Systems Thinkers. Technology Natives.
Two technical founders who've scaled organic traffic for Toptal, Checkr, Apollo, and 25+ other companies. No junior team. No account managers. We do the work.
Trusted by Industry Leaders
Premium audio brands including Denon and Marantz (now HARMAN).
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denon.comThe Team
2 technical founders + AI agent. You work directly with the experts.
Dan Kuthy
CEO & Co-Founder
BA Advertising, Michigan State (2007)
Growth leader with 20+ years scaling organic traffic and revenue. Deep expert in Google's organic algorithm, technical SEO, scaled content systems. Systems thinker & engineer. Early pioneer in optimization for generative engines (ChatGPT, Perplexity, AI Overviews).
Grew Toptal SEO by 1,500%+ as first Head of Growth, cementing Toptal as undisputed authority in software development
Founded PVPower (solar startup), raised $1.5M through TechStars Chicago (2010)
Built TopTitle.ai platform - 100K pages capacity at 10¢/page
Led Lowe's e-commerce rebuild with IBM - 5M+ monthly SEO visitors
7+ year client relationships - Checkr and Shinesty both active today
Ashley Kemp
COO & Co-Founder
BS Petroleum Engineering, Colorado School of Mines (2005)
SEO and AI-assisted content specialist with deep experience in large-scale content systems, metadata optimization, technical SEO, and structured AI workflows. Engineer turned SEO strategist bringing systematic thinking to organic growth.
6+ years leading SEO at Chairish (high-SKU marketplace with 200K+ products)
Co-creator of TopTitle.ai platform
Expert in e-commerce SEO, metadata optimization, A/B testing, conversion optimization
SQL expertise for crawl budget optimization and log analysis
Product management experience leading conversion team (UX & email testing)
Pearl
AI Operations Specialist
"Always on. Never caffeinated."
TGP's AI-powered team member handles research, analysis, and operations around the clock. Built on Claude, Pearl brings tireless attention to detail and instant access to the tools that power modern SEO.
24/7 availability for research and analysis
Integrated with GSC, DataForSEO, Ahrefs & Firecrawl
Communicates with Dan, Ashley & clients via Slack
Never misses a detail in keyword research
What People Say
From LinkedIn recommendations spanning 17 years
Jeremy Alderman
GTM @ Checkr
"Dan's approach is akin to that of a growth-minded engineer... he knocks it out of the park."
Sara Korolevich
Content Marketer, GoodHire → Checkr
"A wizard at identifying impactful SEO growth opportunities."
Breanden Beneschott
Co-Founder & CEO, Toptal
"Large growth gains... contributions continue to be very important."
Aaron Goldman
CMO @ Mediaocean
"Simply put, Dan is a machine. He's able to break a business problem into its parts and assemble a workable and scalable solution."
Ethan Austin
Fintech Investor (fmr. GiveForward)
"Dan was one of the best people I've ever worked with. His impact on GiveForward was immense."
Przemek Maciolek
Data Engineering @ Airbnb
"Rare skill-set of being an expert in both technical aspects, people management and business."
Mike Rome
Scaling $10M-$100M brands
"I've learned more professionally from Dan than anyone else I've worked with in my career."
Brandon Adcock
CEO @ wellful
"Dan is truly one of the brightest minds in Search Marketing today. If you're working with Dan, you're in good hands."
Bryson Meunier
Enterprise SEO & GEO, QuickBooks
"The leadership skills he has shown in strengthening the Lowe's partnership by exceeding their natural search goals have been inspiring."
Ashley Sutherland
Marketing Director @ WestLink
"His dedication to delivering results and his marketing expertise make him an invaluable asset to any team."
Katie Wolanczyk
Head of Marketing & Ecommerce
"His well-rounded knowledge in all areas of marketing allowed our marketing team to use him as our go-to expert."
Ryan McLimans
VP Marketing @ GBI
"He took me from knowing nothing about SEO to a practitioner in a matter of weeks."
Aden Mackness
Creative Director @ GoldSilver
"His knowledge of everything web/seo/project development blew my mind."
Alejandro Rigatuso
Growth Marketing Strategist @ Toptal
"Wide experience and knowledge on every aspect related to the growth of a company."
Mark Bosma
VP Talent Operations @ Torc (fmr. Toptal)
"His combination of a business mindset with an analytical approach toward problem solving."
George Khoury, PhD
Strategic Business Transformation @ Toptal
"He's been an invaluable mentor to me... one of the top people I've worked with in any organization."
Omar Sefian
Online Marketer
"His knowledge of SEO is unparalleled and he will deliver tremendous SEO growth without taking any shortcuts."
Ryan Vartoogian
Blockchain Consultant | Product Manager
"He is passionate about new media and it shows through his extensive ever-growing knowledge base."
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Our Stack
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GEO / AI SEARCH
AI & DEVELOPMENT
DATA & TOOLS
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