Over the past few months, we’ve announced a number of exciting changes here at the mozPlex. Some of those include becoming focused on our software, new SEO tools and a cultural change with our TAGFEE Tenets. With that, we’re committed to being transparent and authentic and feel we’ve done a great job keeping the SEOmoz community up to date on many of these changes.
However, one area we’ve been slacking is in ensuring that our community knows who we are, as a team. There are many mozzers who mainly work behind the scenes building tools, or providing excellent customer service to our members. Along with our shift from consulting, we’ve had a few organizational changes and people’s roles have changed. Additionally we have a number of moz Associates that help contribute to the blog and provide expertise in Q & A.
We’d like to take this opportunity to introduce you to our team, and ask you to get to know us a little better. There are a few new mozzers that may even surprise you! This is an exciting time for us and the community and we’re excited to introduce ourselves. Each mozzer was asked to provide their title, social media accounts, top moz moment (tools created, blog posts written, etc.), then I asked them to answer a few fun questions. So without further ado, I’d like you to meet the mozzers.
Development Team
Every team plays an important role to the success of SEOmoz and our tools, but the development team is key. Without this group we wouldn’t have the suite of amazing tools that we have to offer our members today. Browse through the developers and see who has worked on your favorite tool, and learn more about the people behind the scenes.
moz Moment
"From the day I started building the Linkscape prototype to the day we launched the first version was about 10 months. I think that project went well."
I am proud to answer questions like this in a confusing and self-referential way.
Chas Williams
Software Developer
moz Moment
"I work mostly on Linkscape these days. I wrote the code for anchor text distributions and the new views for OSE, so the OSE launch was a proud moment for me "
moz Moment
"Since starting in August I have worked to improve our uptime significantly through monitoring, tuning, and application fixes. "
On Saturday morning I hang out with my kids until my wife gets her beauty sleep and then I try to get a mountain bike ride in before working in the yard and other chores.
moz Moment
"Helping bring SEO tools and technology to the next level"
Why is the sky blue? Because of Avogadro’s number – the number of molecules in a mole determine the wavelength of light reflected (I learned this in my physical chemistry class when we had to derive Avogadro’s number if the sky was yellow — as a result I will never forget this bit of trivia).
Ken Woodruff
Senior Architect Ken will have to remain a mystery for another day because he did not get me his bio information in time. To be continued…
The funniest job I ever had was… In high-school during the summer I would be the guy-in-a-foam-costume mascot for the local mall I worked at. Think giant purple dinosaur (but not barney.)
Raised by a protein-rich, startup-obsessed race of robot aliens.
Can’t stand paying per click.
Marketing Team
Now that we are focused on our SEO tools, the consulting and marketing teams have been combined. There have been a number of changes in roles and we’re now more focused than ever on getting our products launched, participating and leading our amazing community, and creating excellent content for our readers. Take a peak at our new Marketing team!
Rock, Paper or Scissors? Rock! m/ On Saturday morning I… wish cartoons were still as cool as they used to be.
Product Team
The product team leads the path to ensuring that the products being built meet the needs of our customers and they manage the projects from inception through deployment. Essentially they make sure we’re all doing our jobs.
Adam Feldstein
Director of Product Management
moz Moment
Current Focus: 1) Ship a new version of the mozBar. 2) Something much bigger (that I can’t talk about yet)
Funniest jobs: I once played a rock/punk gig at a high school party. Ended up being extra fun when the lead guitarist locked his keys in the van with the engine running (fortunately I think we had already gotten the gear out).
moz Moment
"I focus on herding cats. Recently that included getting Open Site Explorer out the door, safe and sound. I’m currently working on doing the same for the new Keyword Difficulty tool."
The sky is blue because blue light waves are the shortest visible waves coming from the sun, and scatter off of molecules in the air the easiest.
Matt Heilman
Art Director
moz Moment
"I make SEOmoz look good"
Operations Team
Who keeps the company working like a well oiled machine? That’s the Operations team of course! They jump in and help with any aspect of the company as needed and are often our customers first point of contact. Without their magic touch the office would be running around like chickens with their heads cut off. Thanks for keeping us from running into each other!
Arden Turnbull
Customer Service Manager / Office Coordinator
moz Moment
Arden keeps our customers happy!
Christine V.
Director of Operations
moz Moment
I do my best to increase the staff’s level of happiness and productiveness, much like Tattoo on Fantasy Island.
If SEOmoz was a Lifetime movie, I would be played by William Hung.
moz Moment
I own legal, financial, HR, and generally help make everything run smoothly. I also champion the Marketing Department and the SEOmoz API. I love my job.
