John Estalilla

John Estalilla began his professional career in 1999 with an internet start-up company DevX.com, Inc, a leading provider of technical information to the IT and application development communities. As a top sales producer, he was promoted to the position of Regional Sales Manager with the responsibility to grow and manage online advertising revenues in eight states. In 2003, the DevX.com Network was successfully acquired by Jupitermedia Corporation (Nasdaq: JUPM / WEBM). John moved on to continue his success as a Sr. Account Executive and Business Development Manager with Tatro & Wheeler, Inc, a premier trade show and events service provider, and NexTag, Inc., a leading online comparison shopping site. In June 2004, he made the decision to join SFGate.com, the online division of the San Francisco Chronicle ~ a Hearst Newspaper ~ as a National Online Advertising Account Executive handling major accounts. John was promoted to Manager, Online Advertising Sales in January 2009 and in August 2009 was named Director of Local Advertising for Hearst Media Services for the San Francisco Bay Area. In his current role, John is responsible for managing a local sales force by growing, developing, and generating advertising revenue across a variety of market leading multimedia platforms including Wireless (WAP), SEM, Yahoo BT, online video, SEO and online display.