Speakers

Dave Davies is the CEO of Beanstalk Internet Marketing. Dave and his wife Mary started Beanstalk in 2004 and have grown it from a purely organic SEO firm to one offering a full range of services including SEO, SEM, social media and training and consulting. Dave is a regular author on Search Engine Journal, SEMrush, the Beanstalk blog as well as other industry publications. He also hosts a weekly radio show on WMR.fm and has spoken at a number conferences over the years from SMX London all the way across the pond to Pubcon Pro. With over 15 years of experience in internet marketing Dave has seen a lot of SEO strategies come and go but the ones that survive are those developed with an understanding of how and why search engines function as they do. Beanstalk Internet Marketing has been offering SEO and PPC services since 2004. They are also pleased to offer consulting, training and SEO services as well as paid search management.

Mary Davies, President of Beanstalk Internet Marketing, Inc. began her career as a web designer in 2002 and quickly began to see the importance of SEO and Internet marketing as part of a truly strong web presence. She soon began to approach web design with a strong leaning to not only the design aesthetic but also keeping in mind the necessary technical elements of SEO. In 2004 she chose to switch her primary focus from design to SEO and started the company Beanstalk Internet Marketing Inc. along with her husband and business partner Dave Davies. Over the past many years she has honed her skills and expertise with a strong focus on user experience. Mary is actively engaged and keeping up with the current trends and changes within the search industry. Her main focus and passion is the user journey and building brand engagement and loyalty though all online platforms whether it be paid search, social media or onsite.

Nicole Treipl ist Head of SEO & Content bei BlueGlass Interactive in Zürich. Innerhalb dieser Tätigkeit verantwortet sie die SEO- und Content Marketing-Massnahmen für unsere Kunden aus verschiedenen Branchen und steht diesen mit Rat und Tat zur Seite. Aufgrund ihrer Begeisterung für Online Marketing und Social Media informiert sie sich regelmässig über neue Online-Themen, um in diesem schnelllebigen Umfeld am Puls der Zeit zu bleiben und ihr Wissen weitergeben zu können.

Lily Ray is the SEO Director at Path Interactive, where she provides strategic leadership for the agency’s SEO client programs. Born into a family of software engineers, web developers and technical writers, Lily brings a strong technical background, performance-driven habits and forward-thinking creativity to all programs she oversees. Lily began her SEO career in 2010 in a fast-paced start-up environment and moved quickly into the agency world, where she helped grow and establish an award-winning SEO department that delivered high impact work for a fast-growing list of notable clients, including Fortune 500 companies. Lily has worked across a variety of verticals with a focus on retail, e-commerce, b2b and CPG sites. She loves diving into algorithm updates, assessing quality issues and solving technical SEO mysteries.

I am a digital marketeer with a passion for search and content. I'm most interested in how we as humans behave and spend my days getting to the core of what drive people to make decisions online. I believe everyone can follow their passion, they just need to be given the chance.

A Boston native living in Austria, Mike is Product Manager for the Google Shopping management solution Whoop! and Product Owner for the free Google Ads visualisation tool, Orbiter. He combines years of retail operations experience with a curious and analytical mindset. He has been published by PPC Hero and Search Engine Land and featured at events like SMX and Ecommerce Expo.

Andrea Volpini is the CEO of WordLift, where he works at the intersection of the semantic web, AI, and SEO, helping brands worldwide increase their organic search visibility, traffic, and conversions. Andrea has 20+ years of world-class experience in digital marketing. Previously, he was a cofounder of InSideOut10 and kick-started Redlink, a research spin-off focusing on AI and information extraction.

As Team Director of the SEO department at ROAST, Paige plays a crucial role in the development and expansion of the SEO team. With over seven years of experience, Paige is heavily involved in the SEO industry and has spoken at several industry events. She is also a dedicated member of Women in Tech SEO.