Bio

Dave Burgess joined the Operational Excellence Group in 2015. He is a Principal focused on Digital Search and Content. Prior to joining Apax, he acted as President of Ayima, a specialist Search Engine Optimization (SEO) agency. Dave grew the office from inception, building an industry-leading team of SEO experts and winning Fortune 100 clients including Verizon, Sports Illustrated & MGM Resorts. A technical SEO expert, Dave spearheaded the SEO Program at Verizon, delivering transformational change, triple digit growth and multi-million dollar revenues from the Organic Search channel. He is an expert in transforming Applications, Platforms & Content Management Systems to maximize their exposure on Google. These range from the highly popular, modern JavaScript frameworks such as Node.js, React & Angular along with traditional CMS platforms such as WordPress, Umbraco, Kentico & WordPress. Dave read Human Sciences at University College London.