Our lineup of speakers and programming is hand-curated by our experienced team and we're thrilled to announce the 21 extraordinary speakers and 3 emcees taking to the MozCon 2023 stage in Seattle (in alphabetical order by first name):

MozCon 2023 Session:

Build Better Backlinks for Local Brands

Amanda is passionate about helping complex, large businesses improve their local visibility. Her background includes working with clients in the legal, health, financial, and home services industries.

MozCon 2023 Session:

Back to the Future: What Lessons From Marketing History Can Tell Us About the Future

Andi is the Founder and Strategy Director of Eximo Marketing, a marketing strategy consultancy based in the UK. Eximo works with established manufacturers who want to grow their business via direct to consumer. Andi also hosts the Strategy Sessions podcast.

MozCon 2023 Session:

Beyond the written word: Future-proofing your content strategy by leveraging multimedia formats.

Azeem Ahmad is an award-winning digital marketer and international conference speaker. He has several years of experience in the industry managing millions in marketing spend, covering multiple disciplines such as SEO, PPC, Social Media, Programmatic, Audio/Video, and Display too.

MozCon 2023 Session:

From Fear to Forward Motion: Navigating the Future of Analytics with Confidence

Brie E Anderson is an analytical nerd with a soft spot for strategy. Her passion is connecting the dots between strategy and analytics to maximize results.

MozCon 2023 Session:

Dominating TikTok, YouTube, Pinterest and Amazon SERPS As Consumer Behavior Changes

Carrie Rose, Founder of leading Global Search-First Creative Agency Rise at Seven both driving and facilitating search demand for global brands operating in 4 locations across the world including UK, US and EU

Cheryl Draper has been a marketer and event producer for the better part of the last twenty years, joining STAT Search Analytics in 2015. She found her way to Moz as part of the acquisition in 2018 and has been producing MozCon ever since.

MozCon 2023 Session:

Why SEOs Need To Start Playing Offense Instead of Defense

Chris Long is the VP of Marketing for the Go Fish Digital team. He works with unique problems and advanced search situations to help clients improve organic traffic through a deep understanding of Google's algorithm and web technology.

MozCon 2023 Session:

Views on Views of Video SEO

Crystal Carter is an SEO & Digital Marketer with over 15 years experience working with clients like Disney, Tomy, Kikkoman and more. She shares insights in leading publications like Google Webmaster Central, Moz , Search Engine Land, and Women in Tech SEO.

MozCon 2023 Session:

Search Data at Scale

Daniel is a Search Advocate at Google, part of the Search Console engineering team. His job is divided between educating / inspiring the Search community and working with the product’s engineering team to develop new capabilities. Before joining the Search team, he spent 6 years in the Google Analytics engineering team, doing a similar role but with a focus in data analysis and visualization.

MozCon 2023 Session:

Lower Your Shields: The Borg Are Here

Dr. Pete is Marketing Scientist for Seattle-based Moz, where he works with the marketing and data science teams on product research and data-driven content.

MozCon 2023 Session:

Hiring The Perfect Agency: How To Avoid Getting Burned

Duane has lived in 6 cities across 3 continents while working with Ecom, DTC and SaaS brands. He now lives in Canada helping brands grow through data, strategy and PPC marketing across search & social ad platforms.

MozCon 2023 Session:

SEO Co-Conspirators: Navigating Complex Systems

Jackie Chu is currently the SEO Lead, Intelligence for Uber, driving analytics and tooling for the SEO teams globally. She has deep experience in technical SEO, content SEO, ASO and international SEO spanning both B2B and B2C industries.

MozCon 2023 Session:

Rethink Your Industry Pages - They’re Not What You Think

Jason Dodge is the Founder and CEO at search marketing firm, BlackTruck Media + Marketing. Combining nearly 20 years of industry experience with the efforts of holistic, human-centered thinking and technical search marketing tactics, Jason works alongside his team to assist brands with their online success through honest search marketing strategies. His background and experience span both B2B and D2C verticals - from travel & hospitality, to global manufacturing, automotive aftermarket, and large healthcare systems. With a continued passion for the ever-evolving world of search, Jason is a regular contributor to industry publications, and works diligently to help educate others in the marketing and communications industry on the value that SEO brings to their brand.

MozCon 2023 Session:

Mind the Gap: Bridging Generational Differences in SEO

Group CMO at Swiss media giant Ringier, marketing technologist & mum of two tiny humans. Jes loves to talk about the future of search, smart marketing automation and travel.


MozCon 2023 Session:

Headless SEO: I’m Sorry, But This Is Happening

Lidia has been working in SEO for almost a decade, helping businesses in SaaS, media and e-commerce grow online. She has a BSC in Psychology and a Master in Digital Business and is a regular speaker at SEO events such as MozCon, BrightonSEO or WTSFest.

MozCon 2023 Session:

Google’s Just Not That Into You: Intent Switches During Core Updates

Lily Ray is the Sr. Director, SEO & Head of Organic Research at Amsive Digital, where she provides strategic leadership for the agency’s SEO client programs. Lily began her SEO career in 2010 in a fast-paced start-up environment and moved quickly into the agency world, where she helped grow and establish an award-winning SEO department that delivered high impact work for a fast-growing list of notable clients, including Fortune 500 companies.

Melissa has been working in digital marketing since 2008, previously in community management and content. She joined Moz in 2016 as an Onboarding Specialist for our international audience, speaking with thousands of Moz customers about their SEO questions, goals, and issues. She moved to the Learning team in 2018, where she began by offering live bootcamps and webinars. Moz Academy launched that same year, and is now comprised of over 20 courses, series, and Certifications.

MozCon 2023 Session:

How to Use Brand SEO to Future-Proof Your Online Visibility

Miracle is Head of Organic Search at John Lewis (Financial Services) and is armed with more than a decade of supporting national, and global brands with technical SEO and data strategy.

MozCon 2023 Session:

Down the Mountain

Noah is a technical marketer, nicknamed the Kraken, who is happiest building SEO tools, automations, data pipelines and communities. When not in the lab, he loves skiing, fly fishing, camping with his family, and walking his dog, Shadow.

MozCon 2023 Session:

The Evolution of Content & The Future of Our Industry

Ross Simmonds is the founder & CEO of Foundation, a global marketing agency that provides services to organizations all over the world ranging from some of the fastest-growing startups to global brands. He was named one of Atlantic Canada's Top 50 CEO.

MozCon 2023 Session:

Entities Are the Past: Search Is Going Multidimensional

Tom is CTO at SearchPilot, where he leads the engineering & product teams. Tom has been working on the web for over 25 years, and has a PhD in Computer Science. He lives with his wife and 3 daughters in Germany.

MozCon 2023 Session:

The SERP is Dead, Long Live The SERP

Tom heads up the Search Science team at Moz, providing research and insight for Moz's next generation of tools. Previously he's headed up the London consulting team for SEO agency Distilled, and worked as a chef in a roadside grill.

As Seer’s VP of Innovation, Wil develops strategies and innovations to help clients build traffic and make money. Over the past two decades, his methods have helped shape the search industry and he regularly speaks at marketing conferences worldwide.

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