Amanda Vega began her career at AOL as a chat moderator 17 years ago. During her tenure at AOL she directly helped to develop and rollout Instant Messenger and Love@AOL (now Match.com's technology.) Amanda has an MBA from Columbia University and has also completed graduate work at the Wharton School of Business. After selling her second firm to Ogilvy and Mather in 2000, she moved to New York City and opened Amanda Vega Consulting in hopes of working with agencies and clients directly to help them optimize and integrate the ongoing stream of new technology and marketing options growing in the online space while also more effectively integrating those into their traditional programs.
Amanda is a published author and frequent industry expert speaker at such conference as Search Engine Strategies and Ad:Tech. She is a board member for many local and national non-profits and professional organizations.