Sam Sebastian is responsible for leading Google's N. America Local and Business to Business Industry Practices with the goal of engaging more marketers about the benefits and efficiencies of the Google platform. Sam and his team work closely with clients in the classified, directory, yellow pages, newspaper, home services, government, education, home improvement, energy, logistics and industrial sectors.

Sebastian joined Google from Classified Ventures (CV), an online joint venture of major U.S. newspaper companies, where he was the General Manager at Homescape.com and SVP, Sales & Marketing at HomeGain. Sebastian worked with the newspaper and real estate communities for over seven years at CV to grow the usage and effectiveness of online real estate and home builder products on newspaper websites.

Prior to Classified Ventures, Sebastian was a consultant with Arthur Andersen in Chicago, IL.

In addition to numerous interviews in national industry publications, Sam is a regularly featured speaker at many Local Advertising trade events.

Sebastian earned a BA in Accounting from The Ohio State University and an MBA from Northwestern's Kellogg Graduate School of Management.