At COO (Boardroom Media) we track over 1,000,000 startups and over 5,000,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top United States based COO’ operating in the SEO space. If you think a COO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected].
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Erin Robbins O’Brien
COO of GinzaMetrics
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About GinzaMetrics: GinzaMetrics offers an SEO and content marketing platform that provides recommendations and competitor analytics to agencies and marketers.
Adrian D Souza
Chief Operating Officer of LotLinx
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About Integral Ad Science, LotLinx: LotLinx’ is a SaaS provider of Digital Retailing and Marketing technologies and for the Automotive Industry.
Drew Arnold
COO of Blu Mint Digital
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About AirPatrol, Blu Mint Digital: Results-driven digital marketing for online businesses.
Jacob Riff
COO and Co-Founder of Monsido (now part of Optimere)
Jacob Riff is the COO at Monsido.
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About Monsido (now part of Optimere): Monsido is a SaaS web governance tool which gives organizations visibility over all their digital assets on a regular basis.
Fabian Lobera
COO of Pitchengine
Fabian Lobera is the CFO at Language I/O.
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About Language I/O, Pitchengine: PitchEngine is PR platform that enables businesses to create content to share via social networks, search engines and mobile devices.
Neil Eneix
Founder/COO of Fannit
Neil is a local entrepreneur to the Seattle area and owns Fannit, a Seattle Inbound Marketing Agency. Fannit works with both startups and multi-million dollar companies, helping them successfully build scalable marketing models that increase qualified traffic, leads, and sales across inbound & outbound channels. Founded in 2009, Fannit.com is a Seattle Inbound Marketing Agency that provides full service solutions to local and national brands looking to realize the potential of their sales and revenue. They are a certified Hubspot Partner, as well as Google partner, providing full data insight and campaign refinement for our clients through marketing automation, Google Analytics, and other resources. Case studies – fannit.com/inbound-marketing-sales-case-studies
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About Fannit: Fannit develops inbound marketing strategies for Seattle and North American businesses.
John McLaughlin
COO of Critical Mass
As Chief Operations Officer, John is charged with overseeing the efficiency of the Agency’s process and quality of its work product. Since joining Critical Mass in 1999, he has progressed through several roles in the organization. Through his experience leading individual projects, large-scale client teams and entire offices, John has developed a great understanding of the challenges facing complex organizations and enjoys identifying and capitalizing on opportunities for improvement. With a Master’s Degree in Integrated Marketing from Northwestern University, John believes in the power of data and analytics to drive business and organizational decisions. He also holds a degree in journalism with a concentration in advertising and business administration from Ohio University. His free time is occupied by baseball, cheesy science fiction novels and chronicling the adventures of his 2-year-old son.
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About Critical Mass: Critical Mass is a digital experience design agency with a relentless focus on the customer.
Naga Siva
COO of Roamsoft
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About Roamsoft: Roamsoft Technologies is a web development company. Roamsoft Technologies pioneered in provide the global solutions in web development.
Rhian Beutler
COO of venntov
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About venntov: Ecommerce experts / Shopify expert partners / SEO App developer
Daniel Russell
Chief Operating Officer of Go Fish Digital
Daniel is the COO at Go Fish Digital and a licensed attorney. During his marketing career, he’s helped structure market research programs for global companies like Whirlpool and Zynga, managed SEO audit projects for Wikipedia.org and The New York Times, and consulted General Electric and Monster Beverage Corp on their online ad campaigns and web presence. Daniel is frequently invited to speak on topics such as CRO, Reddit, and A.I. at the marketing industry’s top conferences including MozCon, Internet Summit, Google I/O Extended, and INBOUND. He’s also been a featured expert in interviews for Search Engine Journal and the Time for Marketing, Growth Hacking, and Marketing Agency Leadership podcasts. Before joining Go Fish Digital, Daniel was the founder of Attentiv (a communication software), a law clerk at Magruder (a corporate litigation law firm), a sales manager at Qualtrics (a UX software, now part of SAP), and a risk management analyst at Marubeni-Itochu (a Japanese trading conglomerate). Daniel was a Fulton Scholar Award recipient at Brigham Young University where he graduated with a degree in Economics and History. He later received his J.D. from the George Mason School of Law where he was the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Law, Economics & Policy. Daniel was admitted to the Maryland bar in 2015.
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About Go Fish Digital: Go Fish Digital is a digital marketing company focused on search engine optimization and online brand management.
Robin Srivastava
Co-Founder / COO of GrabShack
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About GrabShack: Search Engine For Indian E-commerce
Nathan Winne
Chief Operating Officer of Company 119
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About Company 119: Company 119 builds smart, dynamic websites and strategic marketing campaigns designed to achieve business goals and produce real results.
Clement Connor
COO of SiO Digital
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About SiO Digital: B2B Lead Generation Agency combining Inbound Marketing, Sales Intelligence, Ai-powered SEO/PPC and Marketing Intelligence.
Shaun Rajewski
Founder, COO of Epic Web Studios
Founder and COO at Epic Web Studios & ASAPmaps
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About ASAPmaps, Epic Web Studios: Epic Web Studios is a website design, SEO & digital marketing firm located in Erie, Pennsylvania.
Kathleen Rae
President and Chief Operating Officer of InfoSpace
Kathleen H. Rae served as the President and Chief Operating Officer of InfoSpace, Inc. from April 2, 2003 to November 2005 and its Interim executive vice president of mobile until November 2005. Prior to InfoSpace, Ms. Rae served as a partner at Ignition Partners from 2000 to 2001. Ms. Rae is a retired business executive with 25 years of experience in operations and financial management in various executive roles. From 1996 to 1999, Ms. Rae was a founding executive for NEXTLINK Communications, Inc., now XO Communications, a provider of voice and data services to businesses, where she served as Chief Financial Officer for four years. From 1987 through 1995, she held various executive positions at Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air, and most recently, Ms. Rae served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Horizon Air, one of the country’s premier regional carriers. While at Alaska Airlines, Ms. Rae was Vice President and Controller. She began her career at Arthur Andersen & Co. She has been a Director of Clearwire Corporation since June 15, 2011.
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About InfoSpace: InfoSpace is a leading provider of white label search and monetization solutions.
Larry K.H. Jenkins
Chief Operating Officer of Forthea Interactive Marketing
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About Forthea Interactive Marketing: Internet Marketing Company Houston
Tim Williams
Chief Operating Officer of Sesame Communications
I’ve built a successful entrepreneurial life across diverse industries and employers. With deep experience in product management, marketing, strategy, and business development and strong leadership and communication skills, I currently drive the success of a SaaS-based digital marketing start-up for the medical industry. MS, Information Management – University of Oregon
BA, Industrial/Organizational Psychology – Stanford University http://www.linkedin.com/in/timothywilliams
http://about.me/timothy.williams
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About Sesame Communications: Cloud-Based Digital Marketing and Patient Engagement System for dentistry