
Owner / CTO, TreeHouse SEM, LLC.
Greater San Diego Area

Owner / CTO, TreeHouse SEM, LLC.
Greater San Diego Area
Steve DeVries serves as chief technology officer and co-owner of TreeHouse Search Engine Marketing. Leading the strategic direction and SEM methodology of the company, DeVries manages the search engine optimization technology, research and development, and client relations elements vital to drive the business forward.
DeVries brings an expansive background in Web development and design as well as corporate marketing campaign planning. He has worked on the design, development, and marketing aspects of hundreds of Web sites. His experience encompasses e-commerce, lead-based and ad-based businesses in a wide variety of industries including real estate, clothing sales, athletic shoes and apparel, cell phone media, veterinary, personal fitness, moving companies, hotels and more.
One of the most coveted experts in the industry today, DeVries was previously the lead technical consultant at a major San Diego-based SEO firm, where he achieved top rankings for major clients such as Entrepreneur, Vegas.com, Viacom, Workopolis and Ziff Davis Media. DeVries roster of successes highlights the expansion of Entrepreneur magazine to achieve more than $2 million in additional sales and an increase of more than 500% in top five rankings for Plasma Concepts.
DeVries' experience has brought him much industry attention and placed him in high demand as a speaker at industry events including Frost and Sullivan multi-day SEO training program, MIVA Merchant seminar and for various industry trade groups and in-house teams.
SEO, customer relations, campaign planning, campaign implementation, SEM research and development, product development, corporate training, dynamic code work
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
February 2007 — Present (1 year 6 months)
Lead developer and engineer. Responsible for all official TreeHouse SEM methodology, documentation, research, and quality assurance. Acting CTO and owner.
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
2003 — 2006 (3 years)
Lead SEO engineer in charge of corporate consulting and training. Responsible for research and development, quality assurance, consulting, and client training. Developed SEO strategies for corporate consulting clients. SEO corporate sales engineer. SEO conference speaker.
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
August 2001 — January 2003 (1 year 6 months)
Webmaster in charge of all Web-related products including design, development, and hosting. In charge of redeveloping and maintaining company sites. Working with other departments to ensure the site provided the best customer service. Hosting for over 400 domains. Development of ISP signup CDs including design and printing.
(Marketing and Advertising industry)
1999 — 2000 (1 year)
1996 — 2002
hockey, video games, movies, reverse engineering, writing
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