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Who We Are

No technology can make content. Only humans can make human content. Meet some of our humans:

Senior Leadership

Taulbee Jackson

Taulbee Jackson

President / CEO | Read blog posts
15+ years in marketing
Agency, media and client side
Former agency VP, Interactive
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P.J. Gindling

P.J. Gindling

VP, Client Service | Read blog posts
Background in audience development
Publishing and broadcast strategy
Former agency account manager
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Brian Wyrick

Brian Wyrick

VP, Operations | Read blog posts
10+ years in interactive marketing
Managed over 70 sites and 20 staff
Former head of New Media in healthcare
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Matt Chandler

Matt Chandler

Content Architect | Read blog posts
Content development and IA background
Broadcasting and promotion experience
Former web manager, NYU Med. Ctr.
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Matt Mays

Matt Mays

Executive Producer
Three-time national Emmy winner
Broadcast, commercial and web video
Former producer for MTV, VH1, ESPN
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Joel Read

Joel Read

Chief Financial Officer
Over a decade managing business financials
Led Raidious to profitability in seven months
Owns four Apple Specialist retails stores
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Staff

Brian Conradt

Brian Conradt

Director, Platforms
Ran Reakt Studios digital production company
CSS, JavaScript, WordPress
UI design and development ninja
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Ryan Smith

Social Media Manger
Public relations professional
Specialization in social media strategy
Experience with sports, politics, real estate

Althea Legaspi

Althea Legaspi

Senior Content Producer
Journalism background, Chicago Tribune
Producer, NPR, iTunes, Paste, USA Today
Former blogger for Nike, Rolling Stone
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Dawn Reiss

Dawn Reiss

Senior Content Producer
Reporter, CNN.com, MSNBC.com
Credits with Crain’s, Saturday Evening Post
Former editor, Chicago Sun
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Rebecca Schweitzer

Rebecca Schweitzer

Content Producer
Blogger for Road and Travel Magazine
Senior editor, FashionMeFabulous.com
Experience with SEO, social moderation
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Caine Gardner

Caine Gardner

Content Producer
Entertainment writer, Banner-Graphic
Blogger for FilmYap.com
Jury panelist, Heartland Film Festival
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Tony Asaad

Tony Asaad

Director, Engagement
Ran Chicago office for Obama ’08
Agency and client side experience
Former ad agency social media strategist
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George Benson

George Benson

Office Assistant
Nine years experience assisting executives
Sleeps, eats, manages critical workflow
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Board of Advisors

Bob Bourgeois

Bob Bourgeois

Chairman of the Board
Company Director, CPG/Retail brand
Former COO, regional ad agency
Brand Strategy Samurai
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Jen Brady

Jen Brady

President, Chicago Interactive Marketing Assoc.
Former Starcom Worldwide Media Strategist
Online Media Buying Guru

Ali Sales-Roach

Ali Sales-Roach

President, Compendium Blogware
Former head of ExactTarget, ChaCha
Enterprise Blogging Mastermind

Meg Liffick

Meg Liffick

Director, IMA Labs Interactive Marketing
Former New Media Director, The Guggenheim
Social Media Marketing Maven
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Michael Wilkins

Michael Wilkins

Partner, BKR law firm
Former broadcast law specialist, Ice Miller
Averse to portrait photography

Michael Grimes

Michael Grimes

Director of Marketing, The Finish Line
Former agency brand strategist
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Partners

Sometimes, our clients need more than content. Sometimes they need help with winning search, user interface design, custom application development or buying ads.

We work with our sister companies regularly, we are truly partners in the most literal sense of the word, and we’re only working on of one company’s agenda: yours.

Slingshot SEO

Tuitive Group

Cogent Media Group

Affiliations

In addition to our own ongoing research, each of these organizations help us stay on top of the most recent developments, case studies, white papers, use cases and best practices in digital journalism, interactive marketing, advertising, digital intellectual property law, email marketing, social media, search, and blogging.

American Advertising Federation Creative Commons ExactTarget Society of Professional Journalists Compendium Certified
5Buckets Chicago Interactive Marketing Association