
Nick Andrews
Founder & CEO
ReviTrage.com
Session: Affiliate Marketing Technologies to Boost Social Penetration of Your Brand

Tim Ash
CEO & Founder
Site Tuners
Tim is a highly-regarded presenter and keynote speaker at SES, eMetrics, PPC Summit, Affiliate Summit, PubCon, SMX, OMS, AffCon, LeadsCon, Internet Retailer, and eComXpo. He is the founder and chairperson of ConversionConference.com the first international conference series focused on improving online conversions. Tim is a contributing columnist to several publications including ClickZ, Website Magazine, DM News, Visibility Magazine, Search Marketing Standard, Search Engine Marketing Journal, and Electronic Retailer Online Strategies magazine. He is the host of the weekly Landing Page Optimization show and podcast on WebmasterRadio.fm. Over the past 15 years, Tim has helped a number of major US and international brands to develop successful web-based initiatives. Companies like Google, Expedia, Kodak, eHarmony, Facebook, American Express, Canon, Nestle, Symantec, Intuit, AutoDesk and many others have benefitted from Tim’s deep understanding and innovative perspective. Since 1995, he has authored more than 100 published articles. In addition, Tim is the online voice of conversion optimization as the host of the Landing Page Optimization podcast on WebmasterRadio.fm.
KEYNOTE: Insights Into Mobile Conversion for Advertisers & Affiliate Managers
Session: Rapid Fire – Live Landing Page Critiques

Sarah Bundy
Founder & CEO
All Inclusive Marketing
Sarah is the Founder and CEO of All Inclusive Marketing (AIM), an award winning, Profit 500 Company, that delivers high performance affiliate and digital marketing management services to retail, travel and subscription brands around the world.
Sarah is ranked as the #55 Top Female Entrepreneur in Canada, a Top 40 Digital Marketing Specialist by the Online Marketing Institute, and is recognized by the NY Times as an expert in performance marketing.
Most recently, Sarah led her team to win best small company of the year (under 50 employees) in the province of British Columbia.
She believes in setting the standard of excellence in everything she does, and lives her DIGG motto every day.
Session: How To Maximize Affiliate Performance Through Optimization Best Practices

Van Chappell
Founder/CEO
5IQ

Daryl Colwell
Senior Vice President of Sales
Fluent, LLC
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.
Session: Back to the Future: How to Use Pay-per-Call to Bridge Old and New Media

Todd Crawford
VP Strategic Initiatives
Impact Radius
Session: How to Champion (or Defend) the Affiliate Channel Through Incrementality
KEYNOTE PANEL (Part 1): 2016 Affiliate State of the Union
KEYNOTE PANEL (Part 2): 2016 Affiliate State of the Union

Jeannine Crooks
Client Services Manager
Affiliate Window
As the Client Services Manager with Affiliate Window US, Jeannine works closely with many of their largest programs such as 1&1 Internet, Lonely Planet, Agoda.com, and Ctrip.com. She is a frequent speaker at numerous events including Affiliate Management Days and Affiliate Summit, and is a regular contributor to iBlog Magazine.
Session: A Merchant’s Guide to Cross-Device Affiliate Tracking

Rand Fishkin
Wizard of Moz
Moz
Rand Fishkin is founder, former CEO and now Wizard of Moz (formerly SEOmoz), a leader in the field of search engine optimization tools, resources & community. In 2009, he co-authored the Art of SEO from O’Reilly Media and was named among the 30 Best Young Tech Entrepreneurs Under 30 by BusinessWeek. Rand has been written about it in The Seattle Times, Newsweek and the NY Times among others and keynoted conferences on search around the world. He’s particularly passionate about the SEOmoz blog, read by tens of thousands of search professionals each day. In his minuscule spare time, Rand enjoys the company of his amazing wife, Geraldine.
Keynote: Being the Signal Amidst the Noise

Rick Gardiner
CEO
iAffiliate Management
Bio is forthcoming.

Robert Glazer
Founder and Managing Director
Acceleration Partners
Robert Glazer, founder and managing director of Acceleration Partners, is a customer acquisition specialist with an exceptional track record in growing revenue and profits for growing consumer products and services companies. His clients include adidas, eBay, Gymboree, ModCloth, Reebok, Target, Tiny Prints, Uber and many other brands.
Robert is a thought leader in the performance marketing industry with over 100 published articles on performance marketing, strategy, leadership and entrepreneurship. He will be releasing a book in 2017 where he clears up common myths about affiliate marketing and explains what CMO’s can anticipate from the next generation of performance marketing programs.
Session: Getting Your Affiliate Program Out of Its Comfort Zone
KEYNOTE PANEL (Part 1): 2016 Affiliate State of the Union
KEYNOTE PANEL (Part 2): 2016 Affiliate State of the Union

Choots Humphries
Co-President
LinkConnector
KEYNOTE PANEL (Part 1): 2016 Affiliate State of the Union
KEYNOTE PANEL (Part 2): 2016 Affiliate State of the Union

Rob Israch
CMO
Tipalti
Session: Paid Partners Are Happy Partners

Brian Littleton
President/CEO
ShareASale
ShareASale celebrates its 16th anniversary this year and currently supports over 4,000 retailers on the ShareASale Network, working strategically with its clients, both on the advertising and publishing end, to maximize their individual potential. Brian is a three-time winner of the Affiliate Summit Pinnacle Award for Affiliate Marketing Advocate of the Year.
KEYNOTE PANEL (Part 1): 2016 Affiliate State of the Union
KEYNOTE PANEL (Part 2): 2016 Affiliate State of the Union

Martin Marion
Director of Digital Marketing
iAffiliate Management
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.

