Hamlet Batista, Editor, Search Engine Optimization (SE0). Hamlet is the founder and CEO of the company Nemedia S.A. which created the search engine optimization software at RankSense.com . He completed his education in Telecommunications Engineering in 1996 and has experienced many facets of the industry. Over time he moved from work as a Windows C++ Developer at a software outsourcing firm, to a Unix/Linux System Administrator position at a major international telecom, and finally to being IT Director of a small team of highly talented individuals at an online marketing firm. He now runs a 20+ search marketing firm and regularly attends search marketing conferences. He is a published author in the Search Engine Marketing (SEM) field, and well-known for his Advanced SEO blog, Hamlet Batista dot Com.

Raquel Hirsch, Senior Editor, Conversion and Landing Page Optimization. Raquel Hirsch, senior marketer, is the co-founder of WiderFunnel Marketing Inc.., a full-service Conversion Rate improvement outsourcing company that delivers clients with more value (sales, leads, transactions, etc) from the traffic that's already coming to their site as a result of their traffic-building investments. Raquel has an impressive traditional marketing, eMarketing, direct marketing, and CRM background. An eternal optimist, Raquel's key ability is her skill at developing and implementing effective strategies, incorporating traditional as well as interactive marketing, and delivering integrated demand-generation campaigns that measurably deliver value to clients. Raquel has over twenty years of senior marketing experience in diverse industries with extensive expertise in the areas of lead-generation, customer acquisition and customer retention, including the development and strategic use of CRM, database marketing, e-commerce, web analytics, and direct mail. Before co-founding WiderFunnel Marketing Inc., Raquel held senior executive positions at Proximity (Senior VP and Managing Director), Pivotal Corp. (Director, eMarketing Solutions), Rogers Video (VP Marketing), Intrawest (Director, Database Marketing), and BCAA. Armed with an MBA, Raquel is a sought after speaker. Her teaching experience includes UBC, SFU and BCIT, plus numerous professional conferences and seminars across North America.
In her personal time, Raquel assists various non-profits, mentors students, and is a Board Member of the UBC Alumni Association, the Vancouver Economic Development Commission and the Schara Tzedeck Synagogue. She has chaired three successful "DM Days" (2001, 2002 and 2003), bringing skills and professional development to over 1100 marketers. In November 2003, Raquel chaired "Illuminating Achievement," UBC's 9th Annual UBC Alumni Achievement Awards dinner, which raised significant funds for UBC student programs and scholarships. Her conversion optimization blog can be found at www.widerfunnel.com/blog/.

Muhammad Saleem, Senior Editor, Social Media.
Muhammad Saleem is a consultant and expert on all aspects of social media. He has been participating on various popular social news and social networking sites for years and is a top-ranked community member. Muhammad contributes to ReadWriteWeb, Mashable, Search Engine Land, ProBlogger, and other sites on topics related to social media and web 2.0. He has also worked for Propeller (AOL's social news site) and continues to work for Tip'd as the team's community director and advisor. Muhammad was recently listed as one of the top 100 most influential marketers of 2008. For an extended biography please visit his blog.

Evgenii "Geno" Prussakov, Senior Editor, Affiliate Marketing. Graduate of the University of Cambridge. Bestselling author of "A Practical Guide to Affiliate Marketing" (2007) and "Online Shopping Through Consumers' Eyes" (2008). Popular speaker and affiliate marketing evangelist. Geno is also the founder of AM Navigator. He was voted the "Best OPM of the Year" for two years in a row (2006 and 2007) by the largest online affiliate marketing community, ABestWeb.com. Evgenii is now working on his doctorate and resides in Northern Virginia.

Nirav Mehta, Senior Editor, Mobile Web Development. Nirav Mehta is renowned for his entrepreneurial ventures, his breakthrough ideas, and his contribution to open source. Nirav leads a software development company - Magnet Technologies - from India that specializes in Rich Internet Applications, Web, and Mobile. Nirav believes in simplifying the most complicated ideas and presenting them in lucid language. He is author of the book "Mobile Web Development".

Cathy Silton, Editor-in-Chief. Cathy Silton's background is in writing, editing, broadcasting, marketing, and advertising. Cathy focused her efforts on editing at the renowned Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press, where she spent more than a decade assisting its Editor-in-Chief. Her recent technical editing specialties have been in web content, SEO, white papers, user manuals, and design documents. Cathy was also Editor-in-Chief of an aviation newsletter distributed worldwide. Earlier in her career, she was a radio and TV newswriter and feature reporter. Cathy has a B.A. from the University of Colorado.

Robert Himber - Editor