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The Team

We started with two people, one shared dream and a lot of coffee. Just look where we are now!

• Myles Anderson

  Founder & CEO

  Brighton, UK

  I love working with small business owners and local SEOs. They are such passionate and committed people that it makes every day challenging and rewarding.
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• Ed Eliot

  Founder & CTO

  Brighton, UK

  Ed oversees technical operations. He built our first two tools and the basics of our admin panel. Ed brings 15 years of development experience to BrightLocal.
  
• Alison McSorley

  Operations Manager

  Brighton, UK

  Alison ensures that BrightLocal runs smoothly behind the scenes, with the management of all billing and invoicing.
  
• Usman Barki

  Project Manager

  Brighton, UK

  Usman is a key member of our project manager team. He leads product & project management on Citation & NAP products. His eye for detail & communication skills make him perfect for this demanding role.
  
• Vicky Chandler

  Head of Customer Success

  Brighton, UK

• Helen Barnes

  Customer Experience Manager

  Brighton, UK

  Helen helps onboard New Clients and manages customized enterprise campaigns. She also monitors feedback of BrightLocal to ensure a high level of service.
  
• Ian Lloyd

  Customer Success Executive

  Brighton, UK

• Mathew Coghlan

  Head of Business Development

  Brighton, UK

  Matt runs our customer success team. Having worked in SEO since 2012, Matt’s BrightLocal journey began as a BrightLocal customer while working as an Account Manager at a digital marketing agency.
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• Jon Rana

  Digital Account Executive

  Brighton, UK

  Jon helps look after new customers coming into the platform, providing support and getting them setup to use the service to its full potential.
  
• Andreas Georgiades

  Digital Account Executive

  Brighton, UK

  Andreas loves growing our relationships with new and existing clients, helping them get the most out of the BrightLocal platform.
  
• Mike Wilson

  Customer Success Agent

  Brighton, UK

  What Mike doesn't know about BrightLocal probably isn't worth knowing! He's on hand to help all our US & Canadian customers with their questions. Find him on live chat or on a Live Demo.
  Book yourself in for a Live Demo today.
• John Forth

  Digital Marketing Manager

  Brighton, UK

  John drives traffic to BrightLocal.com through search, social and display advertising as well as overseeing and implementing our conversion optimisation and tech SEO strategies.
  
• Chris Sheward

  Marketing Executive

  Brighton, UK

  Chris works across marketing, looking after our social and email footprints while also ensuring the BrightLocal site is properly optimized for search.
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• Jamie Pitman

  Head of Content

  Brighton, UK

  Jamie heads up BrightLocal's content team, ensuring we produce insightful articles, research and resources that enable businesses and SEOs to get even better results in local search.
  
• Rosie Murphy

  Research & Content Manager

  Brighton, UK

  Rosie manages BrightLocal's delivery of research and survey pieces. She heads up data-driven content such as regular polls, webinars and whitepapers, including the Local Consumer Review Survey.
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• Dougal Crowder

  Designer

  Brighton, UK

  Dougal is our in-house designer, helping us to keep the BrightLocal website & application looking great & evolving with the times.
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• Iurii Pochtar

  Project Delivery Manager

  Kyiv, Ukraine

  Iurii is a member of our project manager team. He takes care of using best practices for development teams located in Ukraine.
  
• Catherine O'Sullivan

  Operations & Finance Executive

  Brighton, UK

  Cat’s job contains a little of everything, she makes sure the Brighton office runs smoothly while also assisting the Operations Manager with a variety of finance and billing tasks.
  
  
• Lauren Thomasson

  Customer Success Agent

  North Carolina, USA

  Lauren is the queen of 'live demos'! She's brilliant at walking our customers through our tools & reports so they get the best possible start on BrightLocal.
  Book yourself in for a Live Demo today.
• Brad Franklin

  Customer Success Agent

  Ventura, CA

  Brad has more than 10 years of experience in digital marketing, with a major focus on local search since 2010 and is a valued member of our customer success team.
  
• Renier Alfeche

  Head of Submissions

  Philippines

  Renier heads up our 40-man Citation team in the Philippines. He joined BrightLocal in 2009 and has been a huge part of our growth & success.
  
• Joseph Jacinto

  Lead Submissions Manager

  Philippines

  Joe oversees our citation submissions. He manages our ever-growing team and ensures the speedy distribution of tasks and the in-depth QA tests which all completed campaigns must pass.
  
• Dmytro Vovk

  Head of Infrastructure

  Kyiv, Ukraine

  Dmitry leads our Kiev team. He is an extremely knowledgeable and skilled developer with over 15 years of front-end and back-end development experience.
  
• Dmitry Maltsev

  Development Manager

  Kyiv, Ukraine

  With over 10 years of diverse development experience, Dmitry brings fresh skills and perspectives to the team.
  
• Serioga Ivasenko

  Lead Developer

  Kyiv, Ukraine

  Serioga is a very experienced developer and leads one of our development teams. He has responsibility for a number of core services which form the backbone of BrightLocal.
  
• Anastasiia Rybalova

  Lead Developer

  Kyiv, Ukraine

  Anastasiia is a back-end developer who focuses on different BrightLocal services, especially subscriptions and payments.
  
• Alexandr Oliinyk

  Developer

  Kyiv, Ukraine

  Alex is a thoroughbred developer who combines smart thinking with a great work ethic. We can throw anything at Alex and know that he'll do a great job.
  
• Ivan Prokopenko

  Developer

  Kyiv, Ukraine

  Ivan is a leading light in our development team. He combines high skill level with fresh thinking & a positive attitude. He also has great hair.
  
• Alexander Narozhny

  Developer

  Kyiv, Ukraine

  Alex focuses on our Citation & NAP services/APIs. He helps ensure the data accuracy of these services & the rollout to new countries.
  
• Vitalii Harbulinskii

  Developer

  Kyiv, Ukraine

  Vitalii is a key member of our infrastructure team. He also works with NAP and Citations services.
  
• Anton Zelenin

  PHP Developer

  Kyiv, Ukraine

• Alex Maslakov

  Front-End Lead

  Kyiv, Ukraine

  Alex is a front-end developer who works with the UX/UI of internal tools.
  
• Yevhen Kutniak

  Front-End Developer

  Kyiv, Ukraine

  Yevhen is a front-end developer who helps BrightLocal to improve the interfaces of internal tools.
  
• Kseniia Sevostianova

  Front-End Developer

  Kyiv, Ukraine

  Kseniia is a skilled front-end developer with good understanding of the user mindset.
  
• Yuriy PIddubnyak

  Front-End Developer

  Kyiv, Ukraine

  Yura is our front-end developer. He deals with UX/UI and has strong marketing background.
  
• Alina Sharipova

  QA Lead

  Kyiv, Ukraine

  Alina is a certified QA engineer who manages and performs testing processes through all steps of Software Development Life Cycle to ensure that all features are high quality and meet requirements.
  
• Juliya Gorokhova

  QA Specialist

  Kyiv, Ukraine

  Juliya is a highly skilled QA engineer. She manages our manual & automated testing processes which ensures the ongoing quality of the BrightLocal app.
  
• Tatyana Ziva

  QA Specialist

  Kyiv, Ukraine

  Tatyana is a skilled QA engineer, who manages quality of BrightLocal products on all steps of Software Development Life Cycle.
  
• Daria Tatarina

  QA Specialist

  Kyiv, Ukraine

  Daria is a highly qualified QA engineer who creates, implements and improves QA procedures for our products. She is also responsible for defining, updating and executing test cases.