
Paul Vallez leads multiple teams across global product strategy, search technology, and operations for the creation and launch of theĀ next generation search platform for HP.com. With over 15 years of product leadership within a wide range of b-b and consumer products Paul has an extensive background in search, online marketing, product strategy, demand generation, and e-commerce. Paul is a regular public speaker at Search Engine Strategies (SES), Search Marketing Expo (SMX), PubCon.
Prior to HP.com Paul spent 10 years at Ask.com and led Product Management & Engineering for the Ask.com Search Marketing division and was the co-creator of the Ask Sponsored Listings marketplace (now Sendori.com) and led the creation and deployment of the next generation of the search platform. Paul also held product management and engineering roles at LookSmart, managing key search distribution partnerships with major search engines including MSN, Inktomi, Excite, Alta Vista, and Ask Jeeves.
Paul has a bachelors degree in English from the University of California, Berkeley.
