Stephen Burns

Stephen Burns is the Web Intelligence Lead at Common Crawl. He works at the intersection of SEO, AEO, and web-scale data systems. He leads efforts to improve how the web is discovered, structured, and used in search and AI. He develops tools that analyze crawlability, structured data, and search signals across billions of pages. He collaborates with researchers, search engineers, and standards groups like Schema.org to make the open web more useful and machine-readable.

Stephen is a marketing leader with a background in digital marketing, developed through roles at OpenSpace, Accela, Charles Schwab, Singularity University, and Blekko. He graduated from OCAD University and The Institute for Computer Studies. He brings expertise in technical SEO, digital strategy, and brand development.