The Best Rank Team
Matt Walker, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Matt is the CEO and co-founder of Best Rank, Inc. At Best Rank, Matt's duties include helping to guide sales, product development, marketing, finance, and day-to-day business operations. Under Matt's leadership, Best Rank has experienced significant growth since inception and has seen its client retention percentages stay above 90%. Matt developed Best Rank's SEO methodology based on industry best practices and official search engine guidance. Best Rank employs its proven methodology not only on its site, but also on every client's site. The methodology has served as a repeatable and easily implementable process that can be applied to just about any website.
Matt holds an MBA in Marketing and Management from San Diego State University and a Bachelor's of Science from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. Matt also sits on the Board of Directors for Resource Nation, Inc., an industry leading B2B lead generation company.
Matt proudly served in the US Air Force for nearly 10 years on Active Duty, both as an enlisted man and as an Officer. Matt's last assignment was as a Project Manager working on a missile defense satellite system where he managed a team of engineers from Boeing, Raytheon, and Northrop Grumman. Matt honorably separated from the Air Force in 2005 at the rank of Captain.
Matt is married to Shawna and has a daughter named Sadie. Matt is an avid traveler and has been all over the world on both business and pleasure. Matt enjoys playing golf, participating in team sports, brewing beer, and is a big Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fan.
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Mike Shannon, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer
Mike Shannon is the CTO and co-founder of Best Rank, Inc. Mike is a technology entrepreneur specializing in web development and search marketing.
Holding a BS in Computer Science in addition to an MBA in Information Systems from San Diego State University, Mike helps align tech strategy with the organization's business goals, guides the company's organic search efforts and leads the web development team.
In his free time, Mike enjoys blogging, running (he is a former college Track & Field All-American), spending time with his girlfriend and surfing.
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Jason Brigham, Director of Business Development
Jason’s responsibilities include leading the Best Rank Sales and Marketing team toward achievement of business goals. Mr. Brigham’s primary role is summarized as "growing the company;" to that end, he is focused on core deliverables such as building a professional and trusting relationship with clients, understanding the client's requirements, setting and manage client's expectations, increasing brand awareness, bringing in new customers, and coordinating public relations efforts.
Mr. Brigham holds a bachelors degree from the University of Vermont where he studied Computer Science. Mr. Brigham has over 7 years experience in Internet marketing and Development. His experience and professional knowledge of business to business as well as business to consumer marketing allows him the ability to provide our clients with both traditional and innovative marketing campaigns. Mr. Brigham has worked with companies including Jerome’s, Pat and Oscar’s, Coles Fine Flooring, Erchonia Medical, Nidek Inc., and many others.
In his spare time, Jason Brigham enjoys spending time with his family, cycling, cooking, and swimming.
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Drew Thorne, Sales Manager
Drew Thorne is the Sales Manager at Best Rank, Inc. Drew works intimately with our current and prospective clients to ensure their online marketing efforts are effective in attaining the highest return on investment possible while branding themselves as authorities in their respective fields. You will find him in both our and our clients’ offices, planning and measuring the successful campaigns that Best Rank continually provides.
A graduate of the University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA), Drew holds a B.A. in Media Communication. His experience as an Internet Marketing Consultant gives him a rich knowledge of the web and the key components that businesses can utilize to see their profits grow.
Drew spends his free time enjoying the San Diego beaches and training in Muay-Thai kickboxing.
Zac Heisey, Senior Account Manager
Zac is responsible for carrying out the day-to-day SEO activities for his clients and ensuring that their campaigns remain on schedule. As the main contact point for his managed accounts, Zac works closely with each of his clients, providing an exceptional level of customer service while implementing Best Rank's proven optimization methods to achieve success for each campaign.
Zac earned his Bachelor's of Arts in Communication and a Minor in Public Relations from Nebraska Wesleyan University in Lincoln, NE.
In his spare time, Zac enjoys surfing, exercising, and taking in the warm San Diego weather.
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Guillermo Bravo, Senior Account Manager
Guillermo's responsibilities include carrying out the day-to-day SEO activities for his clients providing superb customer service, and building strong business relationships. He is Best Rank’s social media specialist, with over 2 years of successful social media campaigns. He also has experience in Adobe Flash and Web Design.
Guillermo graduated with a BS in Business Marketing from Sonoma State University in Rohnert Park, CA.
Guillermo is a music enthusiast with heavy experience in music production and disc jockeying. He also is a former 1st team all league soccer player, with deep interest in anything fitness or health related. He enjoys learning about everything tech related including Mac OS X, web design, and of course the iPhone.
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Ryan Frank, SEO Analyst
Ryan Frank is the resident SEO Analyst at Best Rank where he assists our account managers in carrying out the day to day SEO activities of our client’s campaigns. Ryan is able to compliment our organization with his diverse knowledge of the Internet and excellent problem solving ability.
Ryan graduated with a BS in Business Entrepreneurship from Champlain College in Burlington, Vermont. He also spent much of his academic career focusing on marketing and e-commerce to compliment his entrepreneurial concentration. Upon graduating, Ryan moved out to sunny San Diego to pursue his career in the Internet marketing industry.
In his spare time, Ryan enjoys traveling, live music, golfing, snowboarding, and a variety of other outdoor activities.
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Graham Mickle, Web Developer
Graham’s responsibilities include managing and leading web design and development efforts for Best Rank, Inc.
Graham specializes in building clean, efficient and simple to use web-based solutions for creating and maintaining clients' successful online web presence. Because of his life-long background in web development and computing as a whole, he offers a vast skill set to the team. He is an analytical yet creative thinker and thrives at solving real world problems through his expertise in web development.
Graham is a serious hobbyist when it comes to photography, he also enjoys mountain biking, hiking and is an online gaming enthusiast.
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