Google and Bing Search Engine Speakers at Pubcon Las Vegas
- Updated on: 2018-11-08
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Below is a list of search engine speakers attending Pubcon 2017. Be sure to checkout their sessions! (there are several more search engine employees in the works as well)
Gary Illyes: Webmaster Trends Analyst Gary is dedicated to creating a better search experience for users by helping webmasters create amazing websites. When not crunching data to find ways to improve web search, Gary is contributing to the Webmaster Central Blog and helps users debug their websites in the Google Webmaster Forums.
Nathan Johns: Senior Search Quality Analyst Nathan has spent the past 10 years keeping spam out of the search results. In addition, he is active in webmaster outreach and communications.
John Brown: Head of Publisher Policy Communications John collaborates with leadership and functional heads across the company to articulate policy direction and strategy to publishers. He also serves as Google’s subject matter expert for the overall industry, providing publishers with feedback and guidance on important issues.
Becky Bush: Development Manager Becky is a Development Manager at Google. Her passion lies in helping businesses grow through digital advertising and she knows all the tricks to do just that. In her spare time, Becky teaches spin, eats an excessive amount of fro yo and travels the world.
Angela serves as a Product Manager for news and realtime results on Google Search. Prior to this role she served as an Associate Product Manager for YouTube Ads. There she oversaw video classification and brand safety for YouTube Ads. Additionally, she helped launch YouTube Kids, a family-friendly YouTube app for children.
Erin Sagin: GMS Global Go To Market Lead Erin Sagin drives content development for AdWords products on Google’s Global Marketing Solutions team. Prior to joining Google, she was a PPC Evangelist at WordStream, a online marketing software provider. Erin was named on PPC Hero’s Top 25 Most Influential PPC Experts lists in both 2015 and 2016 (#3 and #4, respectively). She also frequently speaks at Pubcon conferences and writes for industry publications. You can follow her on
Eric Kuan: Webmaster Relations Project Manager Eric works on helping and educating webmasters on how they can create great websites. He creates technical documentation, speak at events, and conduct live video chats in order to help improve the webmaster ecosystem.
Christi Olson: Search Evangelist For over a decade Christi has been a student and practitioner of SEM; living and breathing through the evolution of the search updates that have kept us on our toes and adjusting our digital strategies. Christi is passionate about digital marketing and has spent her career helping businesses solve their marketing challenges and goals through studying and analyzing data to develop actionable insights and strategies.
Purna Virji: Senior PPC Training Manager, Bing Ads Purna specializes in SEM, SEO and Voice Search. An award-winning former journalist, Purna was the CEO of Purview Marketing prior to joining the Bing Ads team. In her spare time, she’s an avid traveler, aspiring top chef and amateur knitter.
John Lee: Sr. Client Development & Training Manager John is a Senior Client Training & Development Manager creating and leading training experiences for Bing Ads customers. He has been in the digital advertising industry since 2006
Victoria Cushing: Program Manager Bing: Victoria (Tori) Cushing started in the digital marketing industry at the young age of 17. She has been obsessed with learning as much as she possibly can about technical SEO and Analytics. She now brings these acquired skills to the Visual Studio site manager team at Microsoft.
There are several other speakers who are previous employees of search engines. The ones we know about: (anyone we have missed?)
