Co-Founder, PageOptimizer Pro, IMG Courses

BIO: Kyle is famous for his “Lorem Ipsum” case study, and for creating PageOptimizer Pro, High Voltage SEO, and IMG Courses – one of the best SEO communities. He’s also one of the most sought-after speakers in the industry.

SEO Consultant, Craig Campbell SEO

BIO: Craig is back for his third year at Chiang Mai, bringing over 24 years of SEO experience and fresh insights into the strategies that work in 2025. Known for constantly testing new tactics, Craig works in the iGaming space, where creative thinking is essential. His talk promises to deliver valuable tips and unique strategies you can’t find anywhere else.

CEO, Notebook Agency

BIO: Steve is an independent consultant and the creator of AI Notebook and SEO Notebook – two strategy-focused newsletters with over 20,000 subscribers combined. He’s known for award-winning SEO strategies that have ranked #1 for keywords with over 300,000 monthly searches, and for driving more than 50 million clicks for FreshBooks.com, including a single page that generated traffic worth $50,000 per week.

In March 2020, Steve left FreshBooks, turning his former employer into a client. Two years later, he grew his consulting firm, Notebook, to over $1M in revenue. In 2022, he founded SEO IRL, Canada’s largest SEO conference, held each fall in Toronto.

Chief Operating Officer, SearchLab Digital

BIO: Greg is the Chief Operating Officer at SearchLab, a boutique marketing agency specializing in Local SEO and PPC. He’s one of the most in-demand speakers at digital marketing and automotive conferences around the world, known for his dynamic, movie-themed presentations packed with actionable tactics and real-world insights.

With over 20 years of experience in online marketing and web design, Greg has helped countless businesses boost their visibility in local search. He holds a BA in Cinema and Communications from Southern Methodist University – and has an obscure movie quote ready for just about any situation.

SEO Lead, Easygo Gaming (Stake, Kick)

BIO: Peter is a world-class search professional with years of experience optimizing websites for both robots and humans.

A technical SEO at heart, he has worked across platforms including Shopify, Commerce Cloud, Nuxt.js, Kentico, and SvelteKit – leading some of Australia’s largest web migrations for brands like JB Hi-Fi, T2 Tea, Hairhouse, Coates Hire, and Metricon.

Peter is currently the SEO Lead at Easygo Gaming, the powerhouse behind gambling giant Stake and live-streaming platform Kick, applying over a decade of experience to compete in some of the most complex and competitive search environments in the world.

Chief Marketing Officer, Ahrefs

BIO:  Tim is the Chief Marketing Officer and Product Advisor at Ahrefs, an industry-leading SEO tool powered by big data. His research in the field of SEO has been cited by thousands of online publications, including Inc, TechCrunch and VentureBeat. Tim has also shared his expertise on stage at some of the world’s largest industry conferences, such as PubCon (Las Vegas, US), BrightonSEO (Brighton, UK) and Digital Marketers Australia Conference (Melbourne, AU).

Founder, Prosperity Media & Sydney SEO Conference

BIO: James is an SEO with 20 years of experience. He started in SEO by running a Myspace Layouts site in 2005, growing it to over 20 million visitors through SEO. He founded Prosperity Media in 2012, now Sydney's largest SEO, content, and digital PR agency, and has worked with clients in some of the most competitive SEO markets, including cryptocurrency, finance, FMCG, health, and news.

The team also manages a portfolio of 30+ affiliate assets across competitive verticals in both the Australian and U.S. markets. Prosperity also runs Australia’s largest dedicated SEO conference, the Sydney SEO Conference.

Co-founder, SensAI Academy & CTO, Vestigio

BIO: Robert has been in SEO for 21 years, an engineer for 14, and a data enthusiast for as long as he can remember. He’s the co-founder of SensAI Academy and CTO at Vestigio – a lover of cutting-edge tech, especially when it can be used for optimization.

Laser-focused on AI, automation, and their potential to unlock opportunities in Google Search and beyond, Robert delivers lectures and training sessions on AI SEO, inspiring peers both in Poland and at the world’s largest SEO conferences.

