WebCAM 2012 Speakers
We don't have everyone in place yet, but keep checking back here to find out who will be speaking at Bend WebCAM 2012!
Opening Keynote: Danny Sullivan
Editor-in-Chief, Search Engine Land and Marketing Land - Orange County, CA
@dannysullivan
Widely considered the godfather of SEO, Danny Sullivan has been helping webmasters, marketers and everyday web users understand how search engines work for over 15 years. He is also one of the most well-known, respected and truly admired souls in the digital space.
Danny currently serves as editor-in-chief of Search Engine Land, the leading news source for all things SEO, SEM and Social, and heads up Calafia Consulting, which services search engine submission, internet publicity, link building, web site conception and development, web analytics assistance and general internet training.
Search engine marketing master, industry leader, journalist, conference producer, publisher, podcaster, blogger, pundit, social media developer and one-person content creationist, Danny is a Renaissance man if there ever was one.
Keynote: A Return to Bend
Bernie Borges
Founder and CEO, Find and Convert - Tampa Bay, FL
@berniebay
Bernie blogs his digital marketing insights and best practices on Find and Convert’s OptimizeThis blog, a CISION top 100 Internet marketing blog in 2011 and 2012. Bernie is the author of Marketing 2.0, a popular book on social marketing strategy, as well as various training courses including LinkedIn for Sales Professionals. He has been a faculty member of the American Marketing Association where he delivered live training events on social marketing and personal branding to corporate marketing managers.
Bernie also delivers private training events for clients on transformational digital marketing strategies. And, he is the passionate lead blogger at Career Central, his online community for digitally minded professionals.
Bud Caddell
Sr. VP and Invention Director, Deutsch - Los Angeles, CA
@bud_caddell
Bud helps organizations solve problems in a complex world by experimenting with new technologies, business models and consumers for some of the biggest brands on the planet. A former programmer during the dot-com bubble turned marketing consultant today, Bud's work has been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes and AdAge. And this month, he was chosen Business Insider’s Most Creative Person in Advertising Under 30. Bud blogs on the intersection of marketing, culture and technology at WhatConsumesMe.com.
Friday: How to Stop Fearing the Future and Start Inventing it
Anders Gustafsson
Creative Director, Goodby Silverstein & Partners - San Francisco, CA
@agcdgsp
Goodby conveniently interviewed Anders for a new position the day after the great Chevy party in September 2010 and shortly after he moved to the U.S. from Sweden. Needless to say, he came across as very alert, smart and got the job on the spot. He has so far worked on Sonic (new biz win), Adobe, HP, Intuit, Nintendo and TD Ameritrade (new biz win). Although mostly known for his work in non-traditional and interactive, Anders is a hybrid CD with 12 years in advertising, starting his career as a writer for print and TV before joining the interactive shop Daddy in 2006. His last gig before moving to California was as Creative Director at Crispin, Porter + Bogusky in Gothenburg. Anders has won some big awards, judged some big shows and co-written a book on digital advertising. Yet, his true undiscovered talent is as a musician and guitarist. Endorsed by iconic American metal guitar brand Jackson Guitars, Anders can shred your face off.
Thursday: The End of BS in Digital Marketing
Thursday: Hot Seat Website Reviews
Kat Gordon
Founder, The 3% Conference, founder & Creative Director, Maternal Instinct
@katgordon @3percentconf
Kat Gordon is the creator of The 3% Conference, a first-ever event highlighting the business importance of female creative directors. Kat spearheaded this effort as a passion project and quickly realized she struck a nerve: the event sold out in advance of its 9/27/2012 date and drew 200 attendees from dozens of top agencies from all over the country.
Kat’s 20-year advertising career spans both coasts: in New York and San Francisco where she worked at Hal Riney, Anderson Lembke, Sports Illustrated, Cosmopolitan and USA TODAY. She has peddled products for every industry: credit cards, wine, cars, jewelry, hotels, software, phone service -- and even picked up a Clio and a few ADDYs along the way.
Today she runs her own agency, Maternal Instinct, that specializes in connecting brands to the most profitable consumers in the world: mothers. Her agency’s signature product – the MBA Program (Mom Brand Audit) gives companies a roadmap to up the mom-friendliness of their offerings. Kat writes a blog and speaks nationally on the topic of marketing to women, addressing groups at The Haas School of Business, Techweek, the 140 Conference, the Mom 2.0 Summit and many others.
Thursday: Where Are All the Donna Drapers?
