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Leadership And Team Behind The Work.

Charles Brian International brings strategy, research, organic AEO, media, client delivery, data, growth and operations together. Meet the people responsible for those disciplines and the work that connects them.

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Delivery Capacity For Enterprise AEO

Delivery capacity is more than a headcount. It is the ability to assign the right disciplines, make responsibilities visible and move a finding through research, technical implementation, content, authority development, measurement and client approval.

58named team members

8operating groups

3core delivery engines

1integrated client model

Research and diagnosis

Buyer questions, competitive answers, source patterns, evidence quality and measurement design.

Implementation

Technical AEO and SEO, content architecture, editorial production, entity clarity and source authority.

Measurement and quality

Data engineering, repeated testing, evidence review, QA and reporting.

Client governance

Program ownership, approvals, resource planning, legal and privacy coordination and escalation.

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Executive Leadership

Company direction, delivery standards, client strategy, product and growth leadership.

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CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Jonathan Mercer

CEO

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Answer Intelligence And Research

Buyer-question mapping, competitive observation, source analysis and evidence review.

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Dr. Maya Okafor

Head of Answer Intelligence

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Ethan Caldwell

Lead AI Visibility Researcher

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Hannah Kim

Search & Source Analyst

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Victor Alvarez

Competitive Intelligence Analyst

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Layla Morgan

Buyer Prompt & Journey Strategist

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Fatima El Sayed

Original Research & Data Content Strategist

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Owen Sinclair

Research Editor

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Aisha Grant

Evidence & Claims Auditor

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Organic AEO And SEO

Answer-ready content, technical search, entity clarity, digital authority and conversion paths.

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Daniel Cho

VP, Organic AEO

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Rachel Stein

Technical AEO/SEO Director

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Devon Patel

Senior Technical SEO Engineer

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Isabella Nguyen

Senior Technical SEO Engineer

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Malik Thompson

Entity & Knowledge Graph Strategist

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Claire Beaumont

Content Architecture Director

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Benjamin Hart

Senior Subject Matter Editor, B2B Technology

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Nia Robinson

Senior Subject Matter Editor, Regulated Markets

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Wesley Armstrong

Principal AEO Strategist

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Grace Park

Outreach & Publication Specialist

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Mateo Rivera

Outreach & Publication Specialist

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Andre Wallace

Digital PR & Authority Director

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Julian Price

Conversion & UX Strategist

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Zoe Mitchell

Conversational Landing Experience Strategist

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AI Media

Paid search, AI media, creative testing and performance analysis.

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Elena Torres

VP, AI Media

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Cameron Reed

ChatGPT Ads Lead

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Mei Lin Carter

Microsoft Copilot & Search Lead

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Jasmine Patel

Client AI Media Lead

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Samira Haddad

AI Media Planner

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Lucas Bennett

Creative Strategist

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Ravi Deshmukh

Performance & Experimentation Analyst

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Taylor Greene

Senior Performance & Experimentation Analyst

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Caleb Foster

Ad Operations & Trafficking Specialist

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Client Delivery

Program leadership and day-to-day coordination across strategy, content and media.

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Natalie Brooks

VP, Client Delivery

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Gabrielle King

Enterprise Client Partner

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Kiara James

Senior Program Manager

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Isaac Mensah

Client Answer Analyst

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Madeline Shaw

Client Content & Editorial Lead

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Thomas Leclerc

Client Organic Lead

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Data And Product

Measurement, data engineering, applied AI, product and quality assurance.

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Emily Zhang

Lead Full-Stack Engineer

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Leah Goldstein

Applied AI & LLM Engineer

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Arjun Mehta

Senior Data Engineer

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Darius Coleman

Analytics Engineer

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Kevin Okoro

Product Manager

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Noah Feldman

Experimentation Data Scientist

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Ines Moreau

QA & Automation Engineer

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Growth

Business development, partnerships, editorial marketing and community.

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Christopher Vaughn

Enterprise Business Development Director

Portrait of Yara Williams

Yara Williams

Research & Editorial Marketing Director

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Naomi Adler

Partner & Analyst Relations Lead

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Diego Martinez

Events & Community Manager

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Operations

People, legal, privacy, finance and resource management.

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Amara Singh

General Counsel & Privacy Officer

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Jordan Whitaker

VP, Finance & People

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Jerome Banks

People & Talent Manager

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Olivia Prescott

Finance & Commercial Operations Manager

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Sarah Ibrahim

Resource Management Director

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