Sean Nelson, Co-Founder and Chief Communications Scientist of Surge Labs, is the author of the Social Media Sonar blog, has written three LinkedIn ebooks, and numerous social media and online marketing guides.

In 2009 the Social Media Sonar blog was named the winner of the international blogging competition Blog Off 2, featuring competing bloggers from 28 countries.

Sean has been a Keynote speaker at Norvax University national events, speaker at conferences, conducts online marketing and social media workshops and continues to write "How To" guides.

He received his MBA at Georgia State University and lives in Atlanta with his wife and three children.

In 1998 Sean designed his first site for a regional insurance company that he worked for. From there he went on to work in Internet marketing for Budget Rent A Car and MyPoints.com. After the Dot Com crash he opened his own business utilizing his online skills to market his business. In 2008, having launched the Social Media Sonar blog he decided to focus exclusively online marketing, helping local businesses connect with prospects.

In 2010 he co-founded Surge Labs, a conversion optimization company.