Featured Speaker on 02.26.2020

Raphi Salem is the Senior Growth Specialist at Five Blocks Intelligent Digital Reputation Management, www.fiveblocks.com. He leads the New York office and champions the company’s partnership creation, growth and expansion.

As an entrepreneur, Raphi started his own Internet and E-commerce company in 1997, and has consulted with, built, and managed the digital presence for hundreds of organizations and professionals in the United States, Europe and Israel. He is a skilled expert in the fields of Reputation Management, SEO, SEM, Social Media, Online  Advertising, E-mail and Affiliate Marketing. Raphi has held senior positions at various technology companies focused on digital and integrated marketing. He started his career at BBDO Advertising, NBC Television and Cablevision before moving to the Start-Up Nation to work with Direct Satellite Television, OLiVR/LivePicture and other ventures. Raphi is the founder of two business networking organizations and is a sought after passionate public speaker on the topics of technology, community, networking and business strategy.

Raphi holds a BA in Industrial/ Organizational Psychology from Queens College in New York, worked as a behavioral psychologist in the IDF, and has taught “Internet Marketing Essentials” at Pace University in New York City and Westchester, NY. In his spare time and depending on the season, Raphi can be found spending time on the softball or ultimate frisbee field, on his road or mountain bike, on skis or ice skates, or on his phone playing chess.

“When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.”

ABRAHAM LINCOLN