JR Oakes is the VP of Strategy at LOCOMOTIVE and has been an influential figure in the SEO community since 2011, following a career as an architectural glass designer and studying industrial design at NC State University.
Active in the Raleigh SEO community, he co-founded and moderates /r/TechSEO on Reddit, organizes local meetups, and frequently contributes open-source code on GitHub.
With a passion for leveraging new technologies to solve complex problems, JR has collaborated with some of the world's largest brands and regularly shares his knowledge through writing for major industry publications.
