A former McKinsey consultant and Dell veteran, Bill Leake draws on a deep expertise in both business and marketing to help increase revenues for a wide range of clients. He has been involved in driving provable revenues through Internet marketing techniques since the early 1990s when, as part of the management team at Power Computing, he built the first company to sell $1 million of product over the internet. Bill has guided Apogee Search from inception to its current position as the largest search engine marketing firm in the Southwest, one of the 20 largest in North America, and one of the fastest growing companies on the Inc. 500 list.

In addition to leading Apogee Search, Bill also serves as the president of the Austin Interactive Marketing Association, and as the chairman of the SEMPO (Search Engine Marketing Professionals Organization) committee, heading up their local and regional initiatives.

Before founding Apogee Search, Bill was President of Journyx, the leading software provider of web-based time and expense management solutions, and one of the 500 largest software companies in the U.S. Prior to Journyx, he held leadership and executive positions at several public and private venture-capital backed firms, including Trusted Information Systems (TISX, now NET), Haystack Labs, Power Computing and Dell. At Dell, Bill worked in the Office of the Chairman on several key strategic initiatives. Before Dell, Bill worked as a management consultant at McKinsey and Company, where he served clients in North America, South America and Europe, across a wide range of industries.

Bill received an MBA with honors from the University of Texas at Austin and his B.A. from Yale University.

About Apogee Search:
Founded in 2001, Apogee Search is one of the top 20 dedicated search marketing firms in the country today. Our corporate headquarters are located in Austin, Texas, long recognized as a center of Internet innovation and expertise.

Backed by a rapidly growing staff of full-time, Internet marketing professionals, Apogee Search delivers solutions across a number of markets. At all times, we have just one main goal – driving profitable revenue for our clients. That is why we provide all the tools and business expertise required to turn a company's online efforts into strategic, revenue generators.

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