Thursday: Hot Seat Website Reviews
Ed Ouellette
Manager/Producer, Phinney Bischoff - Seattle, WA
@edolet
Phinney Bischoff's clients include global brands such as Boeing and Microsoft, as well as local heroes, such as the Woodland Park Zoo and Seattle Symphony. With creativity at its core, Phinney Bischoff has continued to produce award-winning brands and campaigns for its clients for over 30 years.
Halfway through his third and final year of law school, Ed decided against practicing law. Instead, he felt compelled to do "something with computers." To the amazement of his friends and consternation of his family, Ed moved up I-5 from Portland to Seattle shortly after earning his J.D. From the early clients like RealNetworks to more recent work with Microsoft and Seattle's Woodland Park Zoo, Ed brings expertise, eloquence and entertainment. And alliteration.
Thursday: Why Being a Wet Blanket can be a Good Thing
Thursday: Hot Seat Website Reviews
Anna Sawyer
Content Marketer, PR Honey Badger and Auteur, Trada - Boulder, CO
@annafsawyer
Trada is the world's only performance-based paid search marketplace. Trada connects mid-market advertisers with PPC experts who perform the tasks of campaign buildout (keywords, ad groups, ad copy, strategy) and constant research and optimization.
When Anna's at work, she's running integrated vertical and demand-gen programs, educating lucky masses about conversion rates and dynamic keyword insertion in her Trada webinars, and meticulously plastering her workstation with pinups of cats. In the after hours Anna likes to ride her bike around in Boulder, make funny movies and run a viral humor blog (yes, really). She is AdWords Qualified and AdCenter enthusiastic. She has an illustrious speaking résumé which includes SMX, Ignite Boulder and various absurd web videos.
Thursday: Funny Business - Humor in Marketing
Will Scott
CEO, Search Influence - New Orleans, LA
@w2scott @SearchInfluence
Search Influence is a national online marketing firm focused on small and medium-sized businesses, and white label online marketing products for publishers and media partners who serve them. It is the largest online marketing company on the Gulf Coast and New Orleans’ only Inc. 500 honoree in 2011.
Marty Weintraub
CEO, aimClear® - Duluth, MN
@aimclear
aimClear® is an INC. 500-honored search & social marketing agency based in Minnesota. Client credits include Intel, MarthaStewart.com, The Washington Post, Siemens, Second Life and other iconic global brands. aimClear has managed social ad campaigns generating over a trillion impressions internationally.
A fixture on the international conference circuit, Marty’s recent speaking keynotes include MediaPost, Search Insider Summit and OMS. He has also appearanced at SMX, SES, PubCon, eMetrics and other conferences in London, Israel, New York, Portland, Boston, Chicago and San Francisco.
Thursday: How to Actually Make Money Marketing on Facebook
Thursday: Hot Seat Website Reviews
The Art of Craft Beer Marketing Speakers
Dave Jones
Manager and Special Features Producer, BendBroadband - Bend, OR
Dave is a well-known local media guy. Back in the day, he was news director at KTVZ-TV, operated his own video production and media-consulting company, and was the morning drive voice on KLRR 101.7. Currently, he is the manager and special features producer at BendBroadband/Zolo Media. Dave has been co-host of the Telly Award winning Talk of the Town for five years.
Tim Mather
CEO, Untappd - Southern California
Tim is the CEO, Co-Founder and Designer for Untappd, a new way to socially share and explore the world of beer with your friends and the world. A Southern California native, Tim Mather is the design side of the Untappd team. While pondering various app ideas, the idea behind Untappd was born - a melding of technology and a recently discovered love for all things beer. Having majored in graphic design at Brooks Institute and having worked with many high profile clients, Tim set about creating the front end of what became Untappd.
Ty Barnett
Managing Partner, GoodLife Brewing - Bend, OR
Ty is Managing Partner of GoodLife Brewing Company, which opened its doors in June of 2011. Ty began home brewing with his roommate and now business partner in their garage on a make shift brew system. After many years of education, experimentation and hard work, the beer has never tasted better. Ty has a passion for good life, good beer and is looks forward to sharing this passion with the community he loves the most.
Nate Chambers
Co-Owner, Brew Werks Brewing - Bend, OR
Nate is the Co-Owner/Director of Brand Management for Brew Werks Brewing. Nate graduated from Colorado College with a degree in English followed by a two-year stint as a Leadership Fellow with El Pomar Foundation. He earned his Food and Beverage stripes working in fine dining in Colorado for 10 years before bringing his family home to Oregon to invest in himself and his beloved home state. He enjoys big trees, big dogs, deep snow and great beer.
Chris Cox
Co-Founding Partner, 10 Barrel Brewing Company - Bend, OR
Chris is one of the Co-founding partners of 10 Barrel Brewing Company with the responsibility of managing brewery operations. 10 Barrel was founded in 2006 and has shown growth exceeding 100% yearly ever since. 10 Barrel has received several awards, including Brewpub and Brewery of the Year in 2009, 2010 and 2011, and Bend Chamber Big Business of the year in 2011. Over the past two years, 10 Barrel has been the fastest growing brewery in the entire state of Oregon.
Jason Randles
Marketing, Deschutes Brewery - Bend, OR
At the forefront of what is one of the nation’s fastest growing industries, Jason has marketed Deschutes Brewery’s damn tasty beers since 1999. His role with the fifth largest craft brewery in the country has grown and expanded along with the company: from establishing traditional marketing materials, packaging and advertising promotions all the way to creating complex social media outreach campaigns as digital marketing manager. A Pacific Northwest native, Randles holds a degree from Western Washington University.
Kevin Smyth
Account Manager, TBD Advertising - Bend, OR
Kevin has worked in an account manager role at tbd for almost six years. Prior to that he was brand manager of Ban antiperspirant/deodorant at Kao Brands in Cincinnati. He earned an MBA with a focus in marketing from Indiana University. At tbd, Kevin works on three of tbd’s beer accounts, Odell Brewing Co., 21st Amendment Brewing, and Crux Fermentation Project. Kevin can confirm, beer is way better than deodorant.
Friday: The Art of Craft Beer Marketing
Closing Keynote: Dan Hon & Karrelle Dixon
Dan Hon, Global Interactive Creative Director, Wieden + Kennedy
Portland, OR
@hondanhon
Dan Hon is the global interactive creative director for Nike at Wieden + Kennedy in Portland, OR, where he works on the intersection between storytelling, games, play and code. A rehabilitated lawyer, he’s worked for Mind Candy helping to build their first product, Perplex City, and co-founded Six to Start, an award-winning entertainment production company in 2007. His projects have won Best of Show, Best Experimental and Best Game at SXSW Interactive. He’s most known for being passionately for, and against, ARGs. He does not play World of Warcraft anymore.
Karrelle Dixon, Global Account Director, Wieden + Kennedy
Portand, OR
@karrelleDixon
Karrelle is the Global Account Director for Nike at Wieden + Kennedy in Portland, OR. Prior to arriving in Portland two-and-a-half years ago, Karrelle spent four years working on Nike and other agency accounts at W+K London. Over the years he has worked across the Nike brand and helped produce campaigns like Run London, Nike Five, World Cup (UK), LeBron (Rise), Kobe (Black Mamba), Better World and others. He is also a former professional Rugby player and gained his Oxford Blue, whilst studying for his second masters in Psychology (the first being from Brunel University). He is passionate about sport and has an opinion on every type of sporting endeavor from Tiddlywinks to MMA.
Brad Cohen
Director of Interactive Strategy, JESS3 - Portland, OR
@supnah
JESS3 is a creative agency that specializes in telling stories in interesting and innovative ways. Brad brings experience as a Creative Design Director and Content Strategist with an understanding of interpersonal and group dynamics online and off. He has worked in various agency environments helping organizations discover and craft messages that resonate within communities.
Brad has a diverse background including (but is not limited to) zoological field research, naturalist, instruction of English as a foreign language, professional chef, startup entrepreneur and network analyst. The web is a special place where we can make an Awesome by understanding groups, and Brad loves making Awesome all over the web with JESS3.
Thursday: Hot Seat Website Reviews
Eric Enge
President of Stone Temple Consulting - Boston, MA
@stonetemple
Eric is the President of Stone Temple Consulting, a 25+ person SEO firm with offices in Massachusetts and California. He publishes regular columns on Search Engine Land, Search Engine Watch, and the Stone Temple blog. Eric is also co-author of "The Art of SEO" along with Stephan Spencer, Rand Fishkin and Jessie Stricchiola.
Thursday: Panda, Penguin & the Future of Google
Cal McAllister
CEO & Executive Creative Director, Wexley School for Girls - Seattle, WA
@cal_wexley
Cal is a proud Detroit native who cut his teeth as a beat writer for the Chicago Tribune. After getting in a lot of trouble for making things up, he switched to advertising. Before co-founding Wexley School for Girls in 2003, he worked on regional, national and international business at small shops like WONGDOODY and global agencies like Foote, Cone and Belding and Publicis Worldwide.
Cal’s worked in every major consumer and trade category on brands like Nike, ESPN, Microsoft, Xbox, T-Mobile, MADD, Coca Cola, The Red Cross, the Seattle Seahawks and Sounders, RealNetworks, Amstel Light and NASCAR, to name a few. His work has been recognized by most every international advertising award show, including Cannes, the Clios, Communication Arts, New York Art Director’s Club and the One Show.
