Jonathan Casuncad, Search
Engine Marketing Manager at Netbooster Asia
Jonathan Casuncad has been working as a search engine marketing consultant since the year 2000. Today he is now working as Search Engine Marketing Manager for Netbooster Asia.
Benj Arriola, CEO at YDS Web Solutions Inc.
Benj started a career in Chemistry working in the industry and in the academe in 1994 and shifted careers into the IT industry driven by opportunity when he first started a small computer shop in 1997. Through the years, as business became more successful, business directions have changed from computer shop sales and repairs, to web design and development, web hosting and domains and Internet marketing in various mediums including SEO. In 1999, 2000 and 2001 Benj won several people’s choice awards in the Philippine Web Awards and was a chosen pre-finals judge in the same event in 2002, 2003 and 2005.
Late 2004 Benj Arriola moved to San Diego California to work in the web industry and has started concentrating on SEO from then onwards and has been an active member of SEO Philippines, and was once one of the bloggers for the US-Based podcast SEO show The SEO Rockstars. Benj has been participating in several SEO contests landing at least within the top 10 spots in previous contest by SEO Philippines and won the number 1 spots in two International SEO contests where one of them was the well promoted, prestigious and highly budgeted 2007 SEO World Championship organized by Swedish SEO corporation GetUpdated. Benj Arriola bested the top SEOs all around the world as the overall champion winning a brand new European car, a Citroen C2.
Currently one of the top SEO professionals in the world, he works for BusinessOnLine, Inc. based in San Diego CA and runs his own small Internet Marketing business YDS Web Solution, Inc. with offices based in the US and the Philippines with over 500 small to medium sized business clients.
Giovanna Villanueva-Wall, CEO at KitchenCabinetMart.com
Jayvee Fernandez, Channel Editor for Technology at b5media Inc.
Jayvee Fernandez currently holds the position of technology channel editor for the b5media Inc, a global new media network considered to be one of the largest blog networks in the world. He is also the interactive media consultant of INQUIRER.net, the number one news portal in the Philippines serving the local and overseas Filipino community.
He has also co-hosted a number of online radio shows including the Band of Bloggers with Abraham Olandres, Hackenslash: The Podcast with Joey Alarilla, and also hosts his own show at The BuggedCast. He is also the founder of the Blog and Soul Movement, which, according to Stellify.net, is “an advocacy that aims to transform blogging into a reputable arm of Philippine media.” He is one of the three main organizers of the first Philippine Blog Awards together with Abraham Olandres and Gail de la Cruz - Villanueva.
Prior to blogging, Fernandez was contributing editor for the well-known technology magazine Mobile Philippines and also served as editorial consultant for GAME! Magazine. He was also a contributor to PC Magazine Philippines and MANUAL Magazine. He has also been a contributor to the 2BU! section of the Philippine Daily Inquirer, CHALK, Family Reader, F&B World, The Village Mail, and has participated as a resource person for the Convergence technology show at Net 25. He has also served as a freelance copywriter for various companies as well as an active member in the local technology communities including MaPalad.Org and PhilMUG.
Fernandez was educated at the University of Asia and the Pacific where he holds a MA in Development Education.
Elymar Apao, Professional Search Engine Marketer at Jozzua.com
Elymar Apao is a professional Search Engine Marketer. He used to be
the web marketing manager at Amphil Tech Inc., a local web development
company whose clients include Holland Tulips, MyBarong.com, and
PCsForEveryone.com. He has extensive experience in Pay Per Click
Marketing and Search Engine Optimization.
During the first Philippine SEO contest, Elymar gained some fame for
making SEO related comic strips. His comic strip link bait tactic was
able to get him links from well-known Search Marketing websites
including SERoundTable.com. He is now also a moderator at the SEO
Philippines forum (forums.seo.ph)
He has first hand knowledge of internet affiliate marketing using pay
per click engines Google Adwords, Yahoo Search Marketing and Microsoft
Adcenter. Elymar personally handled keywords research, split-testing,
analytics tracking and email-marketing.
Elymar, or Jozzua (as many online friends know him), is also a
blogger. He writes about practical entrepreneurship and internet
marketing insights on his personal website – jozzua.com.
Rhiza Sanchez, SEO Project Manager at MBS Tek Inc.
Fresh out of UP Diliman where she took up BA Communications Research, Riz started out her career in 2005 as a web copywriter, unaware that she was already doing what she later learned was SEO. Now, she works as a full-time SEO Project Manager at MBS TEK where she trains and supervises a team of thriving web copywriters and SEO specialists, whilst continuously exploring the every dynamic world of internet marketing. On the side, she's also a regular contributor of 901am.com, a new media blog owned by Splashpress Media.
