Leading Experts in Online Advertising Purchasers (North America)

Phil Akin is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Hellman, where he has worked since 2005. Hellman is a full service marketing and advertising agency with a client base covering 127 of the current Fortune 500 companies, including Best Buy, Advance Auto Parts, 3M, LS Power, GE, Ecolab, John Deere,...

Lee Baler is an associate media director at Digitas Inc, a leading digital and direct marketing agency. Lee works within an inter-agency team that is responsible for multimedia events and campaigns for American Express. Lee's group specifically defines the digital identity through online video, display...

Michael Bonfils is the President of International Media Management, Corporation known for its online advertising consulting division, Hyper Interactive, and its SEM International/WebCertain (SEMI-WC) global search engine marketing management services of which provides programs for International advertising...

Alan Burgis is the Chief Executive Officer of EURO RSCG's operation in San Francisco. They were named the Global Agency of 2006 by The Delaney Report, Campaign Magazine and Advertising Age....

Nigel Carr has been a senior partner at Ogilvy, New York, a full service ad agency, since 2005. He's an experienced brand planning & strategy advocate with extremely diverse experience working for new & established clients across a myriad of product categories. He's worked on national & global brands...

Robert Cherins is the President at Cherins & Co LLC, a full service marketing consultancy and advertising and branding agency. He also teaches a masters course in direct, digital, and database marketing. He is experienced in digital, channel marketing in online & offline media, pharmaceutical, automotive,...

Tracey Clanton is the Group Account Director at The TRUE Agency. TRUE is the Agency of Record for Nissan/Infiniti, and Countrywide Insurance. In her position as Group Account Director, Tracey directs all of the Marketing & Advertising activities for Nissan North America and the Countrywide accounts....

William Day is the Chief Executive Officer at ScanScout, an in-stream video advertising network. Previously Mr. Day was the Chief Media Officer at Marchex, a local online advertising company and publisher of online content. He is responsible for media strategies, including online content, consumer...

Thomas DePaoli is Director of Online Marketing at The Guild, Inc., a Top 500 Internet Retailer and pioneer art and home furnishings business, and President of Mercury Solutions LLC, a marketing consulting firm specializing in online marketing in North America and South America. Mr. DePaoli has over...

Ken Eisner has a decade of senior executive experience in e-commerce and wireless. He runs a stealth Web 2.0 e-commerce firm and a consultancy focused on e-commerce, mobile, m-commerce, and new media. A sample client is SaaS e-commerce platform provider Demandware (platform for Timberland, House of...

Barbara Fraser was Senior Vice President, Global Brand Strategy for American Express; she was one of the company's top 50 executives until her retirement in August 2006. During her five years at American Express, Ms. Fraser also served as Executive Vice President, Products and Chief Marketing Officer...

Gordon Hotchkiss is the President of Enquiro Search Solutions, one of North America's leading search marketing agencies. He has over 23 years of experience in the marketing and advertising field. He is responsible for leading Enquiro to be one of North America's fastest growing tech companies. He is...

Imran Khan is the Chief Marketing Officer at E-LOAN, a company providing mortgage loans, home equity, auto, commercial, debt consolidation, student, and unsecured personal loans. He specializes in data driven marketing. He was responsible for integration of the multi-channel marketing efforts using...

Deborah King is a Sr. Media Specialist at Mervyns, LLC, a department store. She oversees approximately $85 million in advertising buying and/or planning on an annualized basis. She began her career in advertising in 1994 at Saatchi and Saatchi in the media department. Since then, Deborah has developed...

Benjamin Kirshner is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Elite SEM Inc, an online advertising agency. He is also an instructor of search engine marketing strategies at NYU. He specializes in developing and orchestrating search engine marketing campaigns, email marketing, affiliate marketing,...

Jay Krihak is a Senior Partner, group media director at MEC Interaction, the online division of Media Edge CIA LLC advertising agency. He is responsible for MediaPost's Video Insider, Advisory Panels for Pointroll, Atlas Rich Media, and through the 4A's Digital Marketing Committee. He is also responsible...

Kevin Lee is the Executive Chairman and Founder at Did-it, a search engine services company; and a founding board member of SEMPO. He specializes in search engine marketing strategy. Did-it buys $120 million in search advertising per year for clients such as Match.com. He is the author of the weekly...

Jason Ma is a Board Advisor, Senior Counselor and Former Chief Executive Officer at IvyMax, a leading online education technology and in-center service provider of college and test prep. He is also Chief Executive Officer at Congruent Partners. He is Senior Advisor at Silicon Valley-China Wireless Association....

Joe Morris is a Vice President and General Manager at Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. where he leads the Americas publishing and distribution effort of Konami Mobile (a global video game publisher). His primary focus is digital distribution of entertainment content to leading American wireless carriers,...

Alan Schanzer is the Founder and a Managing Partner of Mediaedge:cia LLC, an online advertising agency. He is responsible for managing activities of MEC Interaction and associated companies, and delivers strategic leadership, vision and insight to MEC Interaction staff and clients. Mr. Schanzer has...