Jay Sears

Sears is an EVP at ContextWeb, creators of the online advertising exchange ADSDAQ. He is responsible for bringing new products to market as well as developing key strategic relationships that drive audience and revenue acquisition. Prior to ContextWeb, Sears was SVP business and strategy development for EDGAR Online (1997-2004), where he drove the strategy that took the company from an under $1 million entrepreneurial business to a publicly-traded NASDAQ company. He created over 300 partnerships including ones with Yahoo, the Nasdaq Stock Market, and Microsoft. Prior to EDGAR Online, he served as VP marketing for Wolff New Media, the subject of Burn Rate by Vanity Fair media columnist Michael Wolff. Sears regularly speaks at industry conferences such as Search Engine Strategies and CIMA and has been quoted in publications such as Jack Myers Report, MediaWeek, Inc Magazine, and others. Sears received his B.A. in political science from Kenyon College in 1989.