Richard Stokes is a seasoned entrepreneur, respected author and CEO of AdGooroo, LLC. Stokes founded AdGooroo in 2004 and helped the company grow to more than 2,000 clients, including 30 of the world's top 50 search agencies like Havas Digital, Group M and such major brand advertisers as Business.com. In 2008, Stokes released his authoritative book detailing the huge disparity among AdWords advertisers; "Mastering Search Advertising - How the Top 3% of Search Advertisers Dominate Google AdWords," which has received acclaim from respected authors, industry leading executives and others. Stokes second work, "The Ultimate Guide to Pay-Per-Click Advertising" was released in April, 2010.

Before forming AdGooroo, Stokes was technology executive at Publicis Group/Leo Burnett. He also served as chief architect at Click Commerce, Inc.

Stokes graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a bachelor's degree in computer engineering. He also received his MBA in marketing, entrepreneurship & technology management from Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management.