Speakers

Sarah Bundy is an award winning digital marketing strategist, affiliate marketing specialist, consultant, trainer & author. She is founder & CEO of All Inclusive Marketing, an award winning performance marketing agency delivering innovative, experience driven results that reach, engage and convert new buyers online.

Sarah is ranked in the Top 40 Digital Marketing Strategists and Top 25 Affiliate Marketing Bloggers of 2012. Her clients range from e-commerce start-ups to billion dollar global corporations such as Symantec (Norton Antivirus), CowBoom and Flight Centre.

Ms Bundy has won over a dozen awards and contributes to industry periodicals such as Feedfront Magazine, Small Business Trends & Revenews.com. To give back to her community Sarah also teaches at the Online Marketing Institute, the School of Internet Marketing and British Columbia Institute of Technology.

In addition to speaking at major conferences in performance and digital marketing in London, New York, Toronto, San Francisco, Seattle and Vancouver to name a few, Sarah co-founded “Digital Kids BC” a not-for-profit mentorship program investing in the digital leaders of tomorrow.

Sarah’s passion lies in working with purpose driven brands who are innovative and find gaps in the marketplace while creating high value opportunities that drive sustainable, profitable growth.

Max joined LITB in January 2013 after the company acquired Ador, where Max was the VP of Product and Growth. He currently leads Global Growth for LITB. Prior to Ador, Max was the founder and CEO of social commerce company Wishpot Inc, which was acquired by Ador in 2012. Wishpot established itself as a leading social commerce platform for retailers, publishers, and consumers - with over one thousand retail clients in the US and Europe. Wishpot.com was voted best social commerce website at the Mashable Awards in 2009. Prior to Wishpot, Max held senior program management positions at Microsoft in the Exchange Server team. He holds a degree in Telecommunication Engineering from University of Bologna and a Masters in Electrical Engineering from University of Washington. He’s an active startup advisor (Techstars, H-Farm Ventures, Topart, Rivet and Cuffs) and is trying to finish his first cooking book.

Daryl Colwell is Senior Vice President of Sales for Fluent, LLC, the industry leader in people-based digital marketing and customer acquisition. An industry veteran with over 15 years of experience, Colwell previously served as Senior Vice President of Sales and Business Development at Matomy Media Group. Before Matomy, he held senior management and sales roles at Relevance-X, the online behavioral and life-stage targeting division of Acxiom, and digital advertising agency SilverCarrot.

Colwell is a well-known industry thought leader and frequent speaker at industry conferences including Affiliate Summit, LeadsCon, Search Marketing Expo, OMMA Global, and PubCon. He also served as an expert industry panelist at the Federal Trade Commission’s 2015 “Follow the Lead: An FTC Workshop about Online Lead Generation.” Colwell’s insights have been featured in a number of leading publications, including The Wall Street Journal, MarketWatch, Advertising Age, Direct Marketing News and MediaPost.

Todd is a co-founder of Impact Radius and Vice President, Strategic Initiatives. He has been instrumental in forging and managing relationships with many of the company’s flagship advertisers, agencies, and media partners. Todd evangelizes a multi-channel approach to the performance model, and is a frequent speaker at key industry events, including: Affiliate Summit, Affiliate Management Days, a4uexpo, and Performance Marketing Insights.

Previously, Todd was VP Business Development at Digital River’s affiliate network, OneNetworkDirect, where he guided strategic initiatives and industry relations.

As Senior Account Manager with Affiliate Window US, Jeannine works closely with many large programs such as 1&1 Internet, Agoda.com, and CaféPress. She is the organizer of the Denver Affiliate Marketing Meetup, and is a frequent speaker at numerous events. Jeannine is a prominent affiliate advocate in the fight against the affiliate nexus tax, and continues to lobby against legislation in Colorado and other states. Most recently she was voted “Best Network Rep” by the members of ABestWeb. Jeannine believes that the most important take-away from any session is truly actionable information – so that every attendee leaves with ideas to make their programs perform better immediately.

