Jeff Quipp is founder and CEO of Search Engine People Inc. Jeff has been engaged in the search industry for more than a decade, and was one of the first people in Canada to recognize the Internet as an emerging marketing channel.

Before launching Search Engine People, Jeff spent time within the Bell group of companies managing and launching North America's first speech recognition enabled portal. Jeff has also earned undergraduate degrees in Psychology and Economics, and an MBA from Wilfrid Laurier University.

A speaker at numerous search marketing and social media conferences, his passion lies in understanding the impact of various types of content on social media, SEO, and visitor behavior.

Very active in most social media circles, Jeff blogs frequently at SearchEnginePeople.com/blog, writes for Search Engine Watch and the Search Marketing Standard, is a moderator for the search industry's social media site Sphinn.com, and sits on the Search Committee of the IAB Canada. Follow Jeff on Twitter at @jquipp.