About Us

SEO in the Sun is a joint venture between FU International Academy and Optimanova. Company information.

Alfonso Verdugo – Internet Marketing Consultant & SEO Specialist

Alfonso in LinkedIn and Xing

Frank Sellingsloh – Marketing Director

  • Managing Director of the FU International Academy (Spain)
  • Owner, CEO of SUN*Marketing Website development and SEM (Spain)
  • Marketing Director of the German F+U Group (Germany/Spain)

Frank in Xing

Jens Schmidt Jens Schmidt – SEM and Social Media Specialist

Jens in LinkedIn and Xing

Laura Gonzalez – SEM and Localization Manager

  • SEM and Localization Manager at Optimanova
  • Localization Project Manager at Google Inc. (Ireland)
  • Adwords Account Strategist at Google Inc. (Ireland)

Laura in LinkedIn


Alfonso Verdugo was born in the Canary Islands, Spain, on October 5th, 1971. He studied Mathematics and Computer Science in Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain, and Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin, France. He worked in Paris for four years as an IT Analyst Developer in Avanquest and Trivium, both development companies. He moved to Dublin where he worked for four years at Google Ireland as a Senior Search Quality Analyst. He recently moved to Tenerife, Spain, and cofounded Optimanova, an Integral Web Solutions Startup company, where he is providing SEO advice to clients all over Europe.

 

Networking Memberships

View Alfonso Verdugo's profile on LinkedIn Alfonso Verdugo García

Languages

SEO UK English Fluent in English Fluent in French SEO Spanish Spanish Native

Frank Sellingsloh was born in Germany. He studied economics at the University of Göttingen, Germany. In 1998 he moved to Tenerife and the following year founded SUN*Properties Marketing S.L., an Agency for real estate Website development and Internet-Marketing. From 2002 to 2006 he was the Marketing Director for the German F+U Group of Schools. He and his team in Tenerife have built and maintained more than 50 websites with extraordinary ranking results and started working with Google AdWords Campaigns from the beginning. From 2004 onwards he has been working as the Managing Director for the FU International Academy Tenerife. SEO and SEM have always been his field of special interest.

Networking Memberships

Frank Sellingsloh

Languages

SEO German German Native SEO UK English Fluent in English SEO Spanish Fluent in Spanish

 

Jens SchmidtJens Schmidt was born in Berlin, Germany on December 12th, 1979. He studied Business Administration (Marketing Thesis) in Freie Universität Berlin, Germany. He worked in Berlin as a Junior Online Marketing Manager in myBet.com, an online portal for gaming. He also worked as a Marketing Manager for Distribution & Partnerships in kikin Inc., a NYC based innovative company for web and social search. He moved to Tenerife, Spain, and currently works in FU International Academy F+U Group and Optimanova as an Online Marketing Manager, where he is managing multiple SEM/SEO and social media campaigns.

Networking Memberships

View Jens Schmidt's profile on LinkedIn Jens Schmidt

Languages

SEO German German Native SEO UK English Fluent in English SEO Spanish Fluent in Spanish
SEO French Basic knowledge of French SEO Turkish Basic knowledge of Turkish  

Laura Gonzalez was born in Cumaná, Venezuela, on June 4th, 1980. She studied Translation and Interpreting in Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, and Université de Mons-Hainaut, Belgium. She worked in Dublin for 5 years as an AdWords Account Strategist and Localization Specialist at Google Ireland. She is now in the Canary Islands, Spain, working as an AdWords Account Manager for Optimanova, an Integral Web Solutions Startup company with focus on Online Marketing.

 

Networking Memberships & Certificates

View Laura Gonzalez profile on LinkedIn

Languages

SEO UK English Fluent in English Fluent in French SEO Spanish Spanish Native