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brightonSEO San Diego is the U.S. edition of one of the world’s largest and most well-regarded search marketing conferences.
Held annually at the Manchester Grand Hyatt in San Diego, the event draws thousands of digital marketers for two days of expert-led talks and a day of hands-on training workshops. It features speakers from across the search, content, and influencer marketing landscape, offering actionable insights and strategies in SEO, PPC, and beyond.
What sets this conference apart is its integration with Hero Conf – one of the leading events for PPC and paid social – accessible with a single brightonSEO ticket.
The event also hosts a variety of organized networking opportunities, from rooftop basketball to yoga, casual mixers, and fringe events like the Boardwalk Bash.
Originally founded in a pub in Brighton, UK, brightonSEO has evolved into a major international gathering that emphasizes real-world learning, professional development, and community building within the search marketing industry.
The following speakers have been announced so far:
Aaron Eaves (VP of Digital Marketing at Marketing Refresh)
Ahmed Abouabdalla (Technical SEO Manager at iLawyer Marketing)
Alex Halliday (CEO at AirOps)
Alex Kopp (Regional Growth Lead, USA at GetDevDone)
Amanda Jordan (Senior SEO Specialist at Owner.com)
Andrew Yan (Founder & CEO at AthenaHQ)
Apurva Bose “A.B” (Vice President of Operations & Strategy at Overtake Digital)
Ashley Liddell (Search Everywhere Director, Founder at Deviation)
Beth Nunnington (Global VP of Digital PR at Journey Further)
Brad Wetherall (Founder & CEO at The GBP Experts)
Braden Bird (Sr. Technical Specialist at Page One Power)
Brandon Leibowitz (Owner at SEO Optimizers)
Brie E. Anderson (Owner at BEAST Analytics)
Britney Muller (AI Educator & Advisor at Britney Muller, LLC)
Campbell Whalen (Growth Marketing Manager at Art of Problem Solving)
Cari Bacon (Head of Search at Fidelitas)
Carolina Peres (CEO at Search One Digital)
Celeste Gonzalez (Director of RooLabs at RicketyRoo)
Christine Brinkley (Director of SEO at HeiPro Digital)
Cristiano Winckler (Director of Digital Operations at Somebody Digital)
Dan Akers (Agency Director at Modo25)
Dan Taylor (Partner & Head of Technical SEO at SALT.agency)
Dana DiTomaso (Founder & Lead Instructor at Kick Point Playbook)
David Hampian (Managing Partner at Field Vision Marketing)
David Lewallen (Head of AI & Search Visibility at Verbatim Digital)
David White (Chief Growth Officer at Connective3)
Dustin W. Baly (Owner & Principal at 49 SEO Services)
Frank Olivo (Founder at Sagapixel)
Gareth Simpson (Founder & Innovation Director at Seeker Digital)
Garrett French (Founder & CEO at Citation Labs)
Greg Sterling (Co-Founder at Near Media)
Gregory Collins (Founder at Bluharmonix)
Jarvis Leverson (CEO & Founder at The Morning Hero)
Jenn Long (Global Sr. SEO Manager at Zoom)
John Caiozzo (Senior Director of SEO at TenStrat Performance Marketing)
Jonah Pessin (SEO Manager at Squarespace)
Josh Blyskal (Answer Engine Optimization Strategist & Researcher at Profound)
Joshua Boughton (Sr. SEO Manager at Bloomhouse Marketing)
Katarina Dahlin (Senior Growth Hacker at Whitepress)
Kelsey Libert (Co-Founder at Fractl)
Krishna Madhavan (Principal Product Manager at Microsoft AI, Bing)
Laura Beatty (CEO & Co-Founder at No Bad Days Digital)
Lucas Manuel Alvarado (Digital Project Manager at Nationwide Transport Services)
Luke Heinecke (Co-Founder at Adaptify)
Madeleine Lambert (Director of Marketing & Sales at Originality.ai)
Maria Pashi (Principal Solution Architect at Similarweb)
Martha van Berkel (CEO at Schema App)
Matthew Brown (Founder at MJBLabs)
Mellissa Jensen (Director of SEO at Cisco)
Mike Korenugin (Director of Product at SE Ranking)
Monty Montgomery (Content & SEO Lead at Avantiico)
Nadya Khoja (Head of Content at Pettable)
Natali Assa (Field Enablement Manager at Uberall)
Natasha Burtenshaw-deVries (Director of Organic Growth at Flywheel Digital)
Nikki Lam (VP, Head of SEO at NP Digital)
Pat Reinhart (VP of Services & Thought Leadership at Conductor)
Paxton Gray (CEO at 97th Floor)
Prashant Puri (CEO at AdLift, Inc.)
Purna Virji (Principal Evangelist & Global Program Manager at LinkedIn)
Ravi Kumar (Founder & CEO at MadHawks)
Ray Grieselhuber (CEO at DemandSphere)
Ray Saddiq (Global Head of Marketing at Rise At Seven)
Raycheal Proctor (Marketing Director at Unlimited Mixed Marketing)
Roger Williams (Partnership and Community Manager, North America at Kinsta)
Ross Hudgens (CEO at Siege Media)
Ross Simmonds (CEO at Foundation + Distribution.ai)
Rosy Callejas (Sr. Manager, SEO & Growth at Amagi)
Ryan Ricketts (SEO Director at Slicketts Digital)
Sam Richardson (VP of Growth at Intero Digital)
Sam Zelitch (Senior Community Events Manager at Squarespace)
Samanyou Garg (Founder & CEO at Writesonic)
Sebastian Pawlowski (EVP at Lastmile Retail)
Serge Bezborodov (CTO & Co-Founder at JetOctopus)
Tom Lee (CEO & Co-Founder at Visto)
Tom Mansell (VP of Organic Performance at Croud)
Tyler Moye (Account Manager at Page One Power)
Vince Nero (Director of Content Marketing at BuzzStream)
Wayland Myers (CEO & Founder at MMG MarketPage)
Wayne Cichanski (Vice President, Search & Site Experience at iQuanti)
Wil Reynolds (Founder & CEO at Seer Interactive)
Zach Rattner (CTO & Co-Founder at Yembo)
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