Speakers | Yext ONWARD19 Conference - Oct. 29-30, 2019 - NYC

Keynote Speakers

CEO and Founder,
Yext

Earvin “Magic” Johnson

Chairman and CEO,
Magic Johnson Enterprises

Host,
Late Night with Seth Meyers

All-Time Winningest Coach in U.S. Soccer History; Former Head Coach, U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team,

Best-Selling Author and Marketing Hall of Fame Inductee,

Breakout Speakers

Chief Revenue Officer ,
Scorpion

Director- Digital, Media and Futures,
Diageo

Chief Evangelist & Co Founder,
Conductor

Head of Industry, Retail & CPG,
Yext

Thorsten Becker

Director SEO,
SIXT SE

President,
RevLocal

VP, Sales Engineering,
Yext

Carrie Bosworth

VP Global MidMarket Sales,
Yext

Michelle Bowman

Director, Retail Marketing,
FedEx Services

Editor,
AdAge

Brand Strategy Manager,
IHA

Founder and CEO, Tina Brown Live Media and Women in the World ,
Tina Brown Live Media

Digital Marketing Executive,
Gateway First Bank

Michael Burrows

Owner,
Beyond Aquatics

Senior Director of Solutions and Delivery,
DialogTech

DVP, Agency & Partner Sales,
Yelp

VP of Digital and Guest Experience,
Checkers and Rally’s

Chief Marketing Officer,
Steward Health Care

Director, Market Development Greater China,
Yext

Head of Industry, Financial Services,
Yext

Owner,
Bouncetown

Robert Connelly

Technology Marketing Director,
The UPS Store

VP, Digital Strategy & Analytics,
Massage Envy

Senior Vice President,
BBVA

Digital Marketing Consultant,
Wells Fargo

Head of Platform Partners & Strategy,
Adobe

Director Product Management, Microsoft Research & AI, CoFounder Cortana,
Microsoft

President,
Podium

CEO,
JRNI

Marc Ferrentino

Chief Strategy Officer,
Yext

Senior Director, Creative and Digital Strategy,
Sanford Health

Search Practice Lead,
Deloitte

Director of Digital Marketing,
Capital One

Duane Forrester

VP, Industry Insights,
Yext

Michael Galassi

Head of Search & Voice Engineering,
Netflix

Chief Sales and Marketing Officer,
Earl Enterprises

Scott Griffiths

CFO, Marketing,
Farmers Insurance

Sr Director of Marketing,
TMX Finance Family of Companies

CMO,
Thryv

Head of Website Strategy,
Citizens Bank

Director, Digital Operations,
T-Mobile

Co-Founder, CEO,
Splash

Sr. Director, Digital Access & Engagement,
LifePoint Health

Chief Revenue Officer,
SEMrush

Chief Evangelist, Alexa,
Amazon

Senior Director, Product Marketing,
Yext

Digital Strategy and Analytics Manager,
Cherry Creek Mortgage

Graham Johnston

Head of Omnichannel & Digital First,
Three UK

President of Revenue and Data Operations ,
iHeart Media

Global Director Traffic Growth,
adidas

Jonathan Kennell

Vice President of Product Management,
Yext

Managing Director,
Accenture

Kia Kokalitcheva

Tech Reporter,
Axios

Digital Marketing Director,
Podium

Engineering Manager,
Pinterest

Head of Industry, Healthcare,
Yext

CEO,
MatchCraft

Product,
Nextdoor

David McCafferty

CMO,
Romeo’s Pizza Franchise, LLC

Digital Marketing Manager – Organic SEO,
Allstate Insurance

Director of Marketing,
IHA

Digital Channel Lead,
MyEyeDr.

Senior Product Director – Restaurants,
TripAdvisor

Head of Marketing ,
Primark

Head of Evangelism, Search,
Microsoft

Christopher Pace

Senior Director of Digital Marketing,
Banner Health

Geospatial Technologist,
Google

Kathryn Parsons

Head of SEO,
Philip Morris International

Reporter,
The Wall Street Journal

Lawrence Patrick

Director,
Northwestern

Jennifer Quinlan

Chief Executive Officer,
R2integrated

Carl Quintanilla

Anchor,
CNBC

SEO Director,
Path Interactive

Ralf Peter Reimann

Rev.,
Evangelical Church in the Rhineland

Mary Fratto Rowe

Executive Vice President and Chief Customer Officer,
Yext

Hernando Ruiz-Jimenez

Chief Marketing Officer,
NewYork-Presbyterian

vp, director marketing technology,
Fifth Third Bank

Senior Vice President,
AutoZone

Laura Santella-Saccone

VP, Marketing,
Schweiger Dermatology Group

VP, Ecommerce and Innovation,
Bloomin’ Brands

Sr Director – Digital Product Management,
The Wendy’s Company

Director Product Management,
Yext

Andrew Shotland

CEO & Founder,
Local SEO Guide

Emery Skolfield

General Partner and Principal, Marketing ,
Edward Jones

Head of Consumer and Marketplace Product at OpenTable,
OpenTable

Product Manager,
Yext

Columnist, Anchor, Author,
New York Times, CNBC

Managing Director, Human Experience Offering,
Deloitte

President & Chief Revenue Officer,
Yext

VP, Product,
DuckDuckGo

Director of Digital,
Northwestern Medicine

CEO Yext Europe,
Yext

Marisa Thalberg

Chief Brand Officer,
Yum! Brands

CMO,
Vendasta

VP, Group Director, SEO,
Reprise Digital

SEO/SEM Senior Manager,
Solstice Sunglasses

VP E-Business Manager ,
Wells Fargo

Elizabeth Villa

Director of Content Marketing,
Kitchen United

VP, Client Management,
Tiger Pistol

Sr. Director, Loyalty & Performance Marketing,
Papa John’s Pizza

Christian J. Ward

EVP, Chief Data Officer,
Yext

CEO,
Tropical Smoothie Cafe

Head of Sales Promotions,
Vodafone GmbH

Product Manager,
Yext

Global Head of Waze Ads Marketing,
Waze

SEO Expert,
SearchBrothers.com

Manager, DMP,
Campbell Soup Company

Sr. Director, Client Insights and Success Operations,
Yext

Head of Industry, Food Service & Hospitality,
Yext