Since 1995, Declan’s been a pioneering insider in the fields of online education, corporate performance enhancement and affiliate marketing. This unusual skill set allows him to bring people together in business settings, enhance their relationships, and then empower them to monetize those relationships. By simultaneously honoring both the needs of businesses, and the humans who work within them, Declan’s unique systems consistently return mutual rewards to the process of increasing bottom-line profits.

He is a Resident Mentor at ChicoStart.com, helping startups from a rural town with a powerful programming and investor community.

Ben is a faculty member at the Harvard Business School, where his teaching and research explore the online economy. Ben is particularly interested in what can go wrong online — from scams that trick consumers to schemes that defraud advertisers, not to mention governments blocking web sites and all manner of other disputes. Ben also assists selected advertisers and ad networks in auditing the quality of the traffic they buy, helping them to focus their spending on high-quality publishers where placements will be most effective. Ben’s writings are available at www.benedelman.org.

Representative clients include the ACLU, AOL, the City of Los Angeles, the National Association of Broadcasters, Microsoft, the National Football League, the New York Times, Universal Music Group, the Washington Post, and Wells Fargo.

Ben holds a Ph.D. in Economics, a J.D., a M.A. in Statistics, and a B.A. in Economics (summa cum laude), all from Harvard University.

Sam currently serves as the Marketing Manager at BrandVerity, where he spends his time educating the industry about compliance, brand protection, and how to maintain productive relationships with affiliates. Before joining BrandVerity, Sam served as a Brand Strategist and Copywriter. Sam earned his B.A. with honors from Brown University.

Chief of Chaos and Founder of Smarter Chaos, a boutique consulting firm that works with brand name Advertisers to navigate the online Affiliate Marketing and CPA Network space. Matt has been involved in Internet Marketing, Affiliate Marketing, and Digital Commerce since 1999. Matt has built his own Top 25 Affiliate Network, a consistently highly rated Digital Adverising Agency, and helped many Clients along the way to include Twitter, CBS Interactive, Meredith Magazines, DollarShaveClub, Microsoft, and thousands more. He wakes up every day passionate about his work, clients, and creating innovative customer acquisition campaigns.

Robert Glazer, founder of Acceleration Partners, is a customer acquisition specialist with an exceptional track record in growing revenue and profits for fast-growing consumer product and services companies. In demand by top consumer brands and investment firms, Bob and his team have launched and managed several of the industry’s most recognized new customer acquisition programs. Clients include adidas, ModCloth, One Kings Lane, Reebok, Shutterfly, Target, Tea Collection, Tiny Prints, zulily and many other consumer brands. Over the past five years, Acceleration Partners has driven more than $200m in online revenue for its clients, was awarded the 2012 Affiliate Summit Pinnacle Award for the industry’s top affiliate program, and was named to the 2013 Inc. 500 list of fastest growing companies.

A top-rated speaker and published author, Bob has presented at ad:tech, Affiliate Summit East/West, Affiliate Management Days, BlogHer, Internet Retailer, Online Marketing Summit and the Performance Marketing Summit. Bob serves as president of the Boston Chapter of Entrepreneur’s Organization (EO), on the boards of the Performance Marketing Association and Big Brothers Big Sisters of Massachusetts Bay, and was named to the Boston Business Journal’s 40 Under 40.

Chuck Hamrick is an outsourced program manager (OPM) in the Salt Lake City, UT area managing WiseFoodStorage.com, Tag2u.com and many more. Active in online marketing since 1999 with SEO, PPC, email marketing and lead gen. Full time Affiliate Manager since 2005 previously managing ToolKing, Backcountry, Ancestry and AffiliateCrew, RocketLawyer.com, BlueManTicketing.com, CityPass.com. Moderator for ABestWeb.com affiliate forum and had a prior 13 years career in manufacturing as project management.

As Director of Sales at HasOffers, Patrick is passionate about encouraging people and driving growth. Patrick is responsible for the innovative and exceptional business development that leads the performance tracking industry. He joined the TUNE team in 2009, coming from a background in technology sales as well as a stint casting reality TV shows. Patrick is a Puyallup, Washington native, he holds an MBA from California Lutheran University with an emphasis in Organizational Development and Leadership and a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology from Pacific Lutheran University.

