The team behind the work

The People Who Do the Work

Every engagement is run by the people you meet here — founders, strategists and engineers who’ve shipped outcomes for 500+ brands. You brief them directly.

  • Founders & senior specialists on every account
  • Direct access — no account-manager telephone game
  • Deep benches in SEO, content, development & AI
10 senior specialists0 juniors learning on your dime
Rao Anas — Founder & CEO
Rao AnasFounder & CEO
Rao Huzaifa — Founder & CEO
Rao HuzaifaFounder & CEO
Rao Usama — Co-Founder & Product Officer, Head of AI / Data
Rao UsamaCo-Founder & Product Officer, Head of AI / Data
10 senior specialists · founder-led
The full team

Everyone on your account.

Not a roster we hide behind an account manager — the specialists who actually do the work. Hover any card for their focus and how to reach them.

Rao Anas — Founder & CEOFounder

Rao Anas

Founder & CEO

Company vision · technical direction

Founder and CEO. Sets the company vision and leads engineering and technical direction across both SEO and software development — the person who architects the hard problems and owns the standard the whole team builds to.

Rao Huzaifa — Founder & CEOFounder

Rao Huzaifa

Founder & CEO

Business strategy · finance · delivery

Founder and CFO. Owns business strategy and finance and oversees software delivery end to end, so engagements stay scoped, on budget and shipped.

Rao Usama — Co-Founder & Product Officer, Head of AI / DataFounder

Rao Usama

Co-Founder & Product Officer, Head of AI / Data

14+ yrs engineering · AI agents, MCP & automation

Co-Founder and Head of AI & Data. 14+ years in software engineering; leads our AI-agent, MCP-integration and workflow-automation work — turning models into systems that actually run in production.

MSc, Data Science

Rao Hasnain — Chief Operating Officer

Rao Hasnain

Chief Operating Officer

Operations · delivery across every engagement

Chief Operating Officer. Runs day-to-day operations and keeps delivery on track across every client engagement — the reason work moves predictably instead of in fits and starts.

Rao Zayn — Head of Content & Brand

Rao Zayn

Head of Content & Brand

Research-led content · technical writing

Head of Content and Brand. A research-led content strategist and technical writer who builds durable authority through genuinely useful writing rather than filler.

Rao Saqlain — Head of Off-Page & Authority

Rao Saqlain

Head of Off-Page & Authority

Link building · digital PR · off-site authority

Head of Off-Page and Authority. Leads link building, digital PR and off-site authority across the client base — the signals that move competitive rankings.

Abdur Rahman Shah — Web & SaaS Engineer · DevOps

Abdur Rahman Shah

Web & SaaS Engineer · DevOps

WordPress · custom web apps · SaaS · DevOps · technical SEO

Builds and ships the web layer — WordPress, custom web apps and SaaS architecture — with the DevOps to run it and the technical-SEO knowledge to make sure what he builds is fast, crawlable and built to rank.

Shaheer Sharif — Video Editor · Graphic Designer · 2D Animator

Shaheer Sharif

Video Editor · Graphic Designer · 2D Animator

Video editing · motion graphics · 2D animation

Brings the brand to life on screen — editing video, designing graphics and building 2D animation. Turns campaigns, case studies and social content into motion that holds attention and carries the REO Rank look end to end.

Nimra Jabbar — Front-End Developer & SEO Specialist

Nimra Jabbar

Front-End Developer & SEO Specialist

MSc Data Science · front-end · technical SEO

Front-end developer and SEO specialist with a Master’s in Data Science. Builds fast, accessible interfaces and the on-page and technical SEO that make them rank — with experience spanning EdTech, enterprise systems and digital consulting.

MSc, Data Science

Saleha Jabeen — Parasite SEO Specialist

Saleha Jabeen

Parasite SEO Specialist

Parasite SEO · gray-niche rankings · high-DR platforms

Parasite SEO specialist. Ranks offers in highly competitive and gray niches by borrowing the authority of high-DR platforms — landing page-one visibility in days, not months, right alongside the media giants Google already trusts.

Brands across the industries we serve

PfizerOracleBlackstoneMedtronicWeWorkWalgreensKeller WilliamsITVNovo NordiskSwiss LifeGE AerospaceEmaarPfizerOracleBlackstoneMedtronicWeWorkWalgreensKeller WilliamsITVNovo NordiskSwiss LifeGE AerospaceEmaar

How we're built

Why senior-led actually works.

