Digimedia.ME Leaders in Online Marketing

Hear it straight from the qualified industry professionals. We have selected our speakers based on their merit, insight, leadership and ability to share new research and metrics.

2010 Digimedia.ME Conference Speaker Profiles

Ahmed Nassef is responsible for driving the strategy and market implementation for Yahoo!’s businesses in the Middle East.Ahmed NassefVice President, Managing DirectorYahoo! Middle East

Albert is a 28 year old entrepreneur who co-founded the UAE’s first premium-experience travel website, musafir.com.Albert DiasCo-founder/ Marketing Technology Directormusafir.com

Artour has been working within the hospitality sector for about 10 years. After working his way up through the ranks from operations...Artour SeverinovE-Distribution Manager Middle EastMovenpick Hotels & Resorts

Craig heads up the training, qualifications and consultancy teams at Econsultancy. In 2009 the team trained over 3000...Craig HannaTraining DirectorEconsultancy

Kristie is the Chief Opportunity Officer of smart thynking FZE, a recently formed Distribution Marketing Consultancy...Kristie GoshowFounder and Chief Opportunity Officersmart thynking

Rehan is a freelance business columnist for The National newspaper in the UAE. He is a senior business leader... Rehan KhanFreelance business columnist

Kirsten essentially fell into the digital world and has never wanted to leave since. Currently working as the Digital Brand & Operations...Kirsten SpenceDigital Brand & Operations ManagerJumeirah Group

Caroline has over twelve years experience in the online industry and has been Portal Manager at AMEinfo.com since June 2007. Caroline WhyattPortal ManagerAME Info

Shane Andersen wrote her first novel at age 7. Thankfully, no publishing houses needed to be pitched, as she was a one-woman self-publishing...Shane AndersenWeb Content WriterFinetunedcopy.com

Alexander McNabb is group account director at Spot On Public Relations, based Dubai with responsibility for client services...Alexander McNabbGroup Account DirectorSpot on Public Relations

Rob has over 15 years within the digital sector with executive and entrepreneurial experience in new media and e-commerce...Robert ProcterHead of EMEAReality Digital

J.C. Butler was born in Boston, Massachusetts, grew up in Santa Fe, New Mexico and Southern California, and in 2004...J.C. ButlerManaging PartnerDubizzle

Mr. Zeid Nasser is an Arab marketing communications professional with 15 years of experience working for media companies. His company...Zeid NasserCEO & founderMediaScope & mediaME

With 13 diverse years of extensive experience in Marketing, Business Development and Consultancy, Sameh Lutfi has gained...Sameh LutfiHead of Client DevelopmentMaktoob Research

Dominic is responsible for web strategy at The Tribe, a leading inter- disciplinary agency of over 40 people across three...Dominic ParkerWeb StrategyThe Tribe

Passionate about new ideas, Rakan is at the forefront of Nestlé's drive to establish itself among the region's leading...Rakan BrahedniNew Media Relationship SpecialistNestlé Middle East FZE

Lee Mancini is the Managing Director and founder of www.Sekari.com, an organic search engine optimisation and social media specialist...Lee ManciniManaging Director, founderSekari

Mark has been in the web design and development industry for over twelve years. Following his passion for good design and usability...Mark HirstManaging Director, founderBlue Beetle

$TBWA\RAAD Middle East$ Jamie has over 10 years of communications experience in Canada and the UAE, having worked as a PR professional, freelance...Jamie ReadAccount DirectorTBWA\RAAD Middle East

$TBWA\RAAD Middle East$ Michael has 10 years of brand management experience in multinational advertising companies. He is a communication...Michael MaksoudianBrand LeaderTBWA\RAAD Middle East

Husni Khuffash is Google's Country Business Development Manager for the UAE, Lower Gulf and Levant. He is responsible for developing...Husni KhuffashRegional ManagerGoogle

Mohammad has been an integral part of ikoo, the company previously known as e Marketing, since its inception...Mohammad KhartabilSales Managerikoo

Sayed obtained his B.Sc. in Computer Science at the American University of Beirut. He has been working in the online industry for...Sayed Abu DiwanDigital ManagerGeneral Motors Middle East

Brendon has over 14 years experience working in the market research industry. Over the last 10 years, he has shifted his focus...Brendon OgilvyVP. Digital Insights (Global)Effective Measure

Fadi is a telecom and new media advertising specialist. Some of his experience includes his work on high profile product launches...Fadi KhaterMarketing & CommunicationsMedia Lab, DU

Tarek is a training specialist at Google, focusing on customer education for the Middle Eastern and North African markets...Tarek El YafiAccount Manager (MENA region)Google

Zeinab's role at Google is to focus on marketing and budgeting, with the aim of attracting more advertisers. She works on customer...Zeinab KarakiAccount Strategist (MENA region)Google

Ken McEwan is the driving force behind the operational activities of Sekari. With over 10 years of engagement with the...Ken McEwanHead of SearchSekari

I'm a traveller. Always hard for me to stay in place as I often need to search, discover and analyze everything. Places or cities, people...Xavier Gregory LayreChief ArchitectMedia Lab, DU

Working hard at getting his economics degree from Brigham Young University (Utah, USA) did not prevent Omar...Omar Faez KoudsiCEO and Co-FounderJeeran

Mazen Nahawi is the president of News Group, an organization focused on serving the communications and PR...Mazen NahawiPresidentNews Group International

A senior TMT lawyer with particular expertise in media work, Fiona graduated from Adelaide University in Australia...Fiona Robertson therightslawyers

James Gosling has been based in the UAE for the past 5 years. Before joining The Entertainer, he spent ten years working for Dell Computers...James GoslingBusiness Development DirectorThe Entertainer

Dr. Sanjay Nadkarni's domain expertise is in Information Systems in Tourism...Sanjay NadkarniAssociate ProfessorThe Emirates Academy of Hospitality Management

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Dubai 2010 Conference Speaking Opportunities

Digimedia.ME gives speakers an opportunity to share their knowledge and experience with a growing audience of publishers, marketers, agencies, journalists, engineers, investors, entrepreneurs and industry influencers. We welcome speakers from all brand categories, agencies, corporations and perspectives. An emphasis on case studies, whenever possible, is preferred and solution providers must bring a business or consumer-oriented brand client to be considered to speak.