On Saturday morning I… Sleep in and then go for a long run around Lake Union.
moz Associates
This is an amazing group of experts from across the search marketing industry. We’re priveledged to have this group contributing to the blog, helping with Q & A and providing insight for new products. It sorta feels like we’re showing off… because we totally are!
Cindy Krum
CEO & founder of Rank-Mobile – Denver, CO @Suzzicks Cindy on LinkedIn Cindy on Facebook moz Moment
Cindy is a mobile marketing evangelist. She’ll be providing help in Q & A on mobile topics. Why is the sky blue? Because that is the way Google wants it? (We’re not sure if it will stay blue though – its still in beta and hasn’t officially launched.)
Duncan Morris
Founder and CEO, Distilled – London, UK @duncanmorris moz Moment
Given that I always drone on about information architecture I guess I should really point to this post though at the time it came out this was my most interesting post. On a Saturday morning I travel around the south of England to the coldest and wettest playing fields in existence to play field hockey for Wimbledon Hockey Club. Of course in the UK we just call this hockey, but that would give you all the false impression that I’m rock hard and can ice skate.
moz Moment
"My favorite blog post on YouMoz was Paid Search: Detaching From an Agency, which is what got me speaking on my first panel at SMX East 2008."
The funniest job I ever had was… Stuffing photo envelopes with a pot dealer and Christian survivalist. Why is the sky blue? … because The Flying Spaghetti Monster made it that way.
moz Moment
Hmm. I like writing about tools you guys do – Like this and this and pretty charts on ranking factors using Linkscape data like this. And I really like talking about Microformats.
My favorite Youtube video is…Eric Clapton Shreds – is pure awesome and always puts a smile on my face. One day match this level of guitar genius…
On Saturday morning I: often wake up to the smell of bacon The funniest job I ever had was: watching petrol drip down an inclined hot plate to measure the amount of residue. I won an award for it. Hotplate Rob they called me. Ahh, good times, good times.
moz Moment
I’m pretty new to the moz crew but I was pretty pleased with manning up to take on a "doozy" for my first Q & A and think I found a good solution to the problem
I’m proud to be a… n Uh-merican, where at least I know I’m free! The funniest job I ever had was… working at McDonalds when I was 14 years old. My mom said "you can work for me for free 6 hours a day or you can get a job" we all know that Macky D’s is one of the few places that will hire 14 year olds and the rest is history.
moz Moment
My most loved SEOmoz post was this one, mainly because of it’s sensationalist headline… Headlines ftw. My proudest SEOmoz contribution was speaking at both the Seattle and London pro seminars in 2009 and getting some really positive feedback and comments.
Rock, paper scissors? After years of playing poker I can now comfortably crush Will at rock paper scissors despite him claiming it’s a game of chance. I will gladly play any game of any sort for money.
moz Moment
Taking credit for lots of things done by our team, I’m probably most proud of the London PRO seminar in October last year. My personal favourite post, mainly for the title (just google "space monstering") is this one.
Rock, Paper or Scissors? I always lose this to Tom. Rock.
Boss Team
Last, but definitely not least we have our co-founders Rand and Gillian. They may very well be the most well known of the bunch, but I bet you didn’t know Rand used to be a black market Pokemon dealer! Without these two, we wouldn’t be the team we are today.
moz Moment
"I’m the corporate evangelist and international voice for SEOmoz. My role is to connect the the SEOmoz community with the SEOmoz team and to spread the SEOmoz brand to new audiences and markets."
I’m proud to be a… Mozzer. Nothing feels quite so good as seeing the fruition of a life’s work. I couldn’t have asked for more.
On Saturday morning I … am hopefully sleeping in (though perhaps a more accurate answer would be that I’m at an airport). I am proud to be a … husband. (Geraldine: Awwww!)
Meet the Mozzers!
Posted by jennita
Over the past few months, we’ve announced a number of exciting changes here at the mozPlex. Some of those include becoming focused on our software, new SEO tools and a cultural change with our TAGFEE Tenets. With that, we’re committed to being transparent and authentic and feel we’ve done a great job keeping the SEOmoz community up to date on many of these changes.
However, one area we’ve been slacking is in ensuring that our community knows who we are, as a team. There are many mozzers who mainly work behind the scenes building tools, or providing excellent customer service to our members. Along with our shift from consulting, we’ve had a few organizational changes and people’s roles have changed. Additionally we have a number of moz Associates that help contribute to the blog and provide expertise in Q & A.
