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The Rise of the Digital Native

• Gord Hotchkiss - CEO, Enquiro
• Rand Fishkin - CEO and Co-Founder, SEOmoz
• Danny Sullivan - Editor-in-Chief, Search Engine Land
• Ben Hanna - VP Marketing, Business.com
• Chris Golec - Founder and CEO, Demandbase

• The differences between a Digital Native and a Digital Immigrant
• Why the brain gets wired differently in Digital Natives
• How this impacts interactions with technology and the web
• What are the implications for B2B buying
• How the landscape might shift in the next decade

"The consensus here is that your webinars are by far the most engaging and valuable of any we've attended. "

Lance Loveday
CEO

Closed Loop Marketing

Presented by:

Gord Hotchkiss - President and CEO, Enquiro Search Solutions, Inc.

In understanding search user behavior, no one is a more respected voice than Gord Hotchkiss. He and the research team at Enquiro have built a solid reputation as the leading experts in understanding not only what happens on a search portal, but also why. Gord's voracious personal curiosity extends into areas as diverse as neurology, psychology, genetics, sociology and anthropology, always with the goal of understanding why we do the things we do and what that means for marketing strategy.

In addition to being the CEO and co-founder of Enquiro, Gord is a director and the past Chairman of SEMPO, a columnist for MediaPost and Search Engine Land, a regular presenter at all the industry shows and a popular keynote speaker.


Rand Fishkin - CEO and Co-Founder, SEOmoz

Rand Fishkin is the CEO & Co-Founder of SEOmoz, a leader in the field of search engine optimization tools, resources & community. In 2009, he was named among the 30 Best Young Tech Entrepreneurs Under 30 by BusinessWeek, and has been written about it in The Seattle Times, Newsweek and the NY Times among others. Rand has keynoted conferences on search from Sydney to Reykjavik, Montreal to Munich and spoken at dozens of shows around the world. He's particularly passionate about the SEOmoz blog, read by more than 40,000 search professionals each day. In his miniscule spare time, Rand enjoys the company of his amazing wife, Geraldine.




Danny Sullivan - Editor-in-Chief, Search Engine Land

Widely considered a leading "search engine guru," Danny Sullivan has been helping webmasters, marketers and everyday web users understand how search engines work for over a decade.

Danny currently heads up Search Engine Land as editor-in-chief, which covers all aspects of search marketing and search engine news. Danny also serves as Third Door Media's chief content officer, which owns Search Engine Land and the SMX: Search Marketing Expo conference series. Danny also maintains a personal blog called Daggle and microblogs on Twitter: @dannysullivan.





Mark McMaster - Senior Planner of B2B and Technology Markets, Google

Mark McMaster develops Google's understanding of industry trends and customer behavior in business-to-business and technology markets. In addition to pursuing research initiatives in these industries, he provides media mix planning and consulting recommendations to clients across Google's search, display and offline advertising platforms.

Prior to joining Google, Mark led product strategy for clients such as Shell Oil, Jim Beam, Nestle Purina, and the U.S. Army while at Omnicom agency The Beanstalk Group, and covered marketing trends as an editor and reporter at business publisher VNU. He is a graduate of the University of Kansas and the Medill School at Northwestern University, where he also served as editor-in-chief of the Journal of Integrated Marketing Communications.


Ben Hanna - VP Marketing, Business.com

Ben Hanna serves as Vice President of Marketing for Business.com, overseeing all aspects of marketing and brand strategy for Business.com and Work.com, including direct and onsite marketing, public relations, search engine marketing, advertising, trade shows and collateral. He brings more than 10 years experience leading B2B marketing efforts from both the agency and company perspectives.

Ben was most recently at eBay where he led the eBay Business team responsible for driving B2B trade on eBay. In that role, he oversaw product, business development, marketing and PR strategies that supported nearly $3 billion in business buying on eBay's U.S. site in 2005.

Prior to eBay, Ben was Vice President, Marketing for IronPlanet, a leading online marketplace for used construction equipment, where he built the marketing team and was responsible for all corporate and product marketing functions. Ben also co-founded a B2B strategic marketing agency specializing in product launches, company launches and corporate repositionings for high-tech companies in the semiconductor, telecommunications and Internet industries.

Ben holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of Michigan and a Ph.D. in Business from Stanford University's Graduate School of Business.


Chris Golec - Founder and CEO, Demandbase

Chris Golec founded and has led Demandbase since its inception. He brings more than 20 years experience and a successful entrepreneurial track record to the company. Chris started his first business, Supplybase, in the mid 90's to help large enterprises overcome the challenges purchasing and engineering groups face in managing their global supplier base. After building significant momentum in the marketplace, Supplybase was acquired by i2 Technologies (ITWO) in 2000 for $380 million. After leaving i2, Chris started a consulting practice to help companies build and manage world-class demand generation operations. The successful consulting practice became Demandbase, Inc. with the vision of transforming the way B2B companies identify, reach, and convert new customers. Prior to becoming a software entrepreneur, Chris spent 10 years with GE and DuPont in global marketing, sales and engineering roles. He earned a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Michigan State University and an MBA from Boston University.

Hosted by Bill Barnes - EVP, Business Development of Enquiro

Mr. Barnes is a marketing veteran who has been in the marketing, advertising and promotion industry for over 20 years, the last 10 of which have been focused on Search Marketing. He co-founded Enquiro along with Gord Hotchkiss in 1999. Mr. Barnes is a featured speaker at events presented by Search Engine Strategies, Ad-Tech, Jupiter Media, SIPA, Forrester Research and Frost and Sullivan. He has also conducted workshops designed for Marketing, Editorial and Public Relations departments.

 At Enquiro Bill has overseen explosive sales growth. In fact, Enquiro was listed on Deloitte's 2004 North American Technology Fast 500 and has appeared on Profit Magazine's Top 100 for three consecutive years. Bill has extensive experience in setting up and implementing Search Marketing and Research campaigns for such companies as AIG, AT&T, IBM, HP, Lexis/Nexis, Siemens and Grainger and strives to always help companies succeed in Search.