Gerard Ill, founder of The Big Answer Digital

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gerard ill valeriano

founder of the big answer digital. project manager, seo specialist and prompt engineer. i build ai tools that have to pay for themselves, and i use them every day before anyone else does.

20+ years in marketing and sales · 12+ years online · based in the pyrenees, catalonia · catalan, spanish, french · motto since 2014: "no roi, no hop".

What Gerard builds and runs today

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Career

2024 – today
fundación sakya · strategic it project manager. hybrid pmo (agile and predictive), portfolio of web, software and learnworlds projects.
2022 – 2025
the big answer digital · seo & prompt engineer. outsourced seo for agencies and niche builders: keyword research, search intent, clustering, site structure.
2023
overexport.com · cto. technical strategy and engineering team lead.
2014 – 2023
dicrea't · co-founder, coo & product owner, then seo manager. organic traffic, a/b tests, analytics and sales funnels. google partner program member.
2010 – 2014
first stop southwest · branch manager.
2000 – 2008
mercedes-benz · laboratoris diana · sales roles, automotive and animal health.

Education and certifications

  • uned · master in digital marketing & social media (2013–2014), honours.
  • uned · master in digital communication & community management (2012–2013), honours.
  • iut de brest · dut génie biologique (agronomy).
  • google analytics certified · google partners program.

Why The Big Answer Digital

twelve years selling seo and marketing taught me one thing: clients don't buy effort, they buy numbers that move. so every tool here is built around a number it has to move: recovered invoices, hours replaced, pieces approved. if the number doesn't move, the tool doesn't ship.

Elsewhere

[ > TALK TO GERARD ] one founder, no sales team. real problems get real answers.