Following the outstanding success of the Share conference series, BrightEdge is taking Share on the road again — across the globe — to bring together regional SEO, content, and digital marketing communities. The theme of Share18, “Search, Content, and the Customer Experience,” will focus specifically on the key trends shaping the search, content, and digital marketing landscape.
BrightEdge will announce and present the BrightEdge 2018 SEO and Content Marketing Awards at Share SF. Call for awards nominations is open now through the end of August, and we expect hundreds of submissions from brands and agencies. Marketers from top-tier companies across industries have already delivered remarkable achievements in 2018, and these awards will recognize their results and business acumen. Come enjoy the inspiration and accolades just before we head into the networking cocktail reception.
As the SVP of Marketing for BrightEdge, Kevin leads the company's go-to-market strategy and a growing marketing team responsible for building the BrightEdge brand, driving demand, and expanding customer relationships. Prior to BrightEdge he was the Chief Marketing Officer of Act-On Software. Kevin was also VP, Product & Market Solutions at ExactTarget and Salesforce.com, where his team fueled the company's growth through a successful IPO in 2012 and acquisition by Salesforce two years later for $2.7 billion. Kevin has a BA from Michigan State University and an MBA from Wake Forest.
Jim is the founder and CEO of BrightEdge. In the past eight years Jim has built BrightEdge into a global business that is the trusted enterprise standard for content performance marketing.
Jim is a well-known digital-marketing expert who speaks at conferences, such as Share, Dreamforce, Adobe Summit, and SMX. In addition, Jim is an industry expert with regular columns in Search Engine Land, Marketing Land, ClickZ, and Huffington Post. Jim is widely recognized as the driving force behind enterprise content performance marketing technology, having built the largest and most-widely adopted platform, which is in use by over 22,000 digital marketing professionals across 8,500 brands around the globe.
Jim holds an MBA from Stanford University, a Master's of Engineering from the University of Virginia, and a Bachelor's of Science in Computer Science from the University of South Dakota.
Derek’s semi-final at the Barcelona Olympics will be remembered as an eternally inspirational moment, as his father headed onto the track to help him cross the finishing line after a serious injury mid race. Lauded as NBC’s third top Olympic moment ever, and mentioned in a public speech by Barack Obama, Derek Redmond is a top motivational speaker in Britain. Dogged by serious injury from the start of his career, Derek’s remarkable achievements are internationally lauded, and his name has become synonymous with the ideals of hard graft and determination.