We’d like to take this opportunity to introduce you to our team, and ask you to get to know us a little better. There are a few new mozzers that may even surprise you! This is an exciting time for us and the community and we’re excited to introduce ourselves. Each mozzer was asked to provide their title, social media accounts, top moz moment (tools created, blog posts written, etc.), then I asked them to answer a few fun questions. So without further ado, I’d like you to meet the mozzers.
Development Team
Every team plays an important role to the success of SEOmoz and our tools, but the development team is key. Without this group we wouldn’t have the suite of amazing tools that we have to offer our members today. Browse through the developers and see who has worked on your favorite tool, and learn more about the people behind the scenes.
Ben Hendrickson
Sr Software Engineer
@bhendrickson
"From the day I started building the Linkscape prototype to the day we launched the first version was about 10 months. I think that project went well."
Chas Williams
Software Developer
"I work mostly on Linkscape these days. I wrote the code for anchor text distributions and the new views for OSE, so the OSE launch was a proud moment for me
David Joslin
Systems Engineer
David on LinkedIn
"Since starting in August I have worked to improve our uptime significantly through monitoring, tuning, and application fixes. "
Jeff Pollard
Lead Web Developer
@nFluxx
Jeff on LinkedIn
"I make sure your website experience is a wonderful one!
Kate Matsudaira
VP Engineering
@katemats
"Helping bring SEO tools and technology to the next level"
Ken Woodruff
Senior Architect
Ken will have to remain a mystery for another day because he did not get me his bio information in time. To be continued…
Nick Gerner
Senior Engineer
@gerner
Nick on LinkedIn
Nick on Facebook
NickGerner.com
Nick Leads SEOmoz API development and is currently working on solutions for historical Linkscape data tracking.
Phil Smith
Developer
@philhsmith
"Working on sooper-top secret project"
Roger Mozbot
Needs No Title
@roger_mozbot
Can’t stand paying per click.
Marketing Team
Now that we are focused on our SEO tools, the consulting and marketing teams have been combined. There have been a number of changes in roles and we’re now more focused than ever on getting our products launched, participating and leading our amazing community, and creating excellent content for our readers. Take a peak at our new Marketing team!
Danny Dover
SEO Specialist
@DannyDover
Danny on LinkedIn
Danny is at least half full of SEO know-how
On Saturday morning I…Kick ass and take names. Want to be on the list?
Jen Sable Lopez
Community Director
@jennita
Jen on LinkedIn
Joanna Lord
Director of Customer Acquisition & Engagement
@joannalord
Joanna on LinkedIn
"My focus is on introducing new audiences to our awesome resources and SEO tools. "
On Saturday morning I… wake up, make coffee, check analytics, and then go explore my new home–Seattle.
Scott Willoughby
Director-Conversion & Retention Marketing
@great_scott
Scott on LinkedIn
Whiteboard Fridays
On Saturday morning I… wish cartoons were still as cool as they used to be.
Product Team
The product team leads the path to ensuring that the products being built meet the needs of our customers and they manage the projects from inception through deployment. Essentially they make sure we’re all doing our jobs.
Adam Feldstein
Director of Product Management
Current Focus: 1) Ship a new version of the mozBar. 2) Something much bigger (that I can’t talk about yet)
Ben Huff
Product Manager
Ben on LinkedIn
"I focus on herding cats. Recently that included getting Open Site Explorer out the door, safe and sound. I’m currently working on doing the same for the new Keyword Difficulty tool."
Matt Heilman
Art Director
Operations Team
Who keeps the company working like a well oiled machine? That’s the Operations team of course! They jump in and help with any aspect of the company as needed and are often our customers first point of contact. Without their magic touch the office would be running around like chickens with their heads cut off. Thanks for keeping us from running into each other!
Arden Turnbull
Customer Service Manager / Office Coordinator
Arden keeps our customers happy!
Christine V.
Director of Operations
I do my best to increase the staff’s level of happiness and productiveness, much like Tattoo on Fantasy Island.
Sarah Bird
Chief Operations Officer
@SarahBird
Sarah on LinkedIn
I own legal, financial, HR, and generally help make everything run smoothly. I also champion the Marketing Department and the SEOmoz API. I love my job.
moz Associates
This is an amazing group of experts from across the search marketing industry. We’re priveledged to have this group contributing to the blog, helping with Q & A and providing insight for new products. It sorta feels like we’re showing off… because we totally are!
Cindy Krum
CEO & founder of Rank-Mobile – Denver, CO
@Suzzicks
Cindy on LinkedIn
Cindy on Facebook
.jpg "seomoz logo 14x14(1) Meet the Mozzers!")
moz Moment
Why is the sky blue? Because that is the way Google wants it? (We’re not sure if it will stay blue though – its still in beta and hasn’t officially launched.)
