Kelly McNearney

Kelly McNearney is Google’s Senior Automotive Retail Strategist based in Venice, CA. She coaches automotive clients on Google’s wide range of solutions including Google Search, YouTube, programmatic and mobile. Her mission is to help automotive retailers make the most of the web by reaching in-market shoppers with the right message at the right time. She has conducted keynote addresses at Digital Dealer, DMSC, NADA, the Google Automotive Retail Summit and numerous OEM national dealer meetings and conferences. Prior to joining Google, Kelly spent 9 years at ESPN creating and selling multimedia sponsorship packages for sports advertisers. Kelly is a graduate of the University of Kansas with degrees in Journalism and Spanish. She is a thinkLA Person of the Year award winner and is the SoCal regional lead on GoogleServe, Google’s annual volunteerism initiative. She lives in Hermosa Beach, CA and is always looking for tips on interesting travel destinations.