Leslie Rohde

Current

co-founder at The SEO BrainTrust
Faculty Member at StomperNet
founder and CEO at LeftSide Systems

Owner at Windrose Software

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Past

Chief Technology Officer at StomperNet
Chief Technology Officer at Free IQ
Development Manager at Tektronix

various at Applied Research Labs
Satellite equipment technician at McMurdo Station Antarctica

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Education

The University of Texas at Austin
NLP Institute of Oregon

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Industry

E-Learning

Leslie Rohde’s Summary

Best known for advancing the state of SEO with the development of OptiLink (2002) and the publication of Dynamic Linking (2003).

Leslie Rohde’s Specialties:

A unique combination of technology, business and marketing achieved through a professional career beginning in 1974, business ownership since 1988 and web e-commerce and marketing since 2001.

Leslie Rohde’s Experience

co-founder

The SEO BrainTrust

(E-Learning industry)

September 2009 — Present (3 months)

Founded with Dan Thies, we provide structured, hands-on training to help entrepreneurs grow their online businesses. Details and introduction at http://seobraintrust.com
Faculty Member

StomperNet

(E-Learning industry)

August 2009 — Present (4 months)

One of the first two instructors at StomperNet, now Faculty Emeritus.
founder and CEO

LeftSide Systems

(Information Technology and Services industry)

June 2009 — Present (6 months)
Owner

Windrose Software

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)

June 2000 — Present (9 years 6 months)

Develop and market software to assist in the analysis and placement of web sites at the top of search results for the major search engines. Released OptiLink in May of 2002 which revolutionized SEO of the day by exposing the the overwhelming importance of link anchor text, an effect we labeled "Link Reputation" -- now an industry standard term.
Chief Technology Officer

StomperNet

(Privately Held; Entertainment industry)

January 2007 — September 2009 (2 years 9 months)
Chief Technology Officer

Free IQ

(E-Learning industry)

2007 — January 2009 (2 years )
Development Manager

Tektronix

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; TEK; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)

September 1984 — March 1988 (3 years 7 months)

Initially a developer in the ASIC tools business I moved to management of the development of PCB physical layout tools.
various

Applied Research Labs

(Educational Institution; 501-1000 employees; Research industry)

August 1974 — December 1984 (10 years 5 months)

Worked as a technician, programmer and manager in the areas of underwater sound and ionospheric research.
Satellite equipment technician

McMurdo Station Antarctica

(Research industry)

October 1976 — October 1977 (1 year 1 month)

As a member of the the winter-over support team I was tasked with operating and maintaining ground based satellite tracking equipment in support of the Navy NAVSAT system.