Jay Love
Jay Love, one of the most respected technology entrepreneurs in Indiana, joined Slingshot SEO in August 2011 as Chief Executive Officer.
Jay co-founded eTapestry, a SaaS technology company, in 1997. The company was sold in August 2007 to Blackbaud Inc, with Jay remaining in charge of Blackbaud’s eTapestry division until he moved to Baltimore to lead Social Solutions, which is the industry leader in SaaS outcome and case-management applications for social-service agencies. In addition to these two endeavors, Jay has been CEO of Epsilon and Master Software Corporation, and VP of Sales at Powerway.
Jay has long been involved and active in Central Indiana’s tech community, serving as the former chairman of TechPoint and was founding board chairman of NPower Indiana, a not-for-profit that helps other not-for-profits with their technology needs. It now serves more than 4,000 groups. He currently serves on the board of several for profit and not for profit organizations in Indiana.
Jay received his Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Butler University.
Don Kane
Don Kane joined Slingshot SEO as Chief Operating Officer in August, 2011, bringing over twenty years of experience in software and customer services.
Most recently, Don served as the Chief Product Manager for Bluelock, an Indianapolis based provider of cloud hosting services. Prior to that, he served in several capacities for Aprimo, a recognized leader in Enterprise Marketing Management software space. During his ten years with Aprimo, he spent the majority of his time as the Vice President of Product Management for the Marketing Resource Management line of products. Under his leadership, Aprimo’s MRM products were recognized as the only leader in Gartner’s MRM Magic Quadrant multiple times.
Don began his career as a software engineer with EDS, and other work experience includes systems analyst and product management work with Eli Lilly and Company and Software Artistry/Tivoli Systems.
Don received his Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics from the University of Notre Dame.
Aaron Aders
Aaron is a co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer of Slingshot SEO. Building on more than a decade of Internet marketing experience, Aaron has contributed in many roles including Graphic Designer, Project Manager, Systems Analyst and Chief Operations Officer.
Aaron earned a Bachelor of Science in Pre-Medical Biology at Indiana University in 2004. During the following years, Aaron traveled the country working at Watson Pharmaceuticals in Phoenix, Arizona, and later for an environmental abatement company in Miami, Florida. He was even accepted into medical school in 2006. It was at this time that he received a call from an old friend, Jeremy Dearringer, about an SEO opportunity, and Slingshot SEO was born.
Creating and managing proprietary software and processes is at the core of his contributions at Slingshot SEO. As Chief Strategy Officer, Aaron will continue to steer the strategic vision behind Slingshot SEO software and business processes.
Kevin Bailey
Kevin is co-founder and President of Slingshot SEO. An Indiana University graduate, Kevin has more than fourteen years of Internet marketing experience involving organic search engine optimization, eCommerce, conversion rate analysis, statistical analysis, affiliate marketing and web design.
Prior to co-founding Slingshot SEO, Kevin spent two years working within the technology related intellectual property strategy practice of CRA International, a publicly traded consulting firm in Chicago Illinois.
Kevin’s core responsibility at Slingshot SEO is to manage the company’s overall strategic objectives while also spending time on the sales side building new client relationships. He is responsible for finance, conversion rate analysis research & development and statistical analysis.
Jeremy Dearringer
Jeremy Dearringer is a Co-Founder and the Chief Research Officer at Slingshot SEO, an award-winning and nationally recognized SEO consulting and internet marketing firm. A Purdue University graduate, Jeremy launched his entrepreneurial pursuits by developing several e-commerce shopping sites offering products ranging from silk plants to motorcycle parts. During that time, he also built one of the largest online motorcycle community forums and a number of blogs to generate affiliate ad revenue and support his e-commerce ventures. These successes, starting during his high school years, have given Jeremy in excess of 13 years of experience in search engine optimization, keyword research, link building, web design, conversion rate optimization, social media, management and logistics.
In 1997, Jeremy and his current business partners used their knowledge of SEO to build ad revenue generating websites and real estate websites. Their expertise and teamwork also leveraged his family’s business, one of their main clients, into a period of explosive growth during a recession. The business partners’ foundation of knowledge and passion for SEO led them to form Slingshot SEO in 2006.
Slingshot SEO currently provides the latest in search engine optimization strategies and execution services to enterprise companies around the country, including numerous Fortune 500 and Inc. 500 businesses. In 2011, Slingshot SEO was named “IT Company of the Year” during TechPoint’s MIRA Awards, the premier technology awards program. That same year, Slingshot SEO also achieved a No. 58 ranking in Inc. Magazine’s list of 500 Fastest-Growing Private Companies in America, making it the fastest growing pure-play SEO company recognized by the business publication. Slingshot SEO also is an SEOmoz-recommended company.