Adam Martin
US Vice President of Revenue
Performance Horizon

Tara McCommons
VP Sales and Marketing
LinkConnector Corporation
Tara McCommons is VP of Sales & Marketing at LinkConnector, a performance marketing network providing superior service and technologies for over a decade. Tara leads a high performance team that plays a pivotal role in developing new merchant and affiliate opportunities, while also taking a hands-on approach to effectively optimize LC relationships. Tara possesses over 20 years of business development experience spanning both corporate & start-up environments. Tara began her career in affiliate marketing with LinkConnector (in 2004) and has been an AM Days Speaker, moderated a Top-10 Affiliate Summit panel and is a Board of Directors member with the Performance Marketing Association.
Session: Affiliate Marketing Technologies to Boost Social Penetration of Your Brand

David Naffziger
CEO
BrandVerity
David Naffziger is CEO of BrandVerity, a firm that provides technology solutions to affiliate managers to combat trademark abuse and advertising fraud. BrandVerity’s services monitor paid search and social media for abuse by affiliates. Affiliate managers, agencies and networks use BrandVerity’s service to monitor and protect thousands of brands. Prior to BrandVerity, David was VP of Engineering at Judy¹s Book a Seattle-based local search company. Prior to Judy¹s Book, David co-founded and was Director of Research at Quova prior to its acquisition by Neustar, Inc. (NYSE: NSR). David received his BS from MIT.

Jeremy Palmer
Palmer Digital Assets

Tony Pantano
CEO
Imwave, Inc.

Geno Prussakov
Conference Chair
Affiliate Management Days
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.
Conference Chair Welcome Remarks
Session: Affiliate Activation Strategies That Work

Adam Riemer
President
Adam Riemer Marketing

Kim Rowley
Global Director of Affiliate Partnerships
Billaway
Kim proudly displays her Affiliate Marketing Legend Award Trophy that she won at the 2012 Affiliate Summit Pinnacle Awards in her home office in the middle of nowhere, aka Nebraska.

Maura Smith
SVP of Affiliate Marketing
eBay Enterprise Affiliate Network
As SVP of Affiliate Marketing at eBay Enterprise Affiliate Network, Maura Smith oversees the client and publisher relationships that drive the success of EEAN’s omni-channel performance marketing solutions. With over 10 years of performance marketing insight, Smith has led advertiser, agency and publisher teams, responsible for the growth and optimization of over 1,200 performance marketing programs across 200,000 publisher partnerships.
Smith received a Bachelor of Science from the University of Delaware in Business Administration with a concentration in Marketing and holds an MBA from the University of Scranton.
KEYNOTE PANEL (Part 1): 2016 Affiliate State of the Union
KEYNOTE PANEL (Part 2): 2016 Affiliate State of the Union

Robert Staub
Sales Executive
Ebates
Prior to joining Ebates, Bob was Director of Partnerships for RecycleBank, a green tech venture-backed business which rewards consumers for recycling in over 25 states and the United Kingdom. RecycleBank was the Wall Street Journal’s top venture capital-backed Cleantech company and was number four on the Journal’s “Next Big Thing” list of top venture-backed companies in any industry. Bob’s sales and business development responsibilities included building long-term relationships with Fortune 500 consumer companies as well as being the lead on developing RecycleBank’s affiliate program, working with numerous online retailers.
Prior to RecycleBank, Bob was Director, National Sales for MyPoints.com, where he worked with national retailers developing online advertising strategies. Before joining the MyPoints sales team, Bob headed the Client Strategy department where he provided strategic advice to the sales team and assisted in the development of successful interactive campaigns for national advertisers.
Bob has been working in the affiliate space since 2000. He resides in Summit, NJ with his wife and two sons, and their yellow lab, Scout.

A’Lisa Tomatis
Sr Manager, Online Business Marketing
Symantec
Session: Affiliate Channel Testing - Testing to help improve Affiliate EPC

Wade Tonkin
Affiliate Manager
Fanatics, Inc.
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.

John Toskey
Global Director
eBay Partner Network
His experiences as both an affiliate publisher and affiliate program manager provide John with a balanced perspective on key issues, and his proactive attitude, people skills and bias for action have led him to become a well-respected member of the affiliate marketing community. He is a thought leader who enjoys helping others learn from his experiences by speaking at events, writing for publications, and serving on advisory boards.
KEYNOTE: eBay at 20: Lessons From the Journey

Chad Waite
Marketing Manager
AvantLink
Session: Attribution and Commission Splitting: Where It’s At And Where It’s Going

Jennifer Myers Ward
CEO
ebove & beyond, inc.
Jennifer brings almost 20 years of online marketing experience working with dozens of clients in a variety of industries where she has shown proven success in both the affiliate and email channels.
Prior to starting ebove & beyond in 2003, Jennifer was responsible for building Palm Beach Jewelry’s online business. The website grew at an amazing rate boasting record sales which helped it to become an Internet Retailer Top 500 company.
Before that, Jennifer worked at Amazon.co.uk as an Associates Manager, Director of Email Marketing & Partnership Development Manager. In this role, she exceeded the program goals by 50% in the first 3 months & was given Amazon’s prestigious Door Desk Award.