Choots Humphries, co-founder of LinkConnector, has been involved in the computer industry for two decades. As an entrepreneur, he has co-founded and successfully operated two separate companies—LinkConnector Corporation and DotCom Corporation. LinkConnector is currently reshaping the Affiliate Marketing industry as one of the fastest growing Affiliate Marketing Networks. DotCom was a multi-million dollar company that operated several large Internet portals and was profitable every year until it was sold in 2005. Choots has been a featured speaker at several entrepreneurial, leadership and affiliate marketing events and is a recognized expert in online marketing.

Michael Jones, Head of Affiliate for eBay Enterprise, is responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations of the Affiliate Center of Excellence as well as driving product innovation. Jones possess over 15 years of experience in both digital and performance marketing and has served as the Chief Operating Officer of PepperJam prior to its acquisition by GSI Commerce in 2009. Before co-founding PepperJam Exchange, Jones was a commercial litigation attorney at Rosenn, Jenkins, and Greenwald, LLP. Jones has a bachelor’s degree from Villanova University and a Juris Doctor from the Villanova School of Law.

Connor is an analyst specializing in consumer behavior, conversion path analysis and operational efficiency. With a background in finance and economics, Connor has over 4 years of experience in using data and technology to drive value for clients and businesses in sales and marketing. With his degree in Finance from the University of Central Florida, Connor provides valuable insight to AIM and it’s clients as we strive to be the dominant leaders in helping brands reach, engage and convert their buyers online.

Chris has spent more than 15 years in the Affiliate Marketing and interactive world working on more than 50 blue chip clients including Avis Budget Group, Conde Nast, Red Roof Inns and Audible.com. As a Founding Partner of House of Kaizen, Chris has helped to build the agency into one of the premier interactive shops by delivering key strategic execution across multiple channels including Affiliate Marketing, Search Marketing, Display Media planning and buying, Social Media, Email Marketing, and Merchant Partnerships.

Chris has been a featured speaker at Affiliate Summit and Commission Junction University and has been a member of the Affiliate Summit advisory board.

As the founder and CEO of ShareASale, Brian has connected thousands of merchants and affiliates alike, ensuring mutual profitability while preserving the spirit and core values of the affiliate marketing industry. Since 2000, his leadership and vision have helped shape the industry into what it is today. ShareASale currently supports over 3,500 small- to medium-sized merchants, and works with its clients, both on the advertising and publishing end, to maximize their individual potential.

As the Alliance Marketing Manager for The Mark Travel Corporation, Chrissy manages the Southwest Vacations, Funjet Vacations, and United Vacations affiliate programs. Chrissy has been with the Mark Travel Corporation for 24 years, managing the affiliate channel for the last 8. Her penchant for relationship building and the ever changing world of technology have contributed to her passion and love of the affiliate marketing channel. Chrissy is married and has two young boys ages 4 and 7.

Marty Marion brings a broad digital perspective to Brave New Media. Supported by years of industry leadership in e-Commerce, Web Development, and Online Marketing, Marty’s career dates back to his management role at Meyers Printing Company in 1994 where his 11-year tenure established his online success by bringing the DeskTop Labels business to market as one of the first secure “Buy Direct from the Manufacturer” websites in existence. The DTL website was launched in January of 1996 and the first electronic order was received from France. The online reach of the DTL website extended into one of the largest labeling initiatives in U.S. Naval history.

In 2005, Marty partnered with local and overseas interactive marketers and web developers at Kingclicks LLC. Macy’s, The Minneapolis Downtown Council, University of St. Thomas, Boone and Stone, are some of partnerships he and his team developed. Marty’s Affiliate background started when he joined Deluxe in 2010 where he was actively engaged with their paid search team and affiliate programs, which include Shop Deluxe, Bags & Bows, and Deluxe Services. Marty recently accepted a new position at Brave New Media (a local Twin Cities agency), where he now manages and leads BNMs client digital strategies that expands through paid search, affiliate, earned media, email and social.