Founder, Traffic Family

BIO: Niels is the co-founder of Traffic Family, a 7-figure affiliate portfolio generating €1M in annual EBITDA with a lean team of seven, operating across nine Dutch e-commerce affiliate sites. He’s the author of The Payout Mafia: How the Top Affiliates Are Still Robbing the Bank in 2025, and an advisor to affiliate entrepreneurs scaling to five-figure monthly commissions.

Based in Chiang Mai, Niels also leads affiliate partnerships at Click Spurt, a YouTube agency, while preparing Traffic Family for acquisition. His expertise in paid search arbitrage and operational systems has earned him a dominant position in Dutch product search – thriving through algorithm shifts that wiped out hundreds of competitors.

Founder, Oliver.com

BIO: James is an affiliate marketer and serial entrepreneur who’s been building and scaling digital projects since 2017. He invests in or builds affiliate sites and SaaS apps (often powered by AI) that people actually use — then force-feeds them to Google until they rank.

Known for his no-BS marketing strategies like Parasite SEO, James focuses on what works and delivers results without the fluff.

Founder, SEOwind

BIO: Tom is a results-driven marketing professional who partners with CMOs and CEOs to achieve measurable outcomes, not just talk. He built an AI-powered writing tool, SEOwind, now used in over 100 countries to generate high-quality, search-optimized content. Specializing in AI-driven growth, content, and SEO, he bridges the gap between marketing and sales.

He frequently shares insights through podcasts, webinars, and conferences, drawing on years of experience that include scaling a startup from zero to global reach and developing frameworks capable of delivering 10x growth.

He helps lean teams scale smarter, from increasing organic traffic and automating content ops to building systems that grow revenue without growing headcount.

Director of Product Marketing, HighLevel

BIO: Chase Buckner is the Director of Product Marketing at HighLevel as well as the host of HighLevel's "Release Radars". Prior to joining the team at HighLevel, Chase and a partner built a full-service, 7-figure agency from scratch, which was actually one of HighLevel's first customers.

CEO & Founder, h1seo.com

BIO: Alan CladX, the self-styled Dark Lord of SEO, is a world-leading expert with over 25 years of experience. A proud French geek, he began his career in the adult space and now helps a broad range of clients consistently rank at the top of Google. Founder of H1Seo.com, which operates Europe’s largest PBN with 200,000+ sites, Alan specialises in Black Hat SEO and has never had a client penalised - while successfully removing penalties for many others. An in-demand speaker at SEO conferences worldwide, he is currently focused on how to hack AI for the benefit of his clients.

Founder & CEO, PageTraffic

BIO: Navneet is a digital marketing trailblazer who was doing SEO before most people could spell it. As the Founder & CEO of PageTraffic, he has led the agency to deliver measurable search growth for 10,000+ clients across 36 countries, ranging from Fortune 500s and startups to government organizations.

His team powers scalable, high-performance SEO systems - often behind the scenes as white-label partners to top global agencies. Navneet’s insights have appeared in Forbes, Search Engine Journal, Entrepreneur, and more. He’s a seasoned speaker at conferences across the US, Europe, and Asia, known for practical sessions that cut through the noise.

He blends timeless SEO fundamentals with modern AI, automation, and systems thinking. Navneet also hosts The Agency Insider Show, where he interviews leading minds in SEO and digital strategy. A trusted voice in the industry, he helps agencies and brands turn search into sustainable business growth.

Founder & CEO, Legiit

BIO: Chris is the founder and CEO of Legiit, an AI-powered, all-in-one marketing and outsourcing platform that combines an AI dashboard and interactive intelligence, business tools, and vetted freelancers - everything in one place to help companies grow. He also founded Superstar SEO, a globally recognized SEO consulting, services, training and software agency. Chris is known for a no-fluff, step-by-step approach and a community-first mindset. His sessions focus on keeping ownership, outsourcing intelligently, scaling what works and actionable tactics you can use the moment you leave the room.

SEO Consultant & Founder, Buyseech SEO

BIO: With 17 years of SEO experience, Igor started out as an affiliate landlord, running 700+ websites at once - until the empire collapsed (RIP). Pivoting to client SEO in 2013, he's since worked with billionaires, A-list celebrities, and billion-dollar brands - often in the biggest, toughest, and, let's be honest, the freakiest niches (including VR, where things get very revealing).

