Speaker Bios

As Vice President of Operations at EngineWorks, a Portland-based professional search marketing company specializing in Search Engine Optimization, Paid Search Marketing, and Social Media Marketing, Kent Schnepp is responsible for designing and improving systems to deliver the Company’s world-class services to online commercial entities and interactive media agencies.  In addition to overseeing the Search Strategies Department at EngineWorks, Kent continuously focuses on enhancing the quality of processes, infrastructure, and best practices to ensure that its services exceed client success metrics.
 
With almost a decade of Internet marketing experience, Mr. Schnepp possesses extensive search marketing knowledge, and is recognized throughout the industry as an expert in Web site optimization and development.
 
Prior to co-founding EngineWorks, Kent was most recently founder and president of a successful online media agency focused on site design and Web applications for both large and small commercial entities. In addition to owning his own agency, Kent was Art Director for three years at MLS, Inc., a leading online catalog publisher in Eugene, Oregon. In this position, he oversaw the creation of more than seventy (70) user-centered Web sites.
 
Before this creative/management position at MLS, Inc., Kent was a successful independent Web site design/development contractor focused on implementing content management systems and creative marketing strategies for small-to-medium-sized companies. During his three (3) years of independent design work, Mr. Schnepp developed numerous online creative campaigns for commercial Web sites.  Kent earned is Bachelor of Science degree in Visual Design from the University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon.