John Fairley's Email & Phone

As Director of Web Services and Social Media, John serves as the strategic architect and technical director of our web and social media offerings. John has more than 15 years of experience developing web sites for start-ups and small-to-medium-sized businesses, extensive SEO knowledge, and a passion for forwarding brands through social media. His influence was the key driver in the Walker Sands? industry leading web development process based on five principles: design, business alignment, maintenance, SEO, and affordability. John also led the development of a proprietary search-optimized content management system for Walker Sands in October 2007. Currently, John is a leading advocate in customer engagement through the use of social media and works closely with all of our clients in this area. Prior to Walker Sands, John served as CTO for ThoughtSpeed, a privately-held boutique venture capital firm focused on Internet-based technologies. He researched and tracked industry SEO trends and developed iterative actionable plans for portfolio companies. John also has experience as a key leader for a multi-million-dollar software company that builds multi-channel automated communication solutions for Fortune 500 companies, including UAL, Wells Fargo, Express Scripts and Charles Schwab. As the Vice President of Engineering and Operations at CenterPost Communications, John was responsible for all components of product development, network operations, IT, quality assurance and technical writing. John Fairley's stature as a Chicago web design expert, Chicago SEO expert and Chicago social media expert has landed him in multiple publications, including the Chicago Tribune and eWeek. John is active in the local web development/SEO community and has given presentations at events such as SocialDevCamp, Social Media Breakfast Club, Social Media Club Chicago.