Igor's approach to client acquisition is as unconventional as it is effective: no ads, no funnels, no cold emails - just GIFs, memes, and genuine human connection. He believes the fastest path to high-profile clients isn't about fancy tactics, but about simply being human.

CEO & Founder, MobileMoxie

BIO: Cindy is the Founder & CEO of MobileMoxie (previously Rank-Mobile). She has been bringing fresh and creative ideas about SEO & ASO to consulting clients and digital marketing stages around the world since 2005. She regularly speaks at national and international trade events, and launched MobileMoxie in 2008 to address mobile-specific marketing needs within the traditional digital marketing specialty. In 2022, Cindy was named one of the top 10 most influential SEO's by USA Today.

Cindy's leadership helped MobileMoxie launch the first mobile-focused SEO toolset, enabling SEOs to see what actual mobile search results and pages look like from anywhere and preview and analyze mobile landing pages from both user and bot perspectives. Now, free versions of both the Page-oscope and the SERPerator are also available to all digital marketers as two easy-to-use Chrome Extensions.

Head of Innovation & Co-Founder, Surfer

BIO: Michał has been reverse-engineering SERPs for almost a decade. When mastering Google's algorithms was no longer enough, he turned his attention to the emerging frontier - optimizing for large language models. Today, as co-founder and Head of Innovation at Surfer, he analyzes the factors shaping LLM output and search behavior.

Performance Coach, Itamar Marani

BIO: Itamar is a former special forces operative, undercover agent, and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt who has coached hundreds of 7–9 figure entrepreneurs. His clients, including past and current CMSEO speakers, have gone from $10K/month to $3M/month, raised hundreds of millions in funding, and achieved nine-figure exits.

Founder, takaoto.pro

BIO: Szymon is an SEO strategist and consultant with over 15 years of experience. He's the founder of takaoto.pro, a boutique digital marketing agency focused on SEO that helps e-commerce and B2B clients drive and convert traffic. A recognized speaker in Poland, he has also presented at international conferences like the SEO Mastery Summit, BrightonSEO, SEO Estonia and SEO Vibes. Szymon is strongly focused on a data-driven, pragmatic approach to SEO combined with brand strategy and UX. He enjoys sharing his insights, experiences, and perspectives on SEO on his website, szymonslowik.com and on social media.

Co-Founder, Linkifi

BIO: Chris is the Co-Founder of Linkifi, a digital PR agency that's landed tens of thousands of editorially earned links on the world's biggest sites, including Forbes, Business Insider, and The Guardian. With a background in SEO and a deep focus on inbound PR systems, Chris has built a reputation for turning journalist requests into high-authority backlinks at scale. He's also the host of The Market Movers Podcast and a go-to expert on how earned media is evolving in the age of AI.

Founder, iRank LLC

BIO: Alex is the Founder of iRank LLC and runs Sh*tty SEO Advice, a monthly newsletter sharing the best link-building strategies and tactics with thousands of SEOs. He's also the creator of Lazy Link Building - a revolutionary approach to natural backlink acquisition. With a proven track record of landing backlinks from publications like WSJ and NYT, he's helped transform how hundreds of SEOs approach link building.

Director of Marketing & Sales, Originality.ai

BIO: Madeleine is the Director of Marketing and Sales at Originality.AI, where she leads strategic growth initiatives for the fast-scaling AI content detection platform. With over 10 years of experience in SEO and content marketing, she previously built and sold a successful content agency. Today, she focuses on leveraging SEO data, digital PR, and performance-driven strategies to build authority, drive qualified traffic, and support Originality.AI's mission to bring trust and transparency to AI-generated content.

Co-Founder & Director, StudioHawk US

BIO: Sophie is the Co-Founder & Director of StudioHawk US, based in Atlanta. With over a decade of SEO experience spanning agency, in-house, and consultancy roles, she has worked across a wide range of industries including eCommerce, finance, gaming, health, and SaaS. Sophie brings a strategic, data-driven approach to organic growth, helping brands scale sustainably through technical SEO, user experience testing, content and digital PR. She's passionate about making SEO accessible and mentoring the next generation of search marketers.