SearchDex Appoints Alan Burks as EVP of Sales and Marketing

DALLAS, Feb. 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- SearchDex, the specialty SEO firm for large e-tailers, today announced that Alan Burks has joined the company as EVP of Sales and Marketing. Burks joins SearchDex at a time when the SEO sector is enjoying explosive growth and large e-tailers are seeking sophisticated providers to tailor innovative SEO programs.

Burks is an experienced sales and marketing executive with a successful track record at public and private growth companies in retailing. At SearchDex Burks will bring this experience to bear, driving sales and marketing with an emphasis on large and growing ecommerce clients.

"Our EVP Sales position generated significant attention in the industry and we were able to consider a number of impressive candidates," said SearchDex CEO Dave Chaplin. "Alan Burks rapidly rose to the top of our selection process and we recognized that Burks is the right person for SearchDex.  Alan was instrumental in architecting the growth periods of multiple retailers, and his success—and reputation—among large retailers and e-tailers will be vital to SearchDex as we expand."

Prior to joining SearchDex Burks was President of Mulberry Neckwear, where he strengthened licensee programs and increased overall market share by 11%.

Additionally, Burks was EVP and CMO of Haggar Clothing, a branded and private label menswear company with revenues of nearly $500MM.  During his 12-year tenure at the company Burks doubled the private label entity and launched and built a new sportswear brand into a business generating 65% of total volume and 70% of its profits—offsetting market-driven product category declines.  

Before joining the apparel industry, Burks spent 17 years in global account management roles with Ogilvy and DDB. 

"After meeting with Dave and the rest of the team, I was impressed with the company's ambition and dedication to helping best-of-breed e-tailers drive revenues through search, forecasting and analytics," said Burks. "SearchDex has assembled world-class talent that is achieving remarkable results both for clients and as an industry innovator.  I'm pleased to be part of such an accomplished group."

About SearchDex

SearchDex is specialty Search Engine Optimization (SEO) firm focusing on large and growing e-tailers nationally and globally.  SearchDex offers full-service integrated Search Marketing solutions including organic search, internal search, ROI forecasting and analytics, site design, and other areas of e-commerce challenges. Privately held, SearchDex was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

SOURCE SearchDex