Nov 2019 – Present · 6 yrs 6 mos

• The best People Ask research tool on the planet.

Jun 2016 – Present · 9 yrs 11 mos · Norwich, United Kingdom

• Candour. We create beautifully effective brands, websites and marketing.
• Our mission is to help companies make our clients the first choice for their customers.

Sep 2014 – May 2016 · 1 yr 8 mos · Norwich

• I came into Selesti to lead the digital marketing team after acquisition of OMG Search.
• During my 18 months, I doubled the revenue of the marketing department and tripled profits through negotiating better contracts with suppliers, increasing efficiency with new in-house processes and winning new key clients for digital marketing such as Hitachi DMG.
• I was instrumental in the expansion of the Selesti team, finding new talent and planning the strategic growth of the department with the senior management team.

Jan 2014 – Jan 2017 · 3 yrs

• AFK (Away From Keyboard) Apparel is a fashion label aimed primarily at gamers. It is an e-commerce business I have started with the aim of doing a couple of things I enjoy and raising some money for charity at the same time.
• AFK works with local businesses for production and with designers from USA, Canada, France and the UK with a revenue split on their used designs.
• As of 2017, AFK exclusively sells on the Game.co.uk marketplace.

Oct 2013 – Nov 2013 · 1 mo · Brighton, United Kingdom

• I took this interim position and helped scope out the business requirement for what eventually became two roles at SiteVisibility. I continued to work for SiteVisibility on a freelance consultancy basis until early 2014.

Jan 2012 – Sep 2013 · 1 yr 8 mos · Egypt

• A break from the tech world, teaching diving and first aid courses to a professional grade. Guiding certified divers and helping people overcome challenges.

Aug 2007 – Nov 2018 · 11 yrs 3 mos

• I was invited in the first year of the programme to become a YouTube partner. One of my videos produced 88 million views and was one of the top 10 of all time comedy videos on YouTube.
• Cats are really popular on the internet.

Jun 2007 – Nov 2011 · 4 yrs 5 mos

• Identifying opportunities within our sector, directing the company's search marketing department alongside our overall business plan.

Mar 2007 – Sep 2015 · 8 yrs 6 mos

• I started a search blog giving the most straight-up advice and tutorials I could offer. At its peak I had a readership of over 9,000 subscribers and developed some of the first web-based SEO tools which were very successful.
• At Digerati I also partnered with a developer and produced 'AutoStumble' which was one of the first blackhat social media tools, trading over 1 million StumbleUpon votes.
• Digerati persists as a holding company for various web business I have created and sold.

Nov 2005 – Mar 2007 · 1 yr 4 mos