.
Arnie launched Vertical Measures in 2005. Vertical Measures is a reputable search engine marketing company helping companies get higher search engine rankings by providing quality link building and website publicity. Their clients include major ecommerce vendors, universities, career colleges, and SEO agencies. They also own, and operate several related websites where they put their experience to work in the real world on a daily basis. The team at Vertical Measures also manage a blog called Link Building Best Practices http://www.linkbuildingbestpractices.com
Arnie will be speaking in the following session: SEO Link Building & Website Publicity
Brian Offenberger (RSS Ray)
CEO - Biz Growth Search Engine Solutions
Brian specializes in online marketing and electronic media practices such as search engine marketing, online advertising, web analytics, blogging, podcasting, rss marketing, social media marketing, webinars, and teleseminars.
RSS Ray has personally consulted or worked for Siemens, Mobile Mini, Sonitrol, Latino Coaches Association, and literally hundreds of other small and mid-size companies. He is host of the radio show, Online Marketing with RSS Ray, a weekly program about online marketing best practices carried on wsRadio.com, a station with over 2 million listeners.
He is certified as an eMarketing specialist by the eMarketing Association, is top level certified in search engine marketing and advertising by Google and Yahoo, is a certified online testing and paid search management expert by MEC Labs and has received advanced training in web analytics. RSS Ray is also a member of the eMarketing Association, the Search Engine Marketing Professional Organization, the Web Analytics Association and the Social Media Club.
Brian will be speaking in the following session: Paid Search & Local Markets
David Wallace
President SearchRank
David is currently the sole contributor behind the SearchRank Blog (http://www.searchrank.com/blog). He is also a widely published author of many articles in online publications such as Search Engine Guide, Search Engine Watch, WebPro News, SEO Today, and Pandia to name a few. He was quoted several times in Building Your Business with Google For Dummies by Brad Hill. David also serves as a frequent speaker at the Search Engine Strategies (SES) and Search Marketing Expo (SMX) conference.
David is a strong proponent for practicing ethical search engine marketing techniques and as such, SearchRank has memberships with The Better Business Bureau, SeoPros, SEMList and topseos.com.
David will be speaking in the following session: Search Engine Optimization
Jason Ferrara: COO Elixir Interactive
Jason Ferrara currently serves as the Chief Operating Officer of Elixir Interactive – a digital marketing agency based in Scottsdale, AZ.
In this capacity he oversees the definition and delivery of Elixir’s service offerings, which include search, social, email, mobile and user experience design. Prior to Elixir, Ferrara held a number of senior level positions at iCrossing, one of the largest independent digital agencies with operations in the US and UK. Mr. Ferrara directed iCrossing’s search operations, served as Managing Director for their San Francisco office and most recently held a position as a Senior Director of Technology Operations.
He has more than 12 years of experience in e-commerce operations, finance, marketing and business development..
Jason will be speaking in the following session: Introduction To Search Engine Marketing