Kevin is a 22-year paid digital advertising veteran who has managed Rise Local’s ad operations since the company’s earliest days. He began his career as an Optimization Account Manager at SuperMedia LLC (formerly Verizon Superpages) from 2004 to 2007—making him the third member of Rise Local’s core team with direct roots in Verizon’s local advertising division.

Kevin joined Mike Stewart’s original agency (smbSEO) in 2011 as Director of Client Services & PPC, and has been leading paid media for Rise Local clients ever since. Between smbSEO and Rise Local, he served as Director of Search Engine Marketing at WrightIMC, Director of PPC at RankHammer, and Senior Paid Search Manager at Academic Partnerships—building deep expertise across every major paid channel.

Kevin also runs Predictive Online Marketing, his own advanced digital advertising consultancy founded in 2017. At Rise Local, he and his team leverage this depth across Google Ads, Microsoft Ads, Meta Ads, display, programmatic, and analytics to drive traffic that converts—not just clicks that cost money. His philosophy: think like the ad platforms, optimize like an advertiser.