The Person Behind the Strategy
Meet Bryan.
Meet Your Strategist
Bryan Passanisi
Founder, Brown Bear Digital
With 15 years of in-house experience across SEO, AI search, and paid strategy, I have led teams, built programs from the ground up, and worked alongside the most respected names in search marketing.
I founded Brown Bear because I believed there was a better way. One where business owners and marketing teams could work directly with real experts, not account managers, and scale with a concentrated group of the best search marketers in the industry.
- 15 years in-house across SEO and search
- Led teams and strategy at notable agencies and brands
- Worked with the most respected names in search marketing
Who Is Brown Bear
Built Different. On Purpose.
Brown Bear is a search-focused agency with deep expertise in SEO, AI Search, Paid Search, and Performance Content, based in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Most agencies sell you a team. What you get is a junior strategist working from a playbook. At Brown Bear, the experts are the ones doing the work. Every strategy, every campaign, every recommendation comes from senior-level practitioners who have been in the trenches at the highest levels of search.
Our mission is to bring high-level search strategy to all types of businesses and give owners and marketing teams direct access to the people who can actually move the needle. No handoffs. No layers. Just a concentrated group of the best search marketers doing the work they know best.
Our Mission
Bring high-level search strategy to all types of businesses
Our Model
Work directly with experts, not account managers
Our Standard
The best search marketers, focused and concentrated