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Affilicon's 2008 Speakers |
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If you would like to become a speaker at Affilicon please
send an email to
admin@affilicon.com. |
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Dr. Roni Horowitz is the owner
of the leading Israeli Internet Marketing site - internet-marketing.com,
one of the founders and CEO of Rav Messer - an email
marketing and Autoresponder service operated from
responder.co.il. Roni is also a senior lecturer and
consultants in the field of Internet Marketing. Apart
from Internet Marketing Roni is also interested in Inventive
Thinking. He is one of the founders of SIT (sitsite.com) an
international company that provides training and consulting
services to fortune 500 companies such as BP, Johnson &
Johnson and Ford. Roni owns the site start2think.com that
sells his ebooks and online courses in Inventive Thinking.
Roni is also the Head of the Industry and Management
department of the Jerusalem College of Engineering
(jce.ac.il) |
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Ran Aroussi is a successful
affiliate marketer and an Internet entrepreneur, focusing
mainly Pay Per Click. He's the co-founder of
CLICKIM, an Israeli school for online marketing and
entrepreneurship, where he teaches others how to quit their
day jobs and make a living "working" full time online. |
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Gigi Levy is the Chief
Executive Officer of 888 Holdings since January 2007,
following 6 months in the Chief Operating Officer position.
Prior to his appointment, Gigi worked for Amdocs, one of the
world's largest software providers and systems integrators
in the telecoms market (NYSE: DOX), most recently as
Division President managing Amdocs' activity in Europe
(except Eastern Europe), Central and Latin America. Prior to
joining Amdocs, Gigi held several interim management and
consulting roles for various companies in Israel and the UK.
Gigi has also headed Giltek, a telecommunication systems
integrator and Girit Telecommunications, an Israeli
Information and Communications Technology systems
integrator. He holds an MBA from the Kellogg School of
Management at Northwestern University. |
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Noam Lanir is the Founder of
Livermore Investments Group (formerly Empire Online) and
serves as its Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Lanir oversees
Livermore's marketing strategy as well as the development of
its proprietary systems. His experience in the online gaming
sector has allowed him to develop a broad range of contacts
and business relationships with online gaming providers and
within the international online advertising market
generally. |
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Marc Levy is the co-founder and
CEO of
Matan Media, a company that delivers customized
online marketing solutions combining SEO, Online PR, Social
Media Marketing, Link Building and Paid Search Marketing.
Marc is an industry leader in 'Link Building that Works' and
has developed this division of the company. Matan Media
works within some of the most competitive web sectors
(online gambling, finance and pharmaceuticals) providing
services to leading industry brands. |
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Eli Feldblum is the CEO of
RankAbove, a recognized
SEO and SEM expert, was formerly Director of Marketing for
Didit. Eli was responsible for Didit’s personal SEO and PPC
efforts, and worked on search marketing campaigns for a
number of other A-list companies, including Match.com,
Style.com, Concierge.com, NewYorker.com, American Express,
AT&T Mobile, Cingular, John Kerry for President 2004,
Glamour.com, AD.com and more. Eli is a founder of RankAbove.
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Felix
Leshno is an Affiliate and
Entrepreneur
of Net Monster, a leading affiliate marketing enterprise.
Felix is one of the most experienced affiliates in the
e-commerce marketing and is well known for being one of the
top affiliates in many programs. |
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Jonathan Stefansky
is is the Executive Vice President of
Sales and Marketing for Qoof, where he is responsible for
all revenue generating activities of the firm. His
background which combines years of service in both sales and
technology give him a unique perspective that has enabled
him to create strong partnerships with leading companies
across numerous verticals. Under Jonathan's leadership
Qoof's roster of clients includes companies like: Ice.com,
Drugstore.com, TheKnot.com, Buy.com, MyWeddingFavors and
Geeks.com. Before joining Qoof, Jonathan served as Executive
Vice President of Sales and Marketing for IDT Global
Services, a professional services firm and major call center
that is a subsidiary of IDT Corporation (NYSE:IDT). Prior to
IDT, Jonathan worked at Akamai Technologies (NASDAQ:AKAM) as
Vice President of Strategic Accounts working with major
clients in the Media and Entertainment space. Before this
position, Jonathan was Vice President of Network
Infrastructure and Architecture, where he was responsible
for the company's network deployment in over 70 countries
and 1000 Internet Service Providers. Jonathan is also a
former analyst and Vice President of Global Internet
Infrastructure at Goldman Sachs and Co (NYSE:GS). |
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Andrea Yager
has been involved in online marketing since the year 2000.
