Meet the Bruce Clay Australia Team

Meet the mainplayers here at Bruce Clay Australia, who work hard to help you achieve your website's marketing goals.

Bruce Clay Australia

Des Odell and Jeremy Bolt are the founders and managers of Bruce Clay Australasia. They are responsible for running Bruce Clay in Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific. If you have any queries regarding sales or client service in this region please give them a call.

Des Odell, Director

Des Odell has worked in the technology and Internet space as a consultant, investment banker and managing director for more than 10 years. Des believes that the Internet has and will continue to change the way we do business in unimaginable ways, and that Internet marketing and search engine optimisation is at at the forefront of this revolution.

Prior to his current role at Bruce Clay Australasia, Des worked at Arthur Andersen, Salomon Smith Barney, Merrill Lynch, UBS, Deloitte and Solution 6. In addition, he has consulted, launched and managed a number of businesses in the Internet and technology sector.

Des worked extensively around the world including the UK, Europe, USA and Africa, and is now based in Sydney. Des holds an MBA from the Australian Graduate School of Management, and is a He is a certified SEO analyst and Chartered Accountant.

Contact Des:

Office number: + 61 (0) 2 9252 1700

Jeremy Bolt, Director

Jeremy Bolt has more than 15 years experience in leading, managing and advising businesses as a director, manager and consultant in various disciplines. Jeremy understands the need to be found on the Web through focused search and paid search results, and the importance of maximising the return on these investments.

Prior to Bruce Clay Australasia, Jeremy was a consulting partner at Deloitte and has managed numerous complex engagements and projects in addition to launching and managing companies in a variety of industries, operating both offline and online. 

Jeremy has experience in implementing Internet marketing initiatives into corporate environments, as well as setting up large search engine optimisation projects and paid search campaigns. Jeremy's industry experience includes financial services, media, health, real estate and the entertainment industries.

Jeremy is a certified SEO analyst and Chartered Accountant.

Contact Jeremy:

Office number: + 61 (0) 2 9252 1700

Bruce Clay USA

Bruce Clay, Founder and President, Bruce Clay, Inc.

Bruce Clay is founder and president of Bruce Clay, Inc., a global Internet marketing optimisation firm providing search engine optimisation, pay per click, social media marketing, conversion rate optimisation, SEO-friendly Web design and architecture, and SEO tools and education. Prior to launching Bruce Clay, Inc. in 1996, Bruce operated as an executive with several high-tech businesses, with a far-reaching professional background in leading Silicon Valley firms.

Bruce holds an MBA from Pepperdine University, and a bachelor’s in math and computer science from Western Illinois University. As an industry thought leader, Bruce is an accomplished speaker, author and educator. Each year, Bruce speaks at leading industry conferences and conducts training courses for students worldwide on concepts and methodologies related to Internet marketing. His insights have been featured in publications such as the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, PC Week, Wired Magazine, Smart Money and many more.

His weekly webcast, SEM Synergy, discusses timely topics related to search marketing and features insightful perspective from guest experts every Thursday at 3 p.m. ET on WebmasterRadio.fm. His book, “Search Engine Optimisation All-in-One for Dummies,” is more than 700 pages of hands-on, practical guidance for implementing comprehensive SEO, available for order on Amazon.com and Barnes&Noble.com, with the updated edition set to hit stores December 2011. Bruce is also on the board of directors of SEMPO, the Search Engine Marketing Professionals Organisation.