Management Team
Our team all have a solid technical background but also have a certain level of personal obsession. To us, SEO is not simply a great way of exponentially increasing revenues and the ROI of an online business - it is a hobby, a community, a way of life!
Managing Director
Mike Jacobson comes from an unorthodox business and analytical background, working with everyone from dotcom startups to blue-chip banks and government agencies. Although still desperately trying to go a full twelve hours without having to take a nap on the sofa, and thinking Search referred to the hunt for the remote control, Mike is the commercial tour-de-force behind Ayima's stunning success.
Director of Operations
Mike Nott's first experience of Search was in 1984 at his elementary school science fair, where he resourcefully defied the odds to build a fully-functioning Search Engine out of lego. Mike was formerly head of the 25 person strong Search Marketing team at PartyGaming where he managed to lift PartyPoker out of the grave and straight to the very top of the table in the incredibly competitive online poker arena. Mike has been heavily involved in SEO for over 9 years and is the founder of the UK's largest SEO social group, LondonSEO.
Director of Services
Richard Game started in management consulting before most of the SEOs were born, and was formerly responsible for SEO at O2. His extensive experience in digital strategy and the implementation of IT services is applied to ensure clients get the most out of search marketing. He has run web start-up businesses, and also runs his own websites and domains. He speaks fluent Corporate and translates for the SEOs. As Director of Services, Richard is the one who wears the long sleeve shirts.
Head of Search
Born with a silver keyword in his mouth,
Rob Kerry is the wunderkind of the Ayima team. Rob is barely out of grade
school, yet is already a respected industry figure and a regular speaker at major events and conferences. Rob has also been the Editor of industry news site Sphinn and the Search Engine Watch forums,
resigning to spend more time on Ayima and affiliate projects. But he can usually be found at his local London pub, scoffing down pies and mash with a voracity that is truly astounding to the observer.
US Director
Tony "notsleepy" Spencer has been involved in SEO and website strategies ever since Al Gore invented the internet. Wearing "Ruby on Rails" branded vests under his shirts, he has a strong technical background as well as experience in managing and rolling out large web projects. His previous work has included consulting for major Fortune 500 corporations, as well as managing his own portfolio of sites. As Ayima's US Director, Tony manages clients that prefer the delights of MoonPies rather than Pork Pies.
SEO Consultant
Jane Copland joined Ayima in January 2009 after spending the early part of her SEO career with SEOmoz in the United States. With a background in organic SEO and viral marketing, her arrival at Ayima has finally provided her with a reason to never leave the greater London area ever again. Despite officially retiring from blogging upon touchdown at Heathrow, Jane still attends and speaks at search marketing events, such as Pubcon and SMX. She can keep up with Rob for the first three pints, but is usually home by at least midnight.
SEO Consultant
Joining Ayima in 2008, Dean Chew is from a mysterious part of the United Kingdom called Up Norf. He has been working in web development and SEO for over ten years, beginning as a developer and moving to SEO in search of the perfect rank. Before working at Ayima, he worked as the Head of SEO at a large online mobile phone retailer, doubling traffic from organic search. Despite working wonders for his clients, Dean still looks forward to the day when Ayima signs-up a client in the hair care business. He likes football, beer, girls and gravy - often at the same time.
SEO Consultant
Carl Hendy joined the Ayima team in October 2009, immediately showing up his coworkers by routinely arriving at the office two hours before everyone else every morning. Leaving a previous life as a banker well in the past, Carl returned to his roots in SEO five years ago. Having begun his Internet marketing life while his friends were still gainfully employed with paper rounds, Carl likes to spend his time outside of work tweeting from his BlackBerry on the train. He is infinitely better dressed than everyone at the SEO table, except for maybe Ekky.
Director of Technology
Tim Webb is a Senior Developer & SEO, most recently with PartyGaming where he was responsible for all SEO-related back-end development as well as visitor tracking and data-mining systems. Tim has been a developer/programmer for 11 years and in SEO for 6 years. Always with a keen eye on financial issues, when Tim is not writing mind-bending Java code and scraping immense piles of data from the internet, he likes to sew and knit his own clothes in order to preserve his bank balance.
Head of Projects
Ekrum "Ekky" Ashgar is an integral part of Ayima's project management. Despite having to sit at the SEOs' table, he manages to ignore most of them in order to keep operations in order. Liaising with clients and managing Ayima's SEO reporting, Ekky is also in the unenviable position of sitting directly in line of the table tennis table, and frequently comes under fire during a particularly intense game. Before taking on the task of keeping Ayima's projects running properly, he worked at PartyGaming. He is known for his dislike of cheese and his inability to hail taxis in Seattle.
Meet Us At Industry Conferences
- Affiliate Summit West (17th January - 19th January 2010)
- SES London (15th February - 19th February 2010)
- SMX London (17th May - 18th May 2010)
Quick Contact
- +1 (919) 277-8564
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