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As the leader of Wpromote's national sales team, Eric is responsible for guiding the company to accelerated performance for our clients and boosting client win rates in their respective markets. Drawing on 15 years of experience in developing sales and customer success teams in the digital and search marketing spaces, Eric has helped brands of all shapes and sizes redefine what getting found means. Eric spends his time away from the office with his wife and three kids.

Jamie joined Wpromote in 2008 and launched the internal marketing division from the ground up. Now as SVP, she manages Wpromote's extensive marketing endeavors, including major website redesigns, sales materials, events, demand gen, thought leadership, press, and more. A background in event marketing, Jamie cares deeply about creating a great experience, and her excellent design aesthetic helps shape the entire Wpromote brand.

A native New Yorker born and raised in Queens, Jeff graduated from New York University's Stern School of Business before moving on to the world of digital marketing. Prior to Wpromote Jeff directed strategy for, and held digital marketing roles with, brands like LG Electronics, American Express, Sports Illustrated and CNN, accruing over twenty years of digital marketing experience. When not developing insights-based strategies for our clients, Jeff can be found spending time with his family or working on his fantasy football roster.

As the SVP, Head of Strategic Partnerships, Jenny oversees various verticals across private equity, VC, and entertainment, focusing on helping companies achieve growth and profitability. She provides an additional layer of strategy and support for board members and executives across portfolio companies and Wpromote's roster of clients. Jenny has over a decade of in-house experience driving digital transformation, ranging from Fortune 500 companies to operations at a private equity firm.

As SVP of Client Service at Wpromote, Jon oversees all client relationships and development while working hand-in-hand with clients who are onboarding and transitioning into the Wpromote family. He brings a wide range of experience in digital marketing from both the in-house and agency side of the industry, specializing in cross-channel integration for large international companies. Before joining Wpromote in January 2020, Jon worked at Dentsu Aegis/iProspect as a Managing Director and Head of Corporate Development. Prior to iProspect, Jon worked with a variety of smaller agencies specializing in digital marketing, web-based training, and instructional design. Key managed clients include Sony, Procter & Gamble, Williams Sonoma, Microsoft, HP, Chase, and the Department of the Navy.

Anna has nearly 20 years of digital marketing experience in client services, specializing in web development as well as performance and content marketing. She has managed digital and integrated campaigns for Fortune 500 companies such as American Express, Sony, and Purina. Her experience also includes work for Farmers Insurance, William Grant & Sons Distillers, Oracle, and Neutrogena. Born and raised in Sweden, she now lives in Halesite, NY, with her husband and two children.

Aubrie joined Wpromote in 2020 and is an experienced leader specializing in enterprise marketing strategy and vision. In her role as Managing Director, she leverages her expertise to provide strategic guidance to both Wpromote's clients and the Client Services team and is responsible for establishing relationships and new pathways to growth for clients. As a passionate, integrated digital marketer, Aubrie loves working with teams to bring a holistic strategy to life for clients.

Marissa Allen joined Wpromote in 2008; as an ecommerce expert and paid media guru, she challenged Wpromote clients to succeed. After spending several years on accelerated account development, Marissa stepped up to establish Wpromote's Strategy team, where she drives omnichannel strategic growth through a strong belief in the full-funnel approach. As a business and relationship activator, Marissa loves cultivating lifelong client relationships and building brand advocacy as an outsourced CMO and C-suite consultant for clients.

Claire provides strategic leadership to Wpromote’s enterprise clients like Whirlpool and Transunion, helping them to drive growth. While Claire started her career practicing law in London, she moved to L.A. and found her ultimate passion was digital marketing, particularly structuring campaigns around key business goals and full-funnel thinking. Despite living in the U.S. since 2011, Claire still has a strong English accent and enjoys confusing her American colleagues with quirky U.K. phrases.

Soso is the startup whisperer. He cut his teeth working with fast-paced, high-growth startups in Silicon Valley after graduating from UC Berkeley. He founded Growth Pilots in 2014 to help venture-backed companies grow faster by scaling their paid marketing channels more intelligently. Growth Pilots was acquired by Wpromote in 2019. As Vice President of Growth and Innovation, Soso oversees high-growth client relationships and ensures Wpromote is doing everything possible to ensure they all have growth charts that resemble hockey sticks. He lives his life a quarter (mile) at a time and embodies Ricky Bobby’s sage wisdom that "if you ain’t first, you’re last".

Christine is a digital marketing leader with nearly 15 years of account management agency experience. Christine and her team are focused on building strong client partnerships by driving results and sharing new strategic ideas to help clients solve their biggest marketing challenges. When not pushing clients to improve, Christine enjoys being with family and friends, traveling, and being outside as much as possible, especially skiing with her husband and three sons.

For over ten years, David has been helping clients launch successful marketing campaigns, aligning their big ideas, digital media, and business goals. As Group Account Director at Wpromote, David brings integrated strategy and leadership to our most complex enterprise clients, helping them take the holistic view of the customer journey and developing a full-funnel approach to their digital programs. Outside of Wpromote, David enjoys golfing, bike rides with his wife on the shores of Lake Michigan, and exploring Chicago breweries and restaurants.

