Meet the Team
Our team has a range of backgrounds, skillsets and experience that clients find invaluable in a partnership. A profile of each PositionMEonline team member is available below -
Stephen Mawhinney, Founder & CEO
Stephen has a corporate background, having held executive and senior management positions with IBM, EMC and JDEdwards. He has three decades of experience providing direct sales, marketing, consulting and business services to small and medium businesses.
Stephen has a flair for establishing businesses, for turning around small businesses that were producing negative returns, and for assisting business owners with creative, pragmatic initiatives with high returns. In 2001 Stephen saw great opportunity in the search industry and spent 6 months in USA forging key partnerships that led to the growth and success of PMO. Stephen’s management skills and visionary approach are great assets to PMO and its clients. He holds a BSc and a postgraduate DBA from Queens University, Belfast.
PositionMEonline's General Manager Colin Wee is a business executive who has been involved in electronic commerce and information technology since 1994. His career has spanned three continents, where he gleened experience in: Internet training, video on demand, electronic commerce, multimedia systems integration over Internet Protocal, search engine optimisation, online insurance brokering, and web development. Colin has a BBA (Hons) from the Cox School of Business in Dallas, and an MBT from University of New South Wales.
James Mawhinney, Business Development Manager
James set up PMO in 2001 with Stephen and Colin. He trained in the US under the guidance of one of the industries most respected corporate search engine marketing organizations, Position Technologies Inc.
James was PMO's General Manager from 2004-2007 during which he grew the client base to over 350 internationally, and provided high quality internet marketing strategies to a range of clients including Merrill Lynch, Roche Mining, Hawaiian Group, Citect PLC, Quest Serviced Apartments and Richmond Group.
James is trained in website content writing specifically for search engines, is a Google AdWords certified consultant and is well in tune with growing social networking and blogging trends
James has a BComm from the University of Western Australia and will complete a law degree in 2008, also at U.W.A.
Brad Russell, Client Manager & Link Popularity Specialist
Brad has been with PMO since its inception in 2001. He was the primary provider of Link Popularity services from 2003-2007 and now manages a team of web developers, designers and link popularity experts. Brad is certified in search engine optimisation and has a thorough understanding of website marketing for SME's.
Tom joined the PositionmeOnline team in August, 2008. He has a marketing degree from Curtin University and a keen interest in all aspects of web marketing. He also specialises in managing Google AdWords accounts, and the coordination of our Virtual Spokesperson Service.
Stuart McComb, Sydney Representative
Stuart joined PMO in 2002 and was initially trained in website optimisation techniques. He has a passion for the internet with a keen interest in helping small business entrepreneurs identify and develop new online markets for their businesses.
Stuart graduated with a Bachelor of Environmental Science from Macquarie University in 2000.
Hecate Jay, Web Content Writing Specialist
Hecate was one of the first optimisers trained when PositionMEonline was established in 2001. She specialises in web content writing and optimisation, and is an experienced web designer.
She also plays an active role in the adventure tourism industry as a qualified bushwalking guide, and is working towards a kayaking instructor award.
Hecate has a Bachelor of Arts (Philosophy) and a Diploma of Interactive Multimedia.
Minah Munshi, Search Engine Marketing Assistant
Minah works closely with James, Brad and Tom, assisting with the servicing of client accounts and internal marketing. Her content writing skills achieve excellent results for clients and her capable nature enables her to quickly understand and utilise new web marketing technologies that PMO implements.
Jeremy Jones, Website Developer & Designer
Jeremy joined the team in early 2008. He studied studied a Bachelor of Science (Information Technology) an Curtin University and now works closely with Brad. Jeremy specialises in website development, website design and link popularity.
