Summit 2007 | Sydney | Speakers

Josh James, CEO, Omniture
Josh James is a pioneer in the online marketing and Web analytics industry, Josh James co-founded Omniture in 1996. Under James’ tenure as chief executive officer, Omniture has seen repeated years with more than 100 percent increases in revenue growth. In addition to his responsibilities as CEO, James also sits on the company’s board of directors.

Shar VanBoskirk, Senior Analyst, Forrester Research
Shar is a senior analyst whose work focuses primarily on strategies for leveraging interactive channels, and she is widely quoted in publications such as The New York Times, Fortune, and The Wall Street Journal and has appeared on National Public Radio. Shar's specific areas of emphasis include email marketing, online advertising, search engine marketing, ad serving and targeting, mobile marketing, and in-game advertising. She, together with the rest of the Marketing Strategy & Technology team, also shares her insights on technology and marketing in Forrester's Marketing Blog.

Paul Phillips, Founder, Touch Clarity
In 2000, Paul founded Touch Clarity with the sole purpose of building the most sophisticated, but fully automated, individual visitor targeting solution that included direct measurement of the solution’s performance and contribution to the business. Paul has a unique background in disciplined targeted direct marketing and data mining along with expert knowledge of contemporary advancements in machine learning and artificial intelligence. Prior to founding Touch Clarity, Paul was the European Managing Director and Global Strategy Director of Urban Science International, a leading Data Mining consulting company. During this time, the company won the prestigious Knowledge Discovery Cup run by the American Association of Artificial Intelligence two years running. Paul also sits on the Strategic Advisory Council for PASCAL (pascal-network.org), an academic program dedicated to stimulation and sharing of research related to the application of machine-learning technology.

Matt Belkin, Vice President, Omniture Consulting
An industry veteran in Web analytics, Matt Belkin joined Omniture in 2004. As Vice President of Omniture Consulting, Mr. Belkin is responsible for ensuring Omniture customers maximize online marketing strategies to achieve organizational success. Under his direction, the Omniture Consulting group has grown its client base by more than 300 percent over the past year. Prior to Omniture, Mr. Belkin served as director of marketing analytics at Macromedia, where he built the marketing analytics practice from the ground up and drove the use of Web analytics to an unprecedented 25 percent staff usage within the company.