I first became involved with the World Wide Web in 1993, while still in high school. After playing with MS Frontpage and building websites in the late '90's, I moved into consulting on the usability side of the equation, assisting local Seattle-area banks, law firms, doctors and small businesses with their domains. It wasn't until 2002 that I got involved in the field of search marketing.

The major forums of the SEO world were my training ground, and after months of lurking, I started posting my questions, responses and experiences. In 2004, the scope and size of my material outrgew the forums and I began posting reports, data, and tools in a subfolder that eventually became SEOmoz.

At the start of 2005, through the generosity of Danny Sullivan, I attended my first industry conference. That April, I spoke on my first panel (on organic listings) during SES Toronto and continued with panels in SES San Jose and New York. In December of 2005, I authored the Beginner's Guide to Search Engine Optimization just before SEOmoz was featured in Newsweek magazine.

For the last two years, I've had amazing opportunities to see SEOmoz grow and become one of the most visible companies in the search marketing world. I've been invited to speak to the search engineers at Google & Microsoft, contributed to the launch of the SMX conference series, and gave presentations for Stanford University, Public Media, NPR, Benchmark Capital & Ignition Partners. My travels have taken me from Beijing to Stockholm, Montreal to Milan, New York, London, Munich & many more.

When I'm not working I'm often exploring new parts of the world, spending time with my fiancee (whom I proposed to in Feb. 2007), Mystery Guest, or watching the NFL.