Her creative approaches and depth of knowledge and
understanding in Internet Marketing has added hundreds of
thousands of dollars to the businesses of others. Andrea has
also managed to grab the attention and work with some of the
biggest names in her field. Andrea enjoys sharing lots of
'make money online' ideas on her blog and other web
properties. |
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Nicolas Lev is the General
Manager of Convertonet. Nicolas has over 10 years of global
online marketing experience, five of them in the online
gambling industry. He is the general manager of Convertonet,
an international online marketing agency, the exclusive
representative of the Mansion Group brands including
Casino.com, MansionPoker.com and MansionCasino.com. Prior to
joining Convertonet, Nicolas was VP of Sales & Marketing at
Duplicate Poker, a start-up that developed a skill-based
poker game. He was the VP of Sales and Partnership at
888.com, heading the affiliates department. Nicolas has been
responsible for partnerships and online channels with
Tiscali, one of the leading European ISPs, and served as
business development director for Babylon.com. He speaks
four languages, and holds an MBA degree from INSEAD,
Fontainebleau. |
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Miki Balin is the Founder and
CEO of WinBuyer. WinBuyer evolved from Conversion Methods,
an e-commerce startup he founded in 2004. Mr. Balin has
devoted much of his career managing marketing-related
ventures. Prior to establishing Conversion Methods and
WinBuyer, he founded Balin, Adatto & Cohen, a leading health
care consulting and advertising firm in Israel. He also
managed a family-owned food distribution company, and served
as general manager of the Rina Shinfeld Ballet Theatre where
he still serves as a director today. Mr. Balin received
academic education in business administration at the Israel
College of Management |
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Yair Benjamini is an associate
in the Tax Departement of Yigal Arnon & co. one of the
leading commercial and corporate lawfirms in Israel. With
over ten years of practice in the realm of Israeli taxation,
Yair has gained vast experience in all aspects of Israeli
and International taxation of the high-tech and start-up
sector, and specializes in tax planning for online
businesses in a multitude of fields. Yair is one of the
deputies to the chairman of the Income Tax Committee of the
Israeli Bar, and participated in the drafting of one of
Israel's leading textbooks on income tax. |
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Ophir Cohen is the CEO of
Compucall Web Marketing, the leaders in professional web
marketing in Israel, and abroad. Compucall helps global
brands to define their online marketing strategies, interact
with their target audience, generate qualified traffic to
their web assets and drive high conversion rates and ROI,
using natural and genuine search marketing techniques such
as organic search engine optimization (SEO), pay per click (PPC),
SMO (Social Media Optimization), Permission Email Marketing,
Online PR and Pefrormance marketing. |
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Eyal Chen is Head of Media &
Telecom at Google Israel and a member of its Israeli branch
initial team. Eyal is an advocate and has served as sales
director at YNet. He is considered to be one of the more
experienced media figures in the legal and internet sectors. |
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Thomas Hessler is the CEO and
Co-Founder of zanox, responsible for leading the company’s
marketing and sales strategy. He recently spent one year in
Shanghai, opening the Far East office and expanding the
business into Singapore and Malaysia. Additionally to his
marketing and sales responsibilities he supports the growing
international business along with the international
expansion into new markets. Prior to zanox, Thomas served as
project manager for Bankgessellschaft in Berlin and
previously was a computer and network specialist for
CompuNet. He holds a degree in development and economics
from the FHTW, Berlin. |
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Itay
Paz is the founder and CEO of B4Playing, an online
affiliate company. Itay has extensive experience as an
entrepreneur in the internet industry & affiliate marketing.
