Chief Evangelist for Brand Marketing and Managing Director of Brand Solutions, Google

Gopi Kallayil is the Chief Evangelist at Google for Brand Marketing. Prior to that he was Chief Evangelist of Google+ for Brands. Earlier he worked on marketing the Company's flagship advertising product, AdWords, in the Americas and Asia Pacific. He also led the marketing team for AdSense, Google's publisher-facing product.
Before joining Google, he was on the management team of two Silicon Valley venture funded startups. While a consultant with McKinsey & Co., he worked on engagements helping the management teams of large corporations improve business performance and maximize revenues. He has also led large Information Technology projects for global corporations in India, China, and the US.
Gopi Kallayil earned his Bachelors degree in electronics engineering from the National Institute of Technology in India. He received his Masters in Business Administration degrees from the Indian Institute of Management and The Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. He is an avid yoga practitioner, triathlete, public speaker, global traveler and Burning Man devotee. He has spoken at TEDx, Renaissance Weekend, The World Peace Festival and Wisdom 2.0. He hosts a TV program on cable and YouTube called Change Makers.
Suzie Reider leads Industry Development for YouTube and spent the past 5 years running the advertising sales organization for YouTube and the Google Display Network. Suzie was hired as the Chief Marketing Officer of YouTube in summer of 2006 and prior to that served as Senior Vice President and General Manager for the Games and Entertainment Division of CNET Networks (now CBS).
Before joining CNET Networks, Suzie spent 14 years with Ziff-Davis publishing where she leveraged her expertise in advertising sales, promotions, events, research and marketing for various computer and video gaming publications. Suzie Reider also serves on the board of the San Francisco Film Society.

Articles from this author

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  Business / 2015-07-20

  Six digital marketing traps that CMOs should avoid

  Gopi Kallayil & Suzie Reider / Chief Evangelist for Brand Marketing and Managing Director of Brand Solutions, Google

  Since July 2, 2008, when Red Bull uploaded its first video on YouTube, it has garnered more than one billion views on its channel. That’s a staggering number. If you assume that each viewing is from a different person, that’s the equivalen…