Tim Judd

Mr. Judd has twenty years of sales, marketing and business development experience in search, high tech and new media. He's a veteran of the leading provider of technology solutions to major newspapers around the world. Tim moved to the Internet and corporate search world and was instrumental in the recovery, growth and successful acquisition of several leading Internet players. His background in search provides a deep understanding of the business and the technology behind it. Coupled with his background in more traditional print technology areas it's a powerful combination.

He founded Contraco USA, an international search and consulting company focusing on vertical applications of innovative search technology. Tim has produced rapid revenue and profit growth. He is primarily responsible for product direction and market focus, managing strategic relationships and executing key business development initiatives. Prior to Contraco, he was Director Business Development for Search for Terra Lycos and responsible for the maintenance and vigorous growth of search traffic at Lycos through the development and deployment of the Lycos’ SideSearch product. This success in traffic growth was a key factor in the successful sale of Lycos to Daum, a leading Asian Internet player. Mr. Judd was also Director Business Development Fast Search and Transfer (FAST) a leading provider of enterprise search solutions and was an early competitor in the web search wars of the early 2000s. Tim built the Internet search division of FAST to the point where it became an attractive acquisition target and was acquired by Overture Advertising which subsequently was acquired by Yahoo.

Prior to Fast and Lycos Tim spent ten years in International sales and marketing with Atex Media Solutions. Atex is the leading provider of integrated solutions to the newspaper industry world wide. Tim focused on devising and delivering innovative solutions to the emerging new media space. This provided the ideal background for Search Initiatives giving him a deep understanding of the newspaper business and psychology. Tim has led or participated in several successful startups including the trade journal PR Week one of the original Apple Dealers in the UK and The Fingerprint Publishing group. He is an evangelist by nature. A native of London England, he has been resident in the US for the past decade and when not embedded deep in the world of search and e-commerce he sings barbershop harmony at an internationally competitive level.