Siara Nazir’s experience is unique in that she has personally managed almost all channels in the online and offline world at some time in her career- from paid search to TV media buying. She was brought in by Symantec to help lead the efforts to bring their eCommerce platform in-house and currently leads global consumer online acquisition channels which include the likes of trial ware distribution, OEM partnerships and Affiliates and collectively makeup the largest sector of acquisition channels for the consumer business. Through her wide multi-channel experience she is able to generate innovative “out of box” ideas and omni-channel strategies resulting in KPI lifts of over 86%. She has hosted a breakout track at Marketing Sherpa and was featured in many industry publications like DM News and Forrester for her innovative marketing campaigns.

Michael Ni is responsible for Avangate’s marketing strategy, product definition, and affiliate network. With over 20 years of experience, Ni has brought multiple innovation-driven businesses to market – from start-ups to fortune 500 companies. Ni’s business experience spans software, telecommunications, consumer packaged goods, and digital media. Previously he served as VP Products at Amdocs, where he drove the next generation customer management, retail, and commerce applications. In addition, he has held executive positions at leading software vendors, at startups, and in strategy consulting. Ni received an MBA from Harvard Business School, an MS from Stanford University, and a BS from MIT.

Karl is the VP of Sales with LeadsPedia and has 8 years of Sales and Marketing experience, in numerous industries, including: growth strategy, product planning, sales and product training development for global and national programs, and comprehensive data analysis. He has worked with Fortune 100 sales and brand-quality teams to startups taking new products to market and specializes in sales and marketing strategies to develop actionable business decisions, build brand awareness, and adapt to changing market requirements.

Jeremy Palmer is an experienced digital marketer, who has launched dozens of successful websites. Jeremy is a vocal supporter and strong advocate of the performance marketing industry. He’s been a featured speaker and trainer at dozens of internet marketing conferences. Jeremy’s e-books, webinars, and videos have been consumed by thousands of affiliates. In addition to training new affiliates, Jeremy has consulted with dozens of merchants and e-commerce companies about their affiliate programs.

Lisa Picarille is an online content strategist focusing on digital marketing, branding, and social media for companies in the performance marketing space. She is the former Content Director for the PMA and teaches Internet marketing classes for USF Online. An award-winning journalist, Lisa has headed the news departments of Wired.com, TechWeb.com, TechTV.com and CRN.com. Her work has appeared in Rolling Stone, CRM Magazine, PCWeek, MacWeek, Computerworld and InfoWorld. Lisa is on the Board of Directors for the Performance Marketing Association and she has won awards as an advocate for performance marketing from LinkShare (2008), and Affiliate Summit (2011).

Affiliate Management Days is organized and chaired by Geno Prussakov, an award-winning affiliate marketing expert, who over the years has contributed to the online marketing success of such top brands as Forbes, Nokia, Hallmark, Warner Music, Skype, Forex Club, and hundreds of small businesses.

Prussakov has authored two affiliate marketing bestsellers: A Practical Guide to Affiliate Marketing (2007) and Affiliate Program Management: An Hour a Day (2011) which have trained thousands of Internet marketing professionals. For influencing “change within the industry” Prussakov was recently named one of Performance Marketing’s Most Vocal Advocates, making the 2011 list of LinkShare’s Golden Link Awards Finalists. He is a regular contributor to several publications including Website Magazine, FeedFront, Visibility Magazine, Search Engine Marketing Journal, Revenue Performance, Search Marketing Standard, and multiple industry blogs, including his own affiliate marketing blog (named Best Affiliate Blog in 2010 & 2011). He also regularly speaks at key industry trade shows, including Affiliate Summit, a4uexpo, eMetrics Marketing Optimization Summit, PubCon, Internet Marketing Conference, and others.

Best known as an Entrepreneur and Connector… John was recently named #3 on Top 50 Online Influencers in the World by Entrepreneur Magazine as well as a blogging expert by Forbes. Awarded Top 10 Most Influential PPC Experts in the World for the past 3 years. He currently advises several companies in the bay area.

With a focus on strategy, budget and integration of branding, Stephanie has 20 years of experience launching companies’ online presence.

Stephanie works with a wide range of clients ranging from the high-tech arena to action sports. Whether a startup company or an established brand, her clients benefit from her 20 years of integrated marketing experience. Stephanie brings strategic and hands on experience in database marketing and harvesting, affiliate marketing management, social media, search engine marketing, store launches and paid placements, all within challenging budgets.

