Andreas Roell

Andreas Roell is president and CEO of Geary Interactive. Roell cofounded Geary Interactive in 2000 and has built a successful enterprise with 50 employees, specializing in site design, online media planning and buying, search engine marketing, data analytics, and e-mail marketing. Leading the long-term corporate planning, Roell's strategic vision and leadership has organically grown Geary Interactive into one of the nation's largest independent digital marketing agencies.

An online advertising veteran for over 12 years, Roell was a cofounder and chief Web strategist for Prime Player, the Internet's first portal for sports participation. He earned his MBA from the University of San Diego, graduating magna cum laude. He earned a bachelor's degree in international business from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, which recruited the professional soccer player from his native Karlsruhe, Germany, to play for the UNLV Rebels.

Roell sits on Interactive Advertising Bureau's online lead generation board and is a frequent industry expert with such media outlets as Fox News and NBC. He's an active angel investor and frequently functions as advisor to early-stage technology companies. He is president of the San Diego Advertising Federation and was named one of San Diego's Top 40 Entrepreneurs Under 40.