Our Team

As a professional services firm, our product is only as good as our people.  Fortunately, our people are awesome!  We’re not the largest SEO agency you’ll find, but that’s not our goal.  We feel we’re the perfect balance of size and speed.  Large enough to benefit from specialization and efficiencies of scale, and small enough to remain agile and flexible.  Learn more about our team below:

Jon Payne, MBA
President & Founder

Jon Payne is part “SEO Guru” and part savvy entrepreneur/businessman.  He’s also a living example of why you should probably cut back on those highly-caffeinated energy drinks.  Wow. Anyhow, Jon created Ephricon way back in 2003 (that’s like 1842 in “internet years”).  In addition to serving as a SEO strategist, sales guy, bookkeeper and even janitor, Jon still finds the time to  get in the way stay involved with just about every client account.
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David Zimmerman
SEO Account Manager

Whether its Tweetups, Star Wars or local taco joints, Dave Zimmerman knows where its at and has probably even lectured about it at BarCamp or Ignite. Dave is an SEO strategist and true a renaissance man. He can help you code PHP, optimize your website, translate Greek texts and even grow a radish in your backyard.
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Korey Kashmer
SEO Account Manager

Underneath that burly beard is a big SEO teddy bear.  An “organic” SEO teddy bear, of course.  Korey Kashmer has been doing online marketing since Al Gore invented the internet, if not before.  He’s a task-master and works hard for his clients. 
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Joe Restivo
SEO Campaign Manager

Forget Bo… Joe Knows!  Joe knows SEO, PPC, social media marketing, local search and more.  He even knows how they filmed the fake moon landing.   (Wait, was that really faked?  No way…)  Anyhow, Joe Restivo is an experienced SEO pro with a strong business background and a “can do” attitude, which makes him highly-valued by his clients and also easy to boss around here at the office!
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Jim Dodge
SEO/PPC Account Manager

Jim Dodge is passionate about SEO and online marketing, and he’s committed to helping his clients continually improve their results and leapfrog their competitors.  Well, not literally “leap frog” their competitors.  That would be really awkward wouldn’t it? 
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Rob Mackelfresh
SEO/PPC Campaign Manager

Rob landed on our doorstep fresh off the boat from small-business land.  He has a true passion and understanding for e-commerce marketing and producing true ROI from a variety of web marketing efforts.  Rob’s not just a search guy, he’s a business guy. Your business is his business.  But that’s none of our business.  Or maybe it is?
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Lee Price
PPC Consultant (SEM)

Lee Price is all about data-driven marketing, and has been analyzing data patterns and optimizing campaigns for the last 10.5 years.  Make that 10.587 years to be precise, adjusted for leap year of course.  Lee also has self-proclaimed a love affair with Microsoft Excel, but we ask that you keep that confidential – don’t post it online or anything.  When it comes to PPC, Lee is your man.
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Ashley Boswell
Online PR Specialist

Ashley has managed to stick around despite the constant barrage of Nerf darts that fly past her desk.  She’s our specialist when it comes to PR (read:  begging bloggers for links and pickups), article marketing and all that “social media stuff” that all the kids are so interested in. 
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Markelle Harden
Office Manager

Markelle keeps everyone in line and helps ensure that the office runs smoothly.  Markelle has a hand in sales, hiring, accounting, operations, process development, training and even lends a hand with campaign implementation when needed.  She wears many hats in her role here at Ephricon, both figuratively and literally!

Alan Rosinski
Internet Marketing Assistant

Alan is the new guy on the team and looks like he’s about 13. He’s actually 14. Well, not quite but close enough!!! Age aside, Alan is a talented young internet marketer and does a great job helping our team produce real ROI for our clients.
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Jonathan Sekerak
Internet Marketing Assistant

Jonathan is new!  His bio is coming soon…

Nicole Barbato
Internet Marketing Assistant

Nicole is new!  Her bio is coming soon…

Our Partners

Our full-time team is currently 9 people strong, but we also have close working relationships with several complimentary firms and freelancers. The vast majority of true “SEO activities” are handled in-house by our team, but when it comes to copywriting, graphic design or programming, we can leverage one of a number of partners to ensure the success of a campaign or project. Most of our partners we have daily communication with, and have worked with for several years.  Read more about our partners