I currently manage the etnies, Emerica, Cleatskins and Natural Healing Oils affiliate programs.

Oliver Roup is founder and CEO of VigLink, the premier marketplace for publishers to connect their audiences to high-quality merchants without displaying ads. VigLink’s technology makes media more valuable by powering a marketing channel comprised of consumers clicking on intelligent product links.

Brook Schaaf was an in house affiliate manager for Zappos.com, Shoes.com, and Edmunds.com before co-founding Schaaf Consulting, which is today Schaaf-PartnerCentric, a leading agency servicing over 60 affiliate programs.

Paul has been in Interactive Marketing for nearly 20 years with the last 15 being spent with an emphasis in Affiliate Marketing. Since founding PS Web Solutions in 2001, some of the clients Paul has worked with include TMP Worldwide (Monster.com), Oreck, Tabasco, Blanchard and Company, Blue Man Group and Wise Company.

Paul has worked with brands both big and small in pursuit of integrating efficient online advertising techniques into existing marketing plans. He has helped build profitable programs for numerous clients and recognizes affiliate marketing as a tremendous opportunity for clients and marketers, allowing for an extensive online presence within a set marketing cost structure.

Matt Sexton is a Business Development Manager for Pulse Mobile – A GlobalWide Business. He has been partnering with marketers and agencies for almost 15 years across multiple advertising channels that include Television Advertising, Rich Media Adserving, Social Targeting, Mobile Rich Media, Content Management, and now Mobile Affiliate Marketing. Through these experiences, Matt has learned the importance of placement, creative, measurement, and optimization. He is a proud father of two boys who consistently prove that he has a lot to learn.

As General Manager, Cameron oversees operations of TUNE’s HasOffers product. Previously, Cameron was VP of Sales, actively contributing to business development and product strategies while working directly with TUNE’s global client base. Before joining the company in 2009, Cameron worked with Robert Half International for Fortune 500 clients, developing and maintaining relationships by consulting corporations on their organizational development and staffing needs. Since joining TUNE in 2009, Cameron has combined his business development and leadership experience with customer-centric views to deliver an experience that revolutionizes customer care standards in the industry.

Wade has been active in the affiliate industry in a variety of roles including in-house affiliate manager, outsourced affiliate manager, sales and business development since 1999. He joined Fanatics.com in 2010 and currently oversees a team that manages the affiliate programs for top licensed sports and authentic sports collectibles brands including Fanatics.com, FansEdge.com, NFLShop.com, NBAStore.com, and Shop.MLB.com.

Wade is a 5-time Affiliate Summit Pinnacle Award Nominee and 2-time Winner (Exceptional Merchant in 2014 and 2016) and received honors for Best Affiliate Program and Best Manager on ABestWeb and was honored by AvantLink as Affiliate Manager of the Year in 2015.

Overseeing the Product Business Development team, Desiree is responsible for driving strategically focused innovation through data and technology. She works closely with CJ’s clients and prospects while following industry trends to deliver solutions that marketers need today and tomorrow.

Desiree joined CJ in 2007 in Advertiser Development working with Fortune 100 clients. Her 2013 transition to Product Business Development has allows Desiree to bring together her unique business perspective and strong technical skills to shape CJ’s innovative focus. Desiree has been instrumental in bringing the personalized technology and data insights from Conversant into the affiliate landscape for CJ’s clients.

Chad Waite is the marketing manager for the AvantLink affiliate network and a lifelong learner of all things online marketing, including SEO, content generation, and affiliate marketing. He can be found on Twitter at @ChadW8, likely asking for advice on how to write better bios.

Chris Weston, Affiliate Manager for Cabela’s, has been involved in online marketing for almost 7 years. During that time he has been involved in almost every online marketing channel including; Affiliate, CSE, Social Media, SEO, Paid Search, Email, and Display marketing. He has worked for Netflix, Harry & David and currently works for Cabela’s.

Chris currently lives in Denver Colorado with his wife and two kids (2 year old boy and 2 month old girl) and enjoys fishing, hunting, camping, snowboarding, and mountain biking.