Thursday: Thinking
Andrew Melchior
Cofounder Avalaunch Media - Lehi, UT
@atraine
ANDREW MELCHIOR has earned a reputation as a diverse online marketer. After completing his degree in business administration from the University of Utah, he quickly learned that his path was not that of a traditional career, but rather that of an entrepreneur. For more than ten years he’s been working around the clock in the search industry as the co-founder of Avalaunch Media in 2012, co-founder of Dream Systems Media in 2005, and ecommerce business owner since 2000. Andrew has worked with a large number of businesses through his media companies, including companies such as Mvelopes, iTOK, ESRB, Build Direct and BlackFriday.com. Andrew is just as passionate about his personal life as he is about his professional life. In his younger days, he rocked a mullet for nearly ten years and is known to slay karaoke mics loudly and often. As a Utah native and outdoor enthusiast, when not beckoned by his family or business duties, you’ll find Andrew blazing trails on his moto or mountain bike.
Thursday: The Pinterest Effect
Lisa Rutherford
Co-founder and CEO, Coliloquy - San Francisco, CA
@lisamrutherford
Lisa is delighted to be bringing her years of startup experience “home” to her roots in writing. Previously, Lisa founded Elodie Partners and served as the President of virtual economy pioneer, Twofish (acquired by Live Gamer), and as a venture capitalist with In-Q-Tel, Vista Ventures, and Palo Alto Venture Partners. She ran her own freelance writing and marketing agency and worked in M&A at Broadview.
Outside of Coliloquy, Lisa serves as an advisor to BulletTime Ventures, Boulder Digital Works, and several startups, as well as a mentor for the TechStars program. She was named an AlwaysON Top 25 Women to Watch in Tech and is one of 65 women across technology, arts, media, and philanthropy chosen for the Institute for the Future’s new Women Think Big consortium. Lisa has an MBA from Stanford University, an MA from the University of Chicago, and a BA from the Penn State University Scholars Program.
Thursday: Tell Me a Story
Matt Siltala
President, Avalaunch Media - Lehi, UT
@Matt_Siltala
Matt’s clients have included companies like Webtrends, Steven Covey, The Home Depot and ESRB. Because of Matt’s passion for the online industry and all things IT, he loves collaborating with other industry leaders and speaking at search conferences like Pubcon, SMX and Search Engine Strategies, as well as at other events and Universities across the country. Before forming Avalaunch Media, Matt co-founded Dream Systems Media in 2005, and has started several highly successful e-commerce businesses as far back as 1998.
When Matt isn’t launching a new company or helping build value for his clients, he enjoys traveling with his beautiful wife and three kids.
Thursday: The Pinterest Effect
Marshall Simmonds
Founder and CEO of Define Media Group, Inc. at www.definemg.com
@mdsimmonds
Marshall Simmonds is the Founder of Define Media Group, the enterprise audience development and SEO company specializing in enterprise search marketing and strategic consultation. He’s been involved in search since 1997, was the Chief Search Strategist for About.com from 1999-2011 and spent 2005-2010 overseeing all search strategy initiatives for the New York Times Company portfolio. Define Media Group started in 2005 and officially broke off from the NYTCo in January of 2011. Define works with many of the most influential brands and networks in the world. After 19 years in Oregon (15 in Bend) Marshall lives in his hometown of Boise, Idaho.
Friday: Bootstrapping your SMB Online Search Marketing Program
Caleb Whitmore
Founder & CEO, Analytics Pros - Bend, OR
Caleb Whitmore is a veteran user of Google Analytics and a frequent speaker, blogger and co-author of the book Performance Marketing with Google Analytics. He is best known for helping clients to solve business and marketing challenges using Google Analytics, having worked with hundreds of clients globally including GoPro, Princess Cruises, Whole Foods, Onswipe, ValueClick Brands, WhitePages.com, Google, and Desk.com, to name a few.
Caleb is Founder of the GAUGE, the Google Analytics User Conference, the Best Practices Conference and Founder & CEO of Analytics Pros, a leading Google Analytics Certified Partner providing specialized products, consulting, training and support to agencies, start-ups and enterprise-level clients worldwide. Prior to this, Caleb built the Search & Analytics team at POP, a leading independent Interactive Agency and one of the first Google Analytics Authorized Consultancies. Caleb lives in Bend with his wife, four children and two dogs. In his spare time enjoys hiking, Alpine climbing, fly-fishing and skiing with his family.
