The Team
Behind AthenaHQ

Former Google Search PM who helped define the future of AI-powered search with Google and DeepMind. B.A. in Computer Science & Math from Columbia University.

Today, helping global brands adapt to AI Search disruption, one LinkedIn post at a time.

Former ServiceNow platform engineer and founder of Cribbly, an AI property management tool. Building with GPT‑2 since 2020. Studied Computer Science and Statistics at UIUC.

Has mass-deployed Claude Code agents to every corner of the codebase. Runs daily sauna standups; attendance is optional but discouraged.

Formerly at Reputation.com, where he helped brands and agencies optimize their public image and digital presence, with a focus on reputation management that drives growth and protects brand equity.

Believes 'no' usually means 'not yet,' and has the follow-up cadence to prove it.

Grant enjoys long walks on the golf course when he is not helping folks crush their GEO goals. He will always find a way to tell you he played D1 college sport and how much his back hurts. When people ask him where he went to college, he just shrugs his shoulders and says a small school in Boston.

Ships features from São Paulo so quietly that the first you hear of them is a polite note asking you to take a look.

Believes anything longer than it needs to be is a bug, URLs included. Also crunches the data behind the State of AI Search report, so if the numbers look good, thank him.

Will always talk about how he prefers Windows over Mac because of Excel shortcuts.

When asking Willson what he does at AthenaHQ, he often responds with 'What do I NOT do at AthenaHQ?' Willson grew up in Vegas and will always talk about how hot it gets in the summer, and how it was so different from his snowy days at Cornell. The hot summer days trained Willson to not sweat in the sauna.

Keeps the infrastructure running from New York, and keeps the office snack requests flowing.

The kind of infra engineer who tells a customer their data is back before the alert has finished firing, then quietly makes sure it never happens again.

Builds the features from Buenos Aires and writes release notes so thorough that support never has to ask.

Reads the fine print, mostly because he wrote it. Ask him whether something works with MCP and you will get a bulleted list, every time.

Halved our main database bill in a week, then asked if it was merged yet.

Currently deleting tables the rest of us were still emotionally attached to. Writes the root-cause analysis before you have finished reading the bug.

Ten-plus years in customer success, and treats every renewal like opening weekend.

Translates customer needs into engineering questions so clear they usually ship the same week. Her customers get answers before they have finished typing the question.

Former staff engineer at Mixmax and Ocado Technology. Brings staff-engineer rigor to a team that ships daily, and makes it look easy.

From Catalonia, and he makes sure we know that. Made it into a Harvard Business School case within six months of joining, which is fast even by our standards.

Owns renewals, onboarding, and the exact pixel position of every legend on every chart in a customer deck. Will spot the one outdated line in a report before anyone else does, and she will be right.

Went from first day to running customer calls solo within a week, and has been the person customers ask for by name ever since.

Runs outbound like a sport: a plan for every week, a goal for every day, and a demo count that keeps going up.

Studied biology at the University of San Diego, which he says was the right training for outbound: careful observation, patience, and real curiosity about how things work.

Edits everything that goes out under the AthenaHQ name, from the blog to the comparison pages, and wrote for G2 and Bonusly before joining.

From Toronto. Dog mom. If you ever spot a typo on this site, she found it first, and it is already fixed.