A founder of Dropland, an e-commerce starts up specializing
in the auction market place. Since 2000 Itay is running an
affiliate marketing company. Itay is one of the organizers
of Affilicon. |
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Omri Gonen is the Founder and CO-CEO of
wesell.co.il, the first and leading Affiliate Network in Israel.
Omri is an experienced entrepreneur in the Internet industry and has
extensive knowledge and understanding of SEM, Affiliate Marketing
and Internet Technologies. |
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Miriam
Schwab is the CEO of
illuminea
marketing & media, a Jerusalem-based firm that helps
companies create and optimize their web presence with
comprehensive blogging and social media strategies.
illuminea's clients range from large hi-tech companies to
innovative start-ups and world-changing non-profits. Miriam
maintains an active voice online via social networks and
blogging, and regularly lectures on the subject to groups
and companies. Miriam writes a number of blogs including:
illuminea's blog (about social media and marketing),
WordPress Garage (about the WordPress blogging platform),
and israelplug (about good news from Israel). Miriam would
love to connect with you on facebook, friendfeed, twitter,
LinkedIn, and whatever other social networks may come along. |
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Sam
Michelson is an Internet Marketing Entrepreneur whose
company Five Blocks creates partnerships/JV's in profitable
niches. This allows Five Blocks to create an alternative to
traditional affiliate relationships. Sam believes that SEO
Knowhow is a potent currency and his company’s strategy
includes the exchange of winning ideas with other SEOs. |
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Guy
Oren is the CEO of Wise SEO a specialist in the
affiliate marketing world wide, have been proven
successfulyl in many affiliate networks. Wise-SEO LTD brings
high and qualitative production to advertisers with quick
time to market, using professional and clear techniques via
network based search engines.
Company helps advertisers to succeed in the dynamic changes
in today's markets demand with a flexible, target oriented
approach. |
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Igal
Pines was just another webmaster with big dreams until
he met the PPC2Affiliate world,
since then he lives the Israeli dream of financial freedom &
spends most of his time enjoying life
and growing Click Here ltd, his affiliate company, while
working on the beautiful beaches of Israel. |
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Elroei
Buchman is the Co founder & CEO of K Logic (a.K.a
K) one of the leading online marketing companies in
Israel. K is a full service search engine marketing agency
specializing in complex multi structured SEO projects and in
internet strategy consultancy. |
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Bill
Yucatonis is the Director of Affiliate Marketing,
Everest Gaming. Bill brings more than a dozen years of
experience – a rare blend of corporate strategy, marketing,
and creative design – to guide the growth of Everest
Gaming’s affiliate initiatives and associated online
marketing programs across Everest Poker, Everest Casino and
the Everest Affiliates platform. His experience is centered
on effective marketing analysis and customer acquisition
campaigns, including evaluating and assessing the right
opportunities and developing the right media mix.
Previously, Yucatonis was the Vice President of Online
Marketing at cMarket Network, where he is most recognized
for launching BiddingforGood.com, an online fundraising
auction portal where consumers can bid on and purchase items
that raise money for charitable organizations. Before that
he co-founded eXpert SATELLITE, Inc., an agency for DIRECTV
where he developed the marketing strategy, media planning
and advertising collateral for online, affiliate, and
partner programs, as well as traditional media like direct
response TV, radio and print. He was also Director of
e-Commerce for Roxy.com and EverythingWireless.com,
responsible for product, marketing, and sales development
for satellite TV, wireless, and consumer electronics. Bill
has advised a number of companies on business development
and marketing strategies worldwide.
Bill Yucatonis is an MBA from the University of
Connecticut’s School of Business, and earned a BSBA,
e-Commerce from Northeastern University. |
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Eyal
Magen is CEO and Co-Founder of Gigya, Inc. Eyal has more
than nine years of experience in Internet executive
positions. Prior to Gigya he served as VP of Products and
General Manger of Hotbar.com, a leading contextual
advertising company with more than 10MM active users and a
revenue stream of $25MM/year. Before that Eyal served as
Director of Business Development at, Kidum ltd, a leading
global eLearning enterprise. Eyal holds a B.A. in psychology
and sociology from Tel Aviv University. |
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