She hopes to make a difference and to empower women in this male-dominated online industry, to which she dedicates her blogsite, Pinkseo.info. Incidentally, in the previous SEO Philippines keyword-ranking contest, she went home with a cheque and a recognition, being the only girl amongst the top 10 participants who ranked at Google. When she's not doing SEO, you can find her playing the guitar or keyboard, tinkering with photoshop, having coffee with friends, or clicking away with her Nikon D40.
Michael Turner, CEO at Harvest SEO.com
Michael Turner is the CEO of HarvestSEO, a Search Engine Optimization and Internet services company with offshore operations in Cagayan de Oro, Philippines.
Michael holds a double Bachelor’s degree in Physics and in Philosophy. He was into marketing and sales before he first got into SEO in 2001. He self-studied and started tinkering with a couple of his own sites before he decided to create a company to offer the service. HarvestSEO was formed in Spring 2003.
Servicing clients from varied industries all over the globe, HarvestSEO aims to assist retail-oriented SEO companies and other established web enterprises in their Search Engine Optimization tasks. As an SEO fulfillment center, HarvestSEO also offers programming, web design and development, content development, blogging, link building, media buying, virtual assistance and project management services.
Todd Malicoat, Internet Marketing Consultant at Stuntdubl.com
Todd Malicoat is an independent marketing and business consultant from the SEO school of thought. He's done strategic consulting for companies large and small, and built and sold several sites of his own.
Todd has been an active conference speaker at both Search Engine Strategies, Webmaster World Pubcon, and other industry conferences for several years, and is considered a leading authority on search and social marketing. He has been cited by Inc. Magazine, The Sydney Herald, Website Magazine, The New York Post, Infoworld, and many other media outlets on search, reputation management, social media, and other web related issues. Todd also runs a blog that covers all areas of web traffic acquisition called Stuntdubl.com - that echoes his mantra of "Getting hit by traffic...not cars."
Todd has been creating websites since 1997, and started doing SEO and Internet marketing in early 2001. Todd completed a dual-bachelors degree program in Computer Information Management/Business Administration from Northwood University in the summer of ‘03 after completing his thesis on Planning, Developing, and Promoting a Successful Website for Small Business, while simultaneously running an web design and consulting firm Meta4creations, LLC. Todd has formerly held a Vice President position with the Great Lakes Web Professionals, while an Internet marketing consultant with System And Market Services of America (SAMSA) in Saginaw, MI, and has done project management and internet marketing for several dozen small to medium size businesses and a handful of larger corporations. He was then the VP of Sales and Marketing for We Build Pages in upstate NY, before entering full-time consultancy.
Derek Callow, Regional Marketing Manager - South East Asia, Google
Derek Callow joined Google in March 2006 and is the regional marketing manager for Google in Southeast Asia overseeing all marketing activities in the region.
Prior to joining Google, Derek was a senior consultant with Accenture, and was responsible CRM and strategy related project delivery within the telecommunications and financial services sectors across South East Asia.
Previous to Accenture, Derek was a consultant in Ogilvy & Mather's CRM and marketing strategy unit in Hong Kong and previously in their Brussels office. With Ogilvy, Derek was responsible for business origination and strategy development in the travel, financial services, logistics and technology sectors.
Derek received a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree from the University of Bournemouth, and his Master of Business Administration degree from the Anderson School of Management, University of California, Los Angeles
Joel Sangria, Online Sales and Operation Manager - South East Asia, Google
Joel is responsible for the online sales channel and operations of Google's advertising program in South East Asia, and he is based in Singapore. He is originally from Google's headquarters in Mountain View, California, and before he came to Singapore, he spent a year at the Google office in Hyderabad, India. Joel earned a BA in Economics and a BA in Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity from Stanford University.
Hans Koch, Co-Founder/Search Architect at syndeo::media
Hans has 7 years experience as Web and a Search Engine Marketing Expert. He participated in a BBC report for his work on Click Fraud and his efforts for Who's Clicking Who have been mentioned in Wired Magazine. Hans' experience includes web design, Search Engine Optimization and increasing ROI on Pay-Per-Click campaigns. Prior to re-creating much of the software behind Who's Clicking Who, Hans founded a design and search marketing consultancy in San Jose, CA, specializing in Internet marketing. Hans manages syndeo::media marketing efforts and in his free time, reads avidly and loves playing tenor sax.
Marc Macalua, Founder at SEO Philippines
Marc Hil Macalua is out there helping companies and individuals earn decent incomes online through two Internet marketing focused properties: his Macalua.com blog and SEO Philippines. Marc holds a B.S. in Communications Technology Management and a Minor in Marketing, both from the Ateneo de Manila University.
