Experience

SEO leader with 20+ years specializing in AI search optimization (GEO/AEO). I translate strategic priorities into actionable programs — the tracking, content, and citation work that wins AI visibility in crowded categories — with deep enterprise, B2B/SaaS, and regulated-vertical experience. Former agency owner (SocialSEO.com, acquired).

Professional experience

SEO Lead · The Dyrt

Mar 2025 – Present

Remote · Camping marketplace, 80K+ indexed pages

  • Own the GEO/AEO program across ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews — contributed to 32% new-user growth and the company’s first profitable year in 12 years.
  • Built an AI Visibility Inventory & Tracker (Profound, PromptWatch, Ahrefs Brand Radar, Looker Studio) measuring citation share and competitive performance.
  • Engineered a content graph, entity enrichment, and a custom query fan-out tool to model how AI engines interpret content.
  • Built RAG-style content pipelines and n8n automation workflows generating 20K+ optimized assets at scale.
  • Partnered across content, growth, product, and engineering; executive-ready monthly reporting to C-level stakeholders.

SEO Lead · AAA, The Auto Club Group

Jan 2024 – Mar 2025

Remote · Enterprise membership organization

  • Grew keyword visibility from 95K to 600K+, first-page rankings from 12K to 30K+, SERP features from 3K to 35K; membership conversions up 9%.
  • Implemented a RAG-based AEO framework, establishing AI visibility as a tracked KPI.
  • Built dynamic Looker Studio dashboards via custom API integrations to monitor AI exposure, crawl depth, and CTR.
  • Resolved 300+ crawl/indexation issues, lifted site health 20%, and retained 98% of organic traffic through a multi-site migration.

Senior SEO Consultant · Independent

Feb 2019 – Dec 2023

Remote · SaaS, B2B, and content clients

  • Launched early AI-driven content workflows (GPT-4, Claude) and entity/E-E-A-T strategies, growing topical coverage 45%.
  • Delivered technical audits and roadmaps improving crawl efficiency and page speed; conversion rate up 18% via UX mapping and A/B testing.

Director, Technical SEO · LOCOMOTIVE Agency

2015 – 2017, 2022

Cary & Pittsboro, NC · Enterprise clients: Cox, Sunbrella, Credit.com, NRG

  • Led technical SEO for enterprise brands including Cox.com, Sunbrella.com, and Credit.com; primary contact for C-level clients and dev teams.
  • Architected scalable programmatic SEO frameworks for large location/directory sites — crawl efficiency, internal linking, indexation at scale.
  • Translated audits into execution-ready roadmaps with SEO KPIs tied to business impact.

President & Founder · SocialSEO.com

Nov 2002 – Jan 2015

Raleigh, NC · Acquired · Teams of 15–20

  • Built and led an SEO/content agency serving 120+ clients (Drugstore.com, Sony Music, HughesNet, Quadratec).
  • Founded and scaled ThemeSnap.com to 16,000+ customers; drove 14% MoM order growth for Drugstore.com and grew directories from 120K to 1.6M monthly users.

Education

B.A. in Communication

NC State University · Raleigh, NC

AI search · GEO/AEO

Answer-engine optimization for ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews — citation programs, content graphs, query fan-out analysis.

ProfoundPromptWatchAhrefs Brand Radar

Technical SEO

Enterprise audits, Core Web Vitals, JavaScript rendering, structured data, crawl budget, and migrations that keep the traffic.

Screaming FrogDeepCrawlSchema

Automation & AI

MCP and automation workflows, programmatic SEO at scale, RAG-aligned content pipelines, and Python scripts where they earn their keep.

n8nMakeLangflowCursor

Analytics & reporting

Executive-ready dashboards and monthly reporting that tie search work to revenue, built on custom API integrations.

GA4Looker StudioSEMrushAhrefs

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