Bill Tancer
General Manager, Global Research, Hitwise

A self-confessed data geek, Bill is the general manager of global research at Hitwise, the world’s leading online competitive intelligence services. Bill and his team of analysts are widely quoted throughout the industry on the latest Internet trends. Bill appears as a frequent guest on CNBC, has been quoted in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times the Washington Post and USAToday on topics ranging from the state of e-commerce to predicting American Idol winners using search term research. Bill also writes a weekly column for Time Magazine (Time.com) entitled The Science of Search.