Sneak Peek: The MozCon 2023 Speaker Line-Up
The year may slowly be wrapping up but we’ve got an extra special, early gift to share before you log off that laptop and put away your favorite travel mug.
We’re thrilled to announce the first 19 extraordinary speakers that will be taking the MozCon 2023 stage in Seattle this coming August (in alphabetical order).
Meet the speakers
Amanda Jordan (she/her)
Director of Digital Strategy, RicketyRoo
@amandatjordan | @ricketyroo
Amanda is passionate about helping complex, large businesses improve their local visibility. Her background includes working with clients in the legal, health, financial, and home services industries.
Andi Jarvis (he/him)
Strategy Director, Eximo Marketing
@andijarvis | @EximoMarketing
Andi is the Founder and Strategy Director of Eximo Marketing, a marketing strategy consultancy based in the UK. Eximo works with established manufacturers who want to grow their business via direct to consumer. Andi also hosts the Strategy Sessions podcast.
Brie E. Anderson (she/her)
Owner, BEAST Analytics
@brie_e_anderson
Brie E Anderson is an Analytical Nerd with a Soft Spot for Strategy. She's spent the last 10 years helping businesses of all sizes execute data-driven strategies to increase ROI. Today, she runs BEAST Analytics, a digital marketing analytics consultancy.
Carrie Rose (she/her)
CEO & Founder, Rise At Seven
@CarrieRosePR | @RiseAtSeven
Carrie Rose, Founder of leading Global Search-First Creative Agency Rise at Seven both driving and facilitating search demand for global brands operating in 4 locations across the world including UK, US and EU
Chris Long (he/him)
VP of Marketing, Go Fish Digital
Chris Long is the VP of Marketing for the Go Fish Digital team. He works with unique problems and advanced search situations to help clients improve organic traffic through a deep understanding of Google's algorithm and web technology.
Crystal Carter (she/her)
Head of SEO Communications, Wix
@CrystalontheWeb | @wix
Head of SEO Communications, Wix, Crystal is an SEO & digital marketer with over 15 years of experience. Her clients have included Disney, McDonalds, and Tomy. An avid SEO communicator, her work has been featured at Google Search Central, Brighton SEO and more.
Daniel Waisberg (he/him)
Search Advocate, Google
@DanielWaisberg | @google
Daniel is a Search Advocate at Google, part of the Search Console engineering team. His job is divided between educating / inspiring the Search community and working with the product’s engineering team to develop new capabilities.
Duane Brown (he/him)
Founder & Head of Strategy, Take Some Risk Inc.
@DuaneBrown
Duane has lived in 6 cities across 3 continents while working with Ecom, DTC and SaaS brands. He now lives in Canada helping brands grow through data, strategy and PPC marketing across search & social ad platforms.
Jackie Chu (she/her)
SEO Lead, Intelligence, Uber
@jackiecchu | @uber
Jackie Chu is currently the SEO Lead, Intelligence for Uber, driving analytics and tooling for the SEO teams globally. She has deep experience in technical SEO, content SEO, ASO and international SEO spanning both B2B and B2C industries.
Jes Scholz (she/her)
Group CMO, Ringier
jes_scholz | @ringier_ag
Group CMO at Swiss media giant Ringier, marketing technologist & mum of two tiny humans. Jes loves to talk about the future of search, smart marketing automation and travel.
Lidia Infante (she/her)
Senior SEO Manager, Sanity
@LidiaInfanteM | @sanity_io
Lidia has been working in SEO for almost a decade, helping businesses in SaaS, media and e-commerce grow online. She has a BSC in Psychology and a Master in Digital Business and is a regular speaker at SEO events such as MozCon, BrightonSEO or WTSFest.
Lily Ray (she/her)
Senior Director, SEO & Head of Organic Research, Amsive Digital
@lilyraynyc | @amsive_digital
Lily Ray is the Sr. Director, SEO & Head of Organic Research at Amsive Digital, where she provides strategic leadership for the agency’s SEO client programs. 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.
Miracle Inameti-Archibong (she/her)
Head of Organic Search, John Lewis (Financial Services)
@Mira_Inam
Miracle is Head of Organic Search at John Lewis (Financial Services) and is armed with more than a decade of supporting national, and global brands with technical SEO and data strategy.
Noah Learner (he/him/his)
Product Director, SterlingSky
@NoahLearner | @sterlingsky
Noah is a technical marketer, nicknamed the Kraken, who is happiest building SEO tools, automations, data pipelines and communities. When not in the lab, he loves skiing, fly fishing, camping with his family, and walking his dog, Shadow.
Dr. Pete Meyers (he/him)
Marketing Scientist, Moz
@Dr_Pete | @Moz
Dr. Pete is Marketing Scientist for Seattle-based Moz, where he works with the marketing and data science teams on product research and data-driven content.
Ross Simmonds (he/him)
CEO & Founder, Foundation Marketing
@TheCoolestCool | @FoundationIncCo
Ross Simmonds is the founder & CEO of Foundation, a global marketing agency that provides services to organizations all over the world ranging from some of the fastest-growing startups to global brands. He was named one of Atlantic Canada's Top 50 CEO.
Tom Anthony (he/him)
CTO, SearchPilot
@TomAnthonySEO | @SearchPilot
Tom is CTO at SearchPilot, where he leads the engineering & product teams. Tom has been working on the web for over 25 years, and has a PhD in Computer Science. He lives with his wife and 3 daughters in Germany.
Tom Capper (he/him)
Senior Search Scientist, Moz
@thcapper | @Moz
Tom heads up the Search Science team at Moz, providing research and insight for Moz's next generation of tools. Previously he headed up the London consulting team for SEO agency Distilled, and worked as a chef in a roadside grill.
Wil Reynolds (he/him)
CEO & Vice President of Innovation, Seer Interactive
@wilreynolds | @SeerInteractive
Wil has been leading the charge to leverage “Big Data” to break down silos between SEO, PPC, and traditional marketing -- pulling together data from various sources to see the big picture.
Meet the emcees
Cheryl Draper (she/her)
Event Marketing Manager, Moz
@CherylDraper | @Moz
Melissa Rae Brown (she/her)
Learning Team Manager, Moz
@Melissa_R_B_ | @Moz
Community Speakers
Our awesome community speakers have been announced!
From fan favorites to fresh faces, it’s a pretty great start to what’s sure to be the best MozCon yet! We’ll have even more incredible speakers to reveal, including our community speaker lineup, in early 2023.
We hope you’re as excited as we are for August 7th and 8th to hurry up and get here. And again, if you haven’t grabbed your ticket yet and need help making a case we have a handy template to convince your boss!