Cindy is a mobile marketing evangelist. She’ll be providing help in Q & A on mobile topics.
Duncan Morris
Founder and CEO, Distilled – London, UK
@duncanmorris
.jpg "seomoz logo 14x14(1) Meet the Mozzers!")
moz Moment
On a Saturday morning I travel around the south of England to the coldest and wettest playing fields in existence to play field hockey for Wimbledon Hockey Club. Of course in the UK we just call this hockey, but that would give you all the false impression that I’m rock hard and can ice skate.
Given that I always drone on about information architecture I guess I should really point to this post though at the time it came out this was my most interesting post.
Jane Copland
SEO Consultant, Ayima Search Marketing – London, England
Jane on LinkedIn
Jane’s Personal Social Media Profile
"I’ve written a couple of successful blog posts for SEOmoz (I worked as a full-time employee at SEOmoz from 2006 until 2009). My favourites are: Don’t End URLs in .0, What Rand and Jane Write When They’re Drunk, the follow-up and A True Story. It’s about hookers."
Kate Morris
Kate Morris, Search Engine Marketing Consultant – Austin, TX
@katemorris
Kate on LinkedIn
"My favorite blog post on YouMoz was Paid Search: Detaching From an Agency, which is what got me speaking on my first panel at SMX East 2008."
My favorite Youtube video is … Louis CK – Everything is Amazing, and Nobody’s Happy
Lindsay Wassell
Q & A – Tampa Bay, FL
@lindzie
This post: Rethinking Duplicate Content
I’m proud to be a… SEO
Michael Cottam
Principal, Michael Cottam SEO Consulting – Portland, OR, Canada
@Michael512
Michael on LinkedIn
Michael on Facebook
I like this one, and it seemed to generate a pile o’ comments: http://www.seomoz.org/blog/its-a-feeding-frenzy-for-keywordrich-domains
Peter Meyers
President, User Effect – Chicago, IL
@dr_pete
The post: SEO Cheat Sheet: Anatomy of a URL
My most popular post on my own blog (by a longshot) is 25 Point Website Usability Checklist.
Why is the sky blue? … because The Flying Spaghetti Monster made it that way.
Richard Baxter
Director / Founder SEOgadget.co.uk - London, UK
@richardbaxter
Hmm. I like writing about tools you guys do – Like this and this and pretty charts on ranking factors using Linkscape data like this. And I really like talking about Microformats.
Rob Ousbey
Search Marketing Consultant, Distilled – Seattle, WA (soon to be)
@RobOusbey
People seem to like my how-to and link building posts.
The funniest job I ever had was: watching petrol drip down an inclined hot plate to measure the amount of residue. I won an award for it. Hotplate Rob they called me. Ahh, good times, good times.
Sam Crocker
SEO Consultant, Distilled – London, for now!
@crockstarltd
Personal Fashions & Trends Blog
I’m pretty new to the moz crew but I was pretty pleased with manning up to take on a "doozy" for my first Q & A and think I found a good solution to the problem
The funniest job I ever had was… working at McDonalds when I was 14 years old. My mom said "you can work for me for free 6 hours a day or you can get a job" we all know that Macky D’s is one of the few places that will hire 14 year olds and the rest is history.
Tom Critchlow
Head of Search Marketing, Distilled – London Baby.
@tomcritchlow
My most loved SEOmoz post was this one, mainly because of it’s sensationalist headline… Headlines ftw. My proudest SEOmoz contribution was speaking at both the Seattle and London pro seminars in 2009 and getting some really positive feedback and comments.
Will Critchlow
Co-Founder of Distilled, UK & US – London, UK. Though anywhere rainy appears to do.
@willcritchlow
Will on LinkedIn
Taking credit for lots of things done by our team, I’m probably most proud of the London PRO seminar in October last year. My personal favourite post, mainly for the title (just google "space monstering") is this one.
Boss Team
Last, but definitely not least we have our co-founders Rand and Gillian. They may very well be the most well known of the bunch, but I bet you didn’t know Rand used to be a black market Pokemon dealer! Without these two, we wouldn’t be the team we are today.
Gillian Muessig
President/Co-Founder
@seomom
Gillian on LinkedIn
"I’m the corporate evangelist and international voice for SEOmoz. My role is to connect the the SEOmoz community with the SEOmoz team and to spread the SEOmoz brand to new audiences and markets."
Rand Fishkin
CEO
@randfish
Rand on LinkedIn
The Beginner’s Guide
I am proud to be a … husband. (Geraldine: Awwww!)
Thanks for taking the time to get to know us!
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