Press Release

Search Engine Strategies (SES) Names Three New Advisory Board Members of Search Engine Marketing Conference and Expo Series

Brett Crosby, Group PPM, Google; Lee Odden, CEO, TopRank Online Marketing; and Stewart Quealy, VP, Content Development, Incisive Media join SES Advisory Board

New York, NY (PRWEB) June 4, 2009 -- Search Engine Strategies (SES), the leading search engine marketing conference and expo series, today announced that three new members are joining its advisory board. The new advisory board members are: Brett Crosby, Group PPM, Google; Lee Odden, CEO, TopRank Online Marketing; and Stewart Quealy, VP, Content Development, Incisive Media.

The three new members are joining 11 current members, who will continue to serve on the SES Advisory Board:

• Matthew Bailey, President, SiteLogic
• Ron Belanger, Vice President of Worldwide Agency Sales, Omniture
• Bryan Eisenberg, Co-Founder, Future Now, Inc
• Jeff Ferguson, Senior Director of Online Marketing, Local.com
• Andrew Goodman, Principal, Page Zero Media
• Mike Grehan, Global KDM Officer, Acronym Media
• Anne Kennedy, Managing Partner, Beyond Ink
• John Marshall, CTO, Market Motive
• Pauline Ores, Senior Marketing Manager, Community and Collaboration Strategy, Global Small & Midmarket Business, IBM
• Erynn Petersen, Senior Manager, Advertising Platform Evangelism, Microsoft
• Randy Peterson, Search Marketing Innovation Manager, Proctor and Gamble

In addition, SES announced that Grehan and Quealy would be co-chairs of the SES Advisory Board.

Matt McGowan, Vice President and Publisher for Incisive Media, said, "We created the original SES advisory board in August 2007 to help our programming and operations teams guide the direction of future conferences. The board has made significant contributions to the success of SES. We want to thank three of our original advisory board members, who are now rotating out of the lineup, as well as welcome three new members who are joining the SES Advisory Board as we chart our way in this ever changing industry."

"I enjoyed the years spent with SES and SEW yet the demands on my time are tremendous with WebVisible and the companies I advise. I am so pleased to be passing on the baton to Mike Grehan, SES has a bright future," said Kevin Ryan, SES Advisory Board Chair and CMO, WebVisible, Inc.

"I'm proud to have been a primary speaker with SES for many years--and even prouder to be taking on this new role with the global advisory board. I'm working together with people in the industry I have great respect for. I'm confident we'll continue to maintain Search Engine Strategies reputation as the leading, global search marketing conference series well into the future. In particular, I'm much looking forward to working more closely with my friend and colleague Stewart Quealy and the ever innovative SES content team," said Mike Grehan, Global KDM Officer at Acronym Media.

Vice President of Content Development for SES, Stewart Quealy, said, "As a longstanding and dedicated member of the SES content team, I'm happy to play an expanded role in the evolution and continued success of the event series. I look forward to working closely with Mike Grehan and the rest of the advisory board in shaping the future direction and ongoing growth of SES."

The members of the SES Advisory Board who are rotating out are:

• Chris Henger, Group Product Manager, Google.
• Jeff Levick, Head of Global Advertising and Strategy, AOL.
• Kevin Ryan, SES Advisory Board Chair and CMO, WebVisible, Inc.

More press releases can be found on the SES Blog.

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About SES
Incisive Media's Search Engine Strategies is a leading global conference and training series focused on search engine optimization and search engine marketing. Other Incisive resources for interactive marketers include the ClickZ network for digital marketing news, information, commentary, advice, opinion and research and Search Engine Watch which provides news and information about search, analysis of the search engine industry and tools for improving search marketing effectiveness.

Incisive Media is a leading global provider of specialized business news and information, in print, in person and online. The company's principal markets include financial services, legal services, commercial real estate, marketing services and risk management. Incisive Media's market-leading brands include Accountancy Age, Computing, Investment Week, Legal Week, LegalTech, Post, Real Estate Forum, Risk, Search Engine Strategies and The American Lawyer. For more information, visit www.incisivemedia.com.

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