Executive Speaker Profiles
Horst Joepen (Searchmetrics)
Dr. Horst Joepen is CEO of Searchmetrics.
Horst has a broad background in internet and software technology and is a successful software entrepreneur in online marketing, CRM and IT security markets.
With the Searchmetrics team, he has been pioneering the market for Search Analytics and gained the highest attention for their Search Performance Index data around Google algorithm updates.
Horst has been quoted in the World's leading papers such as The Guardian, Le Monde and The New York Times.
Neil Morgan
Neil Morgan leads Digital marketing for Europe, Middle East and Africa at Adobe Corporation. A career marketer in enterprise software, he has spent over 20 years across all marketing disciplines including product management, product marketing, channel marketing, public relations, analyst relations, and strategic marketing management. He has extensive international experience, having held UK, European, US domestic and worldwide roles.
For the past ten years Neil has been involved in working with customers on customer facing systems from CRM to digital marketing. Prior to Adobe, Morgan created the European marketing team at Omniture, subsequently acquired by Adobe, and previously led the marketing team at Siebel Systems, responsible for marketing to all sectors across Europe, Middle East and Africa. Before Siebel, Morgan was Vice President of Worldwide Marketing for Chordiant Software and held global marketing roles at Oracle Corporation including a period at Oracle's San Mateo, CA headquarters.
A frequent speaker at industry conferences, Morgan holds a bachelor's degree in business administration, a diploma in marketing, and is a member of the U.K. Chartered Institute of Marketing and the Institute of Direct Marketing.
Neil lives with his wife and three boys in Oxfordshire, England.
Jeremy Spiller
Jeremy Spiller has worked with the internet since 1990 and with the web since 1994. In 1995, he founded Clockwork Web which went on to become one of the top ten agencies in the UK, working for clients such as The Rank Group, Dun & Bradstreet, Hi-Tech Sports, Red Dwarf, Pete Townshend and Premier Brands.
In 2003, Jeremy founded award winning search marketing, social media and development agency White Hat Media. White Hat Media's clients include Microsoft, Toshiba, The Royal Opera House, The Gym Group, Coty, and Yardley. Jeremy is an expert in web marketing, and in particular search and social media marketing. He regularly writes articles, runs workshops and speaks at conferences on the subject for organisations such as The Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) and Sussex Enterprise.
In the last twelve months, Jeremy has spoken at many other events both locally and nationally. He has been quoted in or written articles for The Sunday Times, .net magazine, New Media Age, and The Essential Business Guide. Jeremy now confesses to being obsessed with Search Engine Optimisation and Social Media Marketing and strongly believes practising ethical techniques known in the sector as "White Hat" for successful long term results.
Jeremy is also a valued member of the Econsultancy trainer faculty, regularly running public and in-company digital marketing training courses.