Hi,
Nicole Munoz - owner of www.startrankingnow.com is a real SEO expert. She offers a range of SEO services with either US or Phillppine based workers depending on your needs. She also teaches SEO and is a faculty member of Stompernet.com.
I recently attended one of Stompernet SEO Pro courses in Atlanta, on which she lectured and can not recommend her highly enough! Apart from running her company she teaches all over the USA (on Stompernet SEO Pro courses) so is very worth talking to even if you decide to use someone else.
Hope that helps! Tim W