Founder · SEO & AI search consultant
Stephen Gardner
Eight years with the Google Search team. A master’s degree in computer science. More than 200 hours of advanced AI training. Stephen brings 20+ years of digital marketing agency ownership and his experience as CMO of The Life Coach School to your search strategy and business growth.
Experience you can explore
The person behind your search strategy
Stephen holds a master’s degree in computer science and has spent more than 20 years owning a digital marketing agency. His background also includes eight years on the Google Search team and marketing leadership as CMO of The Life Coach School. Today, his focus is helping business owners improve how their company appears in local search, on Google Maps, and across AI search experiences.
At HuskyTail, he combines consulting with implementation: reviewing your website and business profile, identifying priorities, carrying out SEO work, and explaining progress. Your business goals guide the work, from the services you want to grow to the locations you serve.
Explore Stephen’s experience on LinkedIn →20+ years of agency ownership
Experience owning a digital marketing agency and working with business owners.
8 years at Google
Experience on the Google Search team behind your search strategy.
Master’s in computer science
Graduate education in computer science alongside practical search and marketing experience.
200+ hours of AI training
Advanced AI training as part of Stephen’s broader professional development.
Experience · Google Search team
Eight years with the Google Search team
Stephen spent eight years with the Google Search team. That experience, combined with advanced SEO training and knowledge, is a foundation of the expertise he brings to HuskyTail and the businesses he works with.
At HuskyTail, he applies that expertise to technical SEO, website structure and content, Google Business Profile optimization, and AI search visibility. He connects the details of your search presence with how customers find your business and the services you want to grow.
For you, that means working directly with Stephen to understand your search presence, set priorities, and carry improvements through to implementation. He explains the work and its progress in clear, practical terms.
Search experience, applied to your business
- Google Search team experience
- Eight years
- Expertise
- Advanced SEO training and knowledge
- Areas of focus
- Your website, Google Maps, and AI discovery
- Your working relationship
- Direct guidance and hands-on implementation
Professional development · Artificial intelligence
More than 200 hours of advanced AI training
Stephen has completed more than 200 hours of advanced AI training, adding to his broader background in digital marketing, search, and business leadership.
At HuskyTail, his work considers both traditional search and AI search experiences. That includes helping business owners understand their company’s visibility across Google, Maps, and AI platforms, and deciding where to focus their efforts.
Advanced AI training completed
200+ hours
A dedicated investment in AI knowledge alongside his search expertise and marketing leadership experience.
CMO · The Life Coach School
Helping grow a business from $1 million to $50 million
As Chief Marketing Officer of The Life Coach School, Stephen helped the business grow from $1 million to $50 million over a three-year period spanning the COVID-19 pandemic. It was a defining chapter in his career: marketing leadership during rapid growth and a period of extraordinary change.
His CMO role added a company-wide perspective to his digital marketing experience, connecting marketing strategy with the broader goals of a growing business.
Today, that perspective informs his work at HuskyTail. He starts with what you want your business to achieve, then connects SEO and AI search priorities to the services, customers, and markets that matter to you.
A defining chapter in Stephen’s career
- Leadership role
- Chief Marketing Officer
- Company
- The Life Coach School
- Business growth he helped support
- $1 million to $50 million
- Growth period
- Three years, spanning COVID-19
Your working relationship
Expert guidance, with people behind the details
Stephen leads your SEO and AI search strategy, stays involved in the work, and explains your progress. Our operations team supports website updates, scheduling, and coordination. You have direct access to Stephen for strategic questions and a team helping with the details.
Authority includes monthly strategy meetings with Stephen; Growth includes quarterly meetings. Starter meetings are arranged as needed. Every plan includes monthly reporting so you can follow the work.
Meet Ro, Myla, and the team →Before you decide
Look into the people and the work
In their own words
What working together feels like
Google review · 5 out of 5
“I highly recommend Stephen at Husky Tail Digital. He recently rebuilt my website and took over my SEO management, and the results have been fantastic. Stephen is incredibly responsive — the minute something needs to be done, he's on it.”
Google review · 5 out of 5
“Stephen and the team at Husky Tail have been incredible to work with. Their customer service is outstanding — responsive, professional, and genuinely helpful every step of the way.”
A little more personal
You may also meet Everest
Everest is Stephen’s Husky and our Chief Distraction Officer. She sometimes joins a Zoom meeting, and sometimes makes her presence heard. That personal connection is part of working with HuskyTail.
Through Hearts for Huskies, a percentage of sales supports Husky Halfway House in Oklahoma.
The story behind the wag →A clear next step
Let’s look at your business.
Your free audit covers your website, Google Business Profile, local rankings, competitors, and an initial AI search visibility check. Get a prioritized summary by the next business day. No call is required.