Leslie Rohde

Leslie Rohde

co-founder at The SEO BrainTrust

Greater Atlanta Area

Current
  • co-founder at The SEO BrainTrust
  • Faculty Member at StomperNet
  • founder and CEO at LeftSide Systems
  • Owner at Windrose Software
Past
  • Chief Technology Officer at StomperNet
  • Chief Technology Officer at Free IQ
  • Development Manager at Tektronix
Education
  • The University of Texas at Austin
  • NLP Institute of Oregon
Connections
218 connections
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 2009Present (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 2009Present (4 months)

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

  • founder and CEO

    LeftSide Systems

    (Information Technology and Services industry)

    June 2009Present (6 months)

  • Owner

    Windrose Software

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

    June 2000Present (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 2007September 2009 (2 years 9 months)

  • Chief Technology Officer

    Free IQ

    (E-Learning industry)

    2007January 2009 (2 years )

  • Development Manager

    Tektronix

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

    September 1984March 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 1974December 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 1976October 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.


Leslie Rohde’s Education

  • The University of Texas at Austin

    Engineering Science 19741980

  • NLP Institute of Oregon


Additional Information

Leslie Rohde’s Groups:

ACM

  •    LinkedSEO
  •    The Official Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Group
  •    SMX - Search Marketing Expo
  •    Open Source Developers
  •    eMarketing Association Network
  •    Internet Affiliate Marketers Association (IAMA)
  •    Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA)
  •    ACM Members
  •    Semantic Marketing
  •    Atlanta Java Users Group
  •    Rich Internet Applications (RIA)

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