Marc is convinced that the Philippines can become the next SEM/SEO outsourcing mecca. With a talented creative (marketing, copywriting) and technical (web programming) base, the Philippines can be positioned as a good alternative to traditional SEM outsourcing hubs like India and Eastern Europe.
Andrian Lee, Marketing Director - Philippines & Emerging market at AsiaPay Philippines
Andrian Lee has been an eCommerce entrepreneur for the past 7 years. Currently he runs AsiaPay Philippines, the first overseas center of the Hong Kong based leader in electronic payment gateway and ebusiness platform solutions. As its Marketing Director for Emerging Markets, he recently launched PesoPay, the country's first ecommerce service for commercial merchants with the leading bank & acquirer, BDO Equitable. Andrian's recent exploits in the Web 2.0 mobile world included starting up the New Media business & social networking portal for the Philippines' #1 online gaming company, Level Up (www.levelupgames.ph) and launching the first online donation service for non-profit organizations. He is spearheading the eBiz is eAsy campaign to accelerate the adoption of everything "e" and advocates using Web 2.0 communities to jumpstart e-commerce and non-profit ventures (www.ebiziseasy.com).
Jay Estaris, IT Director/CIO at Century Properties, Inc.
Currently the IT Director of top property firm Century Properties, Jay Estaris is a writer, musician, martial artist and certified web whiz. He has served as COO of Asia Online Solutions, Inc., one of the country’s top IT consulting firms, and was one of the first Filipino advocates of applying Information Architecture and Systems Analysis and Design concepts to web projects.
Since 1996 he has been doing his own version of blogging through various iterations of his Artichoke Adobo website. The co-creator of “The Basang Sisiw Show,” a cross-continent podcast co-hosted by KidFlashX from New York, he is known as "ManongGuard" to online readers and listeners. Gifted with excellent communication skills, Jay has lectured in speaking engagements sponsored by prestigious organizations including the Philippine Marketing Association and the UPJMA. He published his first IT book, “IT Projects,” in 2005, and has also dabbled in events--as organizer of the first Pinoy Podcaster’s EB in 2006. He prefers spending his non-working days practicing Mixed-Martial Arts, pounding on his bass guitar, or writing short fiction.
Faith Ponte, Head, Marketing and Web Services at Bigfoot Global Solutions, Inc.
Faith Ponte is a web services and online marketing consultant who helps SMEs integrate web and online marketing to their current business setup. Faith started her consultancy business in 2005 to help SMEs deal with the sometimes-overwhelming prospect of integrating web services and online marketing with traditional marketing.
Prior to becoming a consultant, Faith spent over 15 years as teacher and marketing executive of various companies from varied industries such as banking, telecom, academe, non-government organization and IT. Today, Faith is currently head for Marketing and Web Services of Bigfoot Global Solutions and also at present the Head for Website Services of
University of San Carlos.
Dustin Andaya, Marketing Director at IslandRose.net
Dustin Andaya is the Founder and Marketing Director of ISLANDROSE.NET, the largest wholesaler and retailer of roses in the Philippines. ISLANDROSE.NET, is a flower and gift delivery retailer considered to be one of first and the top e-commerce websites in the country delivering in excess of 600,000 stems a year through its online activities and affiliate programs. It has also represented the Philippines as a best practice model for use of information technology for small and medium enterprises through the International Trade Center (ITC), an agency under the World Trade Organization (WTO).
Dustin Andaya has a Master Degree in Business Administration from the University of Bath in the United Kingdom and speaks in various e-commerce related forums. He is also a board of director in the Philippine Internet Commerce Society and a practicing management consultant under Superius Corporation.
Abe Olandres, Problogger at Yugatech.com
Regnard Raquedan, Local Ambassador for the User Experience Network (UXnet) and User Group Manager of Adobe User Group
Regnard Kreisler C. Raquedan is a web and usability consultant. He is the User Group Manager of the Adobe User Group - Philippines and the country's Local Ambassador for the User Experience Network. His background is in design and development for the web, user experience, usability and information architecture. He recently earned his graduate degree and did research on web usability.
Jose Carlo Medina, Director - New Media , Level Up! Games
JC Medina is the Director of New Media for Level Up! Games, the leading game publisher in the Philippines with operations in Brazil and India. He is responsible for the conceptualization, development and implementation of new business models for the gamer market. With over five years experience in various business development roles under the PLDT group, he handled projects on web portal management, mobile solutions, converged services and core ICT infrastructure.
He’s currently involved in building Level Up’s portal strategy, with the introduction of Web 2.0 tools like social networking, user-generated content and aggregating various services and information from content partners. Another area of focus for Level Up’s New Media unit includes the evangelization of Advergaming, which is an alternative venue for advertisers to promote their products and services to the gaming community. |
