Brian Klais

Brian Klais is the Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President at SEO solutions company Netconcepts, where he is responsible for leading the company’s product strategy and overseeing day-to-day operations. Under his leadership, Netconcepts has become a leading provider of natural search products trusted by global retailers, media brands, and ad agencies to dramatically increase their results—including the award-winning GravitySteam SaaS automated natural search technology platform, which Brian co-invented. As an author and speaker, Brian is a regular contributor to leading retail and search marketing publications and conferences. Prior to Netconcepts, Brian founded his first online venture in 1998 – a dotcom that would launch the first browser-based book-reading service and cloud-based library management. Brian studied Business Management at the University of Wisconsin, grew up in the pristine farm country west of Madison, and still lives nearby with his wife and 3 daughters.

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