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May 4, 2020
(4 Years)
Milestone Inc.
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May 8, 2017
(3 Years)
Position2 Inc.
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Nov 1, 2011
(6 Years)
JustAnswer LLC
I relocated to the US on an H1B visa sponsored by JustAnswer. Starting as an individual contributor managing a budget of 3% of the previous month’s SEO revenue, I achieved over 25% quarter over quarter growth. That allowed me to build a remote team of contractors in the USA for content and India for SEO. I was also assigned a dedicated SEO dev team in Ukraine and was responsible for creating and prioritizing stories for the weekly sprints, running A-B tests. In the 6 years that I was at JustAnswer, we grew the monthly SEO traffic of the site from about 7 million visitors to over 24 million visitors, and grew SEO revenues by over 300%, making SEO the most profitable source of revenue for the company. Also during my tenure we had two major innovations that are gaining momentum now (over 8 years later):
1. We developed a data-driven methodology for content creation and optimization that is now gaining popularity as entity optimization.
2. We developed the company’s first AI chatbot and agent, years before AI agents started gaining in popularity.
June 1, 2010
(1 Year)
AOL India Pvt. Ltd
My brief stint at AOL started as an SEO data analyst. After the first quarter, I was made the SEO in charge of the SEO of 13 of AOL’s entertainment properties (including include music, video, movies, celebrities, television and more) and AOL Mobile. During my tenure at the company, I won 3 quarterly awards — AOL Gem twice and Star Performer once.
June 4, 2007
(3 Years)
Position2 Marketing India Pvt. Ltd
I joined Position2 to pursue a career in digital marketing. One month after joining the company, a co-founder, who was also the SEO subject matter expert parted ways with the company. With 8 clients and no SME, someone had to step up. That’s where my SEO journey began and I continue to be a student of the industry to this day. When I left Position2 three years later, I was the Head of Global SEO operations managing clients around the world from Bangalore, participating in pitches and had also represented the company at speaking engagements on SEO in Bangalore and Singapore.
June 1, 1998
(7 Years)
R&J Resource Communications Pvt. Ltd
I joined Resource Communications, a design studio, as a management trainee to pursue a career in advertising and mass communications. I was the Manager of Client Operations — the second in command, reporting to the CEO, when I left Resource in 2007 to pursue a career in digital marketing. My experience at Resource Communications spanned:
June 3, 1996
(2 Years)
Proland Software Pvt. Ltd
I started my career as a sales executive for Proland Software Pvt. Ltd, a Bangalore based software development company. Stationed at the newly opened Mumbai office as the only sales representative, I was able to achieve sales that exceeded the entire corporate office sales. As a result, I was promoted to the position of Branch Manager. My responsibilities included
* Sales for Protector Plus, the flagship anti-virus product
* After-sales support for existing customers
* Hiring and training new staff members
* Creating advertising and promotion concepts
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