Ismael El-Qudsi

Ismael is CEO at Internet Republic, Social Media, SEO and online marketing agency, since November 2011.

The three years prior to the establishment of Internet Republic, Ismael El-Qudsi was Head of SEO and Social Media, in the digital department at Havas. As a Technical Engineer in Management Computing, his career has always been linked to the Internet. Previously, he was in charge of Bing in Spain, Microsoft’s search engine, and project manager of many TPI websites (Páginas Amarillas), including the Spanish search engine Noxtrum.

Ismael teaches at the Internet Business Master Degree (MIB), ESIC and Instituto de Empresa. He also teaches online marketing on the Latin American platform ‘Mejorando la Web’ and has been invited to the University of Santo Domingo. Always looking to improve his own knowledge, he was a student at the International Digital Business Seminar (ISDI) at Harvard University.

Ismael speaks regularly at events related with online marketing and search engines, such as Search Congress, OME, EventoBlog España (EBE) and Dominicana (EBE DOminicana), SMX, etc. He is also founding partner of Asociación de Inversores y Emprendedores de Internet (AIEI) and organizes one of Spain’s most important events within the business: Internet Es Tuyo.

He is considered a leader in all things online marketing, SEO and Social Media. On his personal blog (www.elqudsi.com) he writes about technology, social media, marketing and the Internet. Follow him on Twitter at @elqudsi.