Ken Walker

Dean of LinkShare University/Web Producer

As Dean of LinkShare University, Ken is building an educational system designed to provide advertisers and publishers with leading-edge training and tools to become successful in all forms of Internet marketing.

As web production manager for LinkShare Corp., Ken oversees all website and landing page development, A/B and Multivariate testing, content creation and search engine optimization (SEO) strategies and implementation.  Ken is a seasoned Internet marketer.  He began his career in 1995 when he co-founded one of Tampa's premier Internet marketing agencies.  For over 14 years he has provided strategic planning, design, development and search engine optimization to top national and international companies.

Lisa Erlich

Senior Account Manager

Lisa joined LinkShare in March 2004 as a Marketing Communications Specialist. Promoted to Senior Account Manager in 2007, Lisa is based in the LinkShare Chicago office. Prior to joining LinkShare, Lisa held account management roles with Parents.com and iVillage.com in New York City. She holds a B.A. in Journalism from Indiana University in Bloomington.

Leslie Pazan

Marketing Communications

Leslie Pazan has worked at LinkShare for 2+ years in a Marketing Communications role. She assists Advertisers with optimizing both their creative and communications in order to most effectively run their programs within LinkShare. In addition, she manages the Creative Services offering, which is an A la Carte services model that offers HTML and Banner design to clients. Prior to LinkShare, she worked in the Marketing Department at a non-profit in San Francisco. She attended Brandeis University in Massachusetts and graduated with a degree in Economics and Psychology.

Sean Reynolds

Senior Account Manager

Sean joined LinkShare's New York office in May 2005 as an Account Manager. Promoted to Senior Account Manager in 2007, Sean has managed a wide variety of advertiser programs, including Avon, Delta, iTunes and Walmart. Prior to joining LinkShare, Sean specialized in brand marketing for clients such as Aston Martin and Volvo. He holds a B.A. in Philosophy from State University of New York at Geneseo.

Ekat Andreyev

Account Manager

Ekat has a B.A. in Marketing from Rutgers University Business School, and joined LinkShare in August of '06 as a Distribution Service Specialist. She was promoted to Account Manager in '08, and has had experience managing various Merchant programs, such as Sephora, Lego, and Walmart.

Kim Read

Director - Agency Team

Kim started in Internet marketing in 2004 where she managed paid search campings for TrafficStrategies.com.  Kim came to LinkShare in 2007 through the acquisition of TrafficStrategies.com where she continued to manage the paid search marketing team.  Kim has recently been promoted to Director, Agency Team where she oversees all search and creative services.  Kim is a graduate of the University of Florida and as such, is a huge Gator's fan!

Michelle Okeon

Senior Search Strategist

Michelle is a Senior Search Strategist at LinkShare, helping guide strategic planning for the LinkShare Search team and our clients.  She has been working in Internet Marketing since 2003, joining LinkShare in 2006 where she has held positions on the Affiliate and Search teams.

Jennifer Moor

Senior Manager, Network Development

Jen has been involved in Internet marketing and sales for over 11 years.  As a Senior Manager in Network Development, Jen is responsible for managing the growth within the LinkShare publisher network.  Her focus is on search publishers, sub-networks and comparison shopping engines.  Prior to working for LinkShare, Jen worked for American Honda in their Internet sales and marketing division.  Jen holds a BS in Communications from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

Lindsey Eis

Account Manager

Lindsey is responsible for customer support, technical support, planning, optimization, and growth of the Advertisers in her portfolio and enjoys her role as the face of LinkShare to her clients. In her 2 years at LinkShare she worked as a Distribution Specialist, acting as the liaison between Advertisers and Publishers before being promoted to Account Manager.  Prior to LinkShare she worked as a Merchandising Coordinator at Calphalon (A Division of Newell Rubbermaid).  Lindsey holds a B.S. in Marketing from the University of Northern Iowa.

Deanna Avi

Account Manager

Deanna has been in the Marketing and Advertising Industry 6+ years working on the agency side as an Account Manager and is very familiar with the ins and outs of agency work ranging from Print to media and online to Point of Sale.  She has also spent time on the client side with a Retailer in the Marketing Department where her responsibilities included, PR, Events, Promotions and overall advertising for the brand.

Currently, Deanna is an Account Manager for the LinkShare Team and was just awarded the Q1 Customer Satisfaction Award.

Panel Members

Marc Mazzone

Vice President, Online Mall

Upromise

Jeffery Leczkoski

Director of Inline Marketing

Vesida Corporation

Kathleen Lindsey

Director Allegiance Marketing Resources

Steve Schaffer

Founder/CEO

Vertive