Frederick Vallaeys is a pioneer of pay-per-click advertising and the co-founder and CEO of the PPC management software company Optmyzr. As Google's first AdWords Evangelist and one of its earliest employees, he helped build the foundations of modern PPC, including Quality Score, conversion tracking, and early automation capabilities. With more than two decades of experience spanning multiple generations of advertising technology, Vallaeys brings a practitioner's perspective to the rise of generative AI in marketing. He has been recognized as PPC Survey's Most Influential PPC Expert in 2024 and 2025 and is a frequent keynote speaker at global marketing conferences. He is the author of two previous books, Digital Marketing in an AI World and Unlevel the Playing Field.