CEO & Founder of Planet Ocean
The Aloha State

Stephen Mahaney founded Planet Ocean in 1990, published ‘The UnFair Advantage Book on Winning The Search Engine Wars’ in 1996 (the Web’s *original* $97 eBook) and established SearchEngineNews.com—the longest running subscription-based newsletter site on the Internet—in 1997. Today he splits his time between helping our Planet Ocean members succeed with their Internet marketing endeavors and watching the whales and dolphins from his beach shack on the Kona coast of Hawaii. If you’re looking for great conversation about world events or an innovative marketing plan shot straight from the hip, Stephen is your man.

SEO with Tenure
Midwest Man

John Heard has been with Planet Ocean and SearchEngineNews.com since 1997 and he’s got the resume to prove it.  He and Stephen Mahaney started sharing notes about what they were seeing online and from then on the collaboration never ended.  When John’s not fielding SEO FastTrack questions, researching the latest search engine update or helping our customers succeed with his hands on approach to his consultations -  he’s standing on the sidelines of his local race track watching his latest car make history at breakneck speed.

Jack of all Trades
Hawaii

Kristi has been behind the scenes at Planet Ocean since 2003.  When she’s not writing, editing, marketing, putting out fires and working reconnaissance missions in the Customer Service department she can be found at the ocean.  She has a long history of Office Management and wearing any hat that’s thrown her way.  She’s loyal to her favorite Kona coffee and her family.

The SEO with a Plan
Californian

Our Lead SEO Consultant, Casey has been with Planet Ocean since 2004 and a SEO practitioner since 1998. When Casey isn’t unwinding Google penalties for Planet Ocean clients or contributing content to SearchEngineNews.com he spends time with his wife and two kids in sunny San Diego, CA. An avid softball player, comic book collector and crossfit enthusiast, Casey’s your man to call when your rankings fall off the proverbial Google cliff.

Extreme SEO Guru!
Coloradoan

Now this is one passionate cat when it comes to SEO! If your part of our advanced SEO group - seoINsites.com - you’ve had the pleasure of seeing and hearing Barry give over 25 hours of advanced instructional SEO training videos. When he’s not in his boxer shorts, jacket and tie in front of his green screen, you might find him on a motorcross track, kitesurfing with the sharks, or snowboarding down ridiculous double-black diamond slopes. Barry has been a SEO professional since 1999 working with clients such as Time Warner Cable, Road Runner ISP, Hostess Cakes, Ruby Tuesday, CDW, Enfamil Baby Formula, Harry & David, and many more small-to-medium sized corporations.

Researcher Extraordinaire
East Coast

In addition to consulting, Esoos researches and writes on a vast array
of SEO topics—covering everything from building high-quality links
to running a successful social media campaign. When he’s not deep in
the search results analyzing competitors to figure out just how they
got that top ranking, he can be found at a Red Sox game with his wife
and son, or rocking out at a local kids’ concert.