The model behind the roster — the reason the work lands the first time.

Senior-only

No juniors learning on your account. Every task is done by someone who has done it many times before.

Direct access

You brief the person doing the work — no account-manager telephone game and no lost context.

One team, one plan

SEO, content, development and AI on one team with one dashboard — not siloed departments competing for credit.

Skin in the game

Rolling terms and a shared KPI, so we re-earn the retainer on results rather than on inertia.

On your account

Every discipline, in-house.

One team covers the whole program — no subcontractor network, no gaps between specialists.

SEO strategy

The plan that ties technical, content and authority into one program pointed at revenue, not vanity rankings.

Technical & on-page

Crawlability, site architecture, structured data and Core Web Vitals — the engineering that makes ranking possible.

Content & brand

Research-led, genuinely useful writing that earns rankings and the trust that converts.

Off-page & authority

Link building, digital PR and the off-site signals that move competitive terms.

Parasite & gray-niche SEO

Page-one visibility in days for tough verticals by borrowing the authority of high-DR platforms.

AI, data & engineering

AI agents, MCP, automation, custom web apps and SaaS — the same team that builds also owns your SEO.

Creative & motion

Video editing, graphic design and 2D animation — the visuals and motion that make the work land and carry the brand.

10
Senior specialists
0
Juniors on your account
50+
Combined years in search & dev
500+
Brands scaled

Real, senior, verifiable

How we hire — and why you can trust it.

Real names, real faces, real profiles. Check any of us yourself.

Proven, not promising

We hire operators with a track record of shipped outcomes — not CVs and not potential.

Credentialed where it counts

MSc data scientists, engineers and senior specialists — real qualifications behind the work.

Verifiable

Every person here has a public professional profile you can check — LinkedIn, Upwork, Fiverr. Real names, real faces.

Questions buyers ask

Straight answers about the team

Who does the work, how senior they are, and how to reach them.

Who actually does my work?
The people on this page. Every engagement is staffed by the senior specialists you see here — the person who scopes the work is the person who does it. You are never handed to a junior after the pitch.
Will I get juniors learning on my account?
No. We are senior-only by design. There is no junior bench practising on your budget; the trade-off is that we take on fewer clients and charge for seniority, and the work lands correctly the first time.
Can I talk to the specialists directly?
Yes — that is the point. You brief the strategist, writer or engineer doing the work directly, with no account-manager relay in between. Every member has their email and LinkedIn on their card.
Are these real people with verifiable profiles?
Every one. Real names, real photographs, and a public professional profile (LinkedIn, Upwork or Fiverr) on each card that you can verify yourself. We do not use stock headshots or invented personas.
Are the specialists in-house or contractors?
Both models exist, and we are transparent about it. The senior people on your account are the same individuals retainer after retainer — we do not rotate a contractor pool through your work. Continuity is deliberate.
What disciplines do you cover in-house?
SEO strategy, technical and on-page, content and brand, off-page and authority, parasite/gray-niche SEO, and the full engineering side — AI agents, automation, custom web apps and SaaS. One team with one dashboard, not separate departments.
How senior is "senior"?
Everyone here has a track record of shipped outcomes in their discipline — typically 7 to 15 years of hands-on work, not management. When we say senior we mean the person who has done the thing many times before, not someone who manages people who do it.
How is work assigned across the team?
By discipline and fit, not availability. The SEO strategist who owns your account is the same person throughout; additional specialists (content, engineering, paid) come in as the program requires. There is no round-robin staffing.
What happens to my account if a specialist leaves?
We maintain documented runbooks and shared tooling for every account, so continuity is not in someone’s head. We also hire slowly and retain well — turnover is low. If a transition does happen, you are briefed immediately and the handoff is managed, not thrown.
How big is the team, really?
Ten senior specialists today, deliberately. We would rather stay small and senior than scale a junior workforce — it is the only way to keep the quality consistent on every account, every quarter.

Still have questions? Talk to a specialist

Company

More about REO Rank.

How we work, who does the work, and how to start a conversation.

Who we are and how a senior-led team actually runs an engagement.

Our engagement model, week by week — from audit to shipped results.

Open roles for senior specialists who want ownership, not tickets.

How we handle your data, access and infrastructure.

Transparent, KPI-tied engagement pricing with no lock-in.

Tell us what you are trying to fix — we will be honest about fit.

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