Dean Dowd

Current

• CTO at CalFinder

Past

• Owner at Organic Pop
• Product Director at CityStay
• Product Director at CMTM

• Web Designer at Einstein Industries

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Recommended

6 people have recommended Dean

Connections

117 connections

Industry

Marketing and Advertising

Websites

• CalFinder
• Organic Pop
• Green Home Improvement

Dean Dowd’s Summary

Dean Dowd’s Specialties:

website architecture, product development, search engine optimization, organic seo, web design

Dean Dowd’s Experience

• CTO

  CalFinder

  (Privately Held; Consumer Services industry)

  April 2007 — Present (2 years 9 months)

  Design and Development of CalFinder.com and other web properties, Search Engine Optimization, Content Management and Integration, Data Integration, Development of exclusive CRM (Customer Relationship Management) System, Market Research, Strategic Analysis & Trends, Design and Implementation of Template System, Web Administration

• Owner

  Organic Pop

  (Public Company; OMC; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  January 2007 — January 2009 (2 years 1 month)

  Specializing in consulting and/or development of search engine optimization and web design services. I currently am assisting small-medium size businesses as well as non-profit organizations succeed on the internet.

• Product Director

  CityStay

  (Leisure, Travel & Tourism industry)

  September 2006 — August 2008 (2 years )

  Oversee strategy, development and optimization of the citystay property.

• Product Director

  CMTM

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  March 2000 — April 2007 (7 years 2 months)

  I was recruited as a web designer and worked solely in that position for about 6 months. My site designs were geared for optimization. At the six month point I was promoted to be the head of production which included web development and all of the search engine optimization services. I have held the title as Product Director since then and have been responsible for search engine rankings as well as product development.

• Web Designer

  Einstein Industries

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  January 1998 — March 2000 (2 years 3 months)

  Web design, client integration, Banner design

Additional Information

Dean Dowd’s Websites:

• CalFinder
• Organic Pop
• Green Home Improvement

Dean Dowd’s Interests:

fly fishing, reading books from beginning to end, painting with oil, listening to music

Dean Dowd’s Groups:

SEMPO, Web Guild Silicon Valley, Social Media Group, Webmaster World, Performancing, SEOmoz

•    Link Silicon Valley, LLC
•    LinkedSEO
•    Inbound Marketers - For Marketing Professionals
•    Search Engine Land
•    Twitter
•    National Association of Home Builders NAHB
•    Online Lead Generation
•    Fans of Mashable
•    Online Lead Generation Community
•    National Association of the Remodeling Industry (NARI)
•    Building Green, a Sustainability Group
•    GreenBiz.com -- Green Business Professionals
•    Kitchen and Bath Industry News
•    PubCon
•    Professional Remodeler
•    Social Media for Interior Design
•    Contractor Lead Generation Forum
•    Sustainable Materials
•    Green Building Products

Dean Dowd’s Contact Settings

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• career opportunities
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• new ventures
• job inquiries
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
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