Kent Lewis
Chief Evangelist
Gravitate Design

Lewis is currently partnered with Gravitate Design, a digital agency, as their Chief Evangelist. With a background in integrated marketing, he left a public relations agency in 1996 to start his career in search engine marketing. In 2000, Lewis founded Anvil Media, Inc., a measurable marketing agency specializing in search engine and social media marketing. In March 2022, Anvil was acquired by Deksia, a Midwest-based agency specializing in strategy-driven creative. He’s co-founder of a variety of organizations, including career community emailROI (now Thesis) and SEMpdx, a Portland-area SEM professional trade association. As a long-time entrepreneur, Lewis is an investor and advisor to a host of emerging Portland-based companies. He speaks regularly at industry events and has been published in books and publications including Inc., SmartBrief, Business Journal and SmartBrief..Lewis tours nationwide as a regular speaker at the Digital Summit conference series. Active in his community, Lewis has been involved in non-profit charity and professional trade organizations including early literacy program SMART Reading, The Entrepreneurs' Organization (EO) and Portland Incubator Experiment (PIE). Industry recognition and awards include Portland Business Journal’s Top 40 Under 40 Award, Top 25 Most Influential Pay-per-Click Experts and Marketer of the Year by American Marketing Association Oregon Chapter. Lewis was also named a Top 100 Digital Marketing Influencers by BuzzSumo.

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