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Study Group: Search Engine Experts (North America)(?)

Council Members in this Study Group: 180

This study group may include experts knowledgeable on topics such as IT Services, consumer electronics, wireless devices, software, hardware, information technology, semiconductors, media, cable, satellite, internet, broadband, global positioning systems, advertising, online media, telecommunications, networking, wireless, and data storage, among others.

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Steve Ospalak
Director - Subscriber Equipment & Channel Support
TELUS

Steve Ospalak is the Director of Subscriber Equipment and Channel Support in the Products and Services Division of Telus Mobility, a wireless CDMA (3G- 1X) and iDEN network service provider. He is experienced in subscriber equipment devices (voice and data), product acquisition and development, specifications,...


Hong Jiang, President and Chief Executive Officer, Montina, Inc.Hong Jiang
President and Chief Executive Officer
Montina, Inc.

Hong Jiang, Ph.D., is the President and CEO at Montina, a technology consulting firm. Dr. Jiang is an expert in the Chinese mobile industry. She has been closely following the Chinese operators’ reorganization efforts, 3G wireless developments including the domestic standard TD-SCDMA and wireless value-add...


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Ben Kirshner, CEO, Elite SEM IncBen Kirshner
CEO
Elite SEM Inc

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,...


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Ralf Hirt, VP International, Glam Media Inc.Ralf Hirt
VP International
Glam Media Inc.

Ralf Hirt is the Vice President- International at Glam Media, a Web 2.0 distributed media firm. He previously spent nine years at DoubleClick in New York, London, Sydney and Hong Kong as the Vice President- Operations and Strategic Partnerships, Senior Director- Publishers, Managing Director- Asia Pacific,...


Michael Bonfils, President and Worldwide Director, SEM InternationalMichael Bonfils
President and Worldwide Director
SEM International

Michael Bonfils is the President of SEM International, a division of Hyper Interactive Corp., specializing in providing outsourced International search engine marketing management services for global advertising agencies and Fortune 500 firms. SEM International operates in the US, China, Japan, Mexico,...


Kevin Lee, MBA, Executive Chairman, Did-it.com, LLCKevin Lee, MBA
Executive Chairman
Did-it.com, LLC

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...


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Tony Pribyl, VP Sales, TechnoratiTony Pribyl
VP Sales
Technorati

Tony Pribyl is Vice President-Sales at Technorati.com, a blog data management, search utility for users/partners and an advertising network. He was previously the Regional Vice President-Sales at Tribal Fusion, a leading online ad network; Regional Sales Manager at Google; and a District Sales Manager...


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Scott Symonds, Executive Media Director, Akqa IncScott Symonds
Executive Media Director
Akqa Inc

Scott Symonds is the Executive Media Director at AKQA Inc., an independent digital advertising agency. He is responsible for planning and buying for digital media including portals, networks, search, rich and emerging media, mobile and video. Mr. Symonds is also a member of Advisory Councils for several...


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Not so fast for mission critical apps. | 06-18-2008
Analysis of: Is Google your next data center? | www.computerworld.com
Author: Kevin Lee, MBA, Executive Chairman, Did-it.com, LLC

Some things will be cloud based, MSFT, GOOG and AMZN are all betting on it.  for middle market companies having computing in the cloud may make sense. But it comes with risk

Image Thumbnails in Your Search Results? Pay VueStar a License Fee. | 06-02-2008
Analysis of: S'pore firm claims patent to image search | www.zdnetasia.com
Author: GLG Expert Contributor

VueStar, a Singapore firm, is requesting license fees from a large number of companies, claiming they have a patent on image search.  They have patents, but they are narrower and relate to how results are displayed.  Companies often panic at infringement claims, and send off a check "just...

Porting data? Installing gadgets? This is what people think social networking is about? | 05-20-2008
Analysis of: Where Portals and Social Networks Collide | www.businessweek.com
Author: GLG Expert Contributor

While advancements in technology can allow for the ultimate online social experience, the mob doesn't care about technology.  But what do they care about?

Yahoo SearchScan is Broken and Hurting Yahoo's Advertising Relationships | 05-15-2008
Analysis of: Yahoo SearchScan is Broken | www.revenews.com
Author: GLG Expert Contributor

Yahoo launched SearchScan last week to highlight spammers and malicious software downloads in its SERPs. Unfortunately, websites are getting false positives and Yahoo refuses to correct the issue. McAfee which provides the data to Yahoo has admitted its mistake and has begun to correct its error while...

Yahoo's Pain is Micosoft's (and of course Google's) Gain | 05-12-2008
Analysis of: Yahoo under pressure after deal collapse | www.ft.com
Author: Kenneth Eisner, CEO & Founder, Cosmebar

Sure, Google gets the best out of the deal with a weakened Yahoo and a non-strengthened Microsoft, but I'm not sure if this deal would have been good for Microsoft anyway.  They showed a lack of brutish eagerness that has hurt Yahoo, near fatally, and that hurt could help Microsoft climb up the...

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