Kevin Ryan was named the vice president of global content for Search Engine Watch and Search Engine Strategies, by Incisive Media today.

Ryan in the past worked as the vice president, Interactive Media for the Interpublic Group agency, Wahlstrom Interactive and CEO of Kinetic Results. He also founded Motivity Marketing, a strategic consulting firm. He held a position at iMedia Communications as the search editor and worked for both Did-It and DoubleClick.

Kevin wrote in a post at the Search Engine Watch blog, “My mission is to guide, direct and assist the tremendous team here in the continued development of the Search Engine Strategies and Search Engine Watch resources. Over the coming months I’ll be spending a great deal of time working with our teams around the world to provide the best possible content for everyone engaged in search.”

More coverage at Techmeme.

Postscript: Lee Odden has a short interview with Kevin at his Online Marketing Blog.

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