Welcome to the Second in Command Podcast, produced by the C.O. Alliance and brought to

its founder Cameron Herald.

In the second-in-command podcast, we talked to top COOs who share the insights, strategies,

and tactics that made them the chief behind the chief. And now here's your host

Cameron Harold. Our guest today is C.O Alliance member Stephen willy, president of rankings.io.

Stephen joined rankings.io, formerly known as attorney rankings.org, in 2013 as a web developer

and only the second employee of the company.

In the years it follows, he honed his SEO skills and his position rose as rapidly as

ranking's growth.

He's been ranking's lead developer, creative director,

CTO, and vice president.

Today he's the president and leads the operations division

of the company, simultaneously overseeing the work

of nearly all operational employees, and also continuing to get his hands

dirty in the production of a wide range of digital assets.

So Stephen, welcome to the Second Command Podcast.

Thanks, Cameron, happy to be here.

Yeah, pretty rare that somebody comes into an

organization as kind of that you know hey I need to get some stuff built can you

built it for me guy because I don't think your CEO was really thinking back then oh I need a

second in command not at all not at all it was much more of a I was a technician like

then and I think being growing from a technician standpoint it's affected me kind of where I'm at now and decisions I'm making my viewpoint from an operational standpoint especially.

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