Kimberlee joined the Wpromote team over six years ago and has managed almost every digital channel. She's an avid reader of any business books she can get her hands on, and relishes the opportunity to develop innovative strategies and campaigns for her book of industry-leading brands.

Jessica started with Wpromote in 2007 as a Paid Search Manager and quickly took over leadership of the flourishing paid media department. Jessica's role eventually morphed into SVP of Client Services where she established our integration framework, led our delivery departments, and scaled and launched new offerings. After years of supporting clients and taking channel execution to the next level, Jessica stepped up to meet the needs of our rapidly growing organization and established our Central Operations department. Jessica is responsible for improving operational efficiencies, institutionalizing systems and automating tools, and developing scalable solutions companywide. Jessica fills the rest of her time enjoying life with her husband, daughter, and son.

Born and raised in Chicago, Megan struck out west to attend the University of Colorado, Boulder. Immediately after graduating, she leapt across the Atlantic to live and work in London, where she discovered a true passion for recruiting. With over a decade of experience in People Operations leadership, Megan ably helps to lead Wpromote as the SVP of People & Culture and is responsible for Wpromote’s people strategy, including learning and development offerings to develop future leaders of Wpromote, talent acquisition, compensation & benefits, and programs to support employee happiness and engagement.

Rob leads Wpromote’s day-to-day operations for the Dallas office while also spearheading process development initiatives across the organization. Additionally, as Head of Industry for Hospitality and Real Estate, he works t build strong client relationships for the agency’s key accounts within those verticals. Rob was co-founder and President of Standing Dog Interactive for 11 years prior to its acquisition by Wpromote in July 2016. A self-declared foodie who loves culinary adventures, Rob often travels to off-the-beaten-path places with his partner in search of new dishes to bring back to his home kitchen.

Theresa grew up in Southern California, and, after graduating from Duke University, she began her career in strategic analysis at CarMax. Ultimately, she discovered her love for finance and began working on her MBA at the UCLA Anderson School of Management, eventually accruing over ten years of finance experience. After working for a variety of public and private companies, such as Boingo Wireless, Oakwood Worldwide, Loot Crate, and Katch, Theresa joined the Wpromote family as Vice President of Finance. An avid college basketball fan and Excel aficionado, you can find Theresa cheering on the Duke University basketball team and happily making spreadsheets for anything in her free time.

One of the earliest members of the Wpromote family, Ryan joined fresh out of USC in 2006, where he studied Computer Science and 3D Animation. Acting as a sort of utility player for Wpromote, Ryan's role has shifted over the years to adapt to the changing needs of the company. Starting in the Performance Marketing division, he was able to focus on the growing need for in-house software development, helping build many of the management tools we use today. Outside of the office, Ryan spends most of his free time slaying dragons, shredding the California coast, and dancing from one music festival to another.

Steve draws on years of experience in IT management, business analysis, project management, and enterprise solutions to keep things running smoothly at Wpromote as Director of IT. He graduated from the University of Notre Dame, then got his MBA at UCLA, merging the worlds of IT and business. A big movie-goer and college football fan, Steve loves using his downtime to travel to countries like the UK, Mexico, and, soon enough, New Zealand and parts of Europe.

A Southern California native, Annemarie studied business administration at the University of San Diego. She gravitated to the digital media and advertising world and has continued on that track for the last 15 years. At Wpromote, Annemarie leads the accounting team, ensuring all the day-to-day operations run smoothly while providing the best service possible. When not in the office, you can find her riding her horse, traveling, cooking, and spending lots of family time with her husband, son, and daughter.

Bob Schwartz has created over $1 billion of shareholder value in commerce and technology companies, including building Magento to 30%+ global marketshare (acquired by eBay), serving as the "Founder & GM" of Nordstrom.com ($2.5B in 2015), and selling an online auction company to Amazon. Bob serves as Vice Chairman of Wpromote, providing strategic advice, partnerships, talent, experience, and mentorship to drive growth and value to Wpromote and its clients, including the establishment of Wpromote's Commerce Advisory Group. Bob is currently CEO of the company building firm 47B Street, and is a thought leader in retail/technology, speaking globally on those topics.

Steve is a Shamrock Capital Advisors Partner. Since 1998, Steve has managed Shamrock’s private equity investment activities. He currently serves as a director of Wpromote, Branded Cities, Maple Media, and Mobilitie. Previously, he served on the boards of INgrooves Music Group, Screenvision Media, Consilio, Learfield Communications, Media Storm, RealD, TeleGuam Holdings, Modern Luxury, Triad Broadcasting Company, PortalPlayer, PRN, and NETGEAR before Shamrock exited these investments. Steve serves on the Board of Trustees of Marymount High School, Los Angeles and is also a board member and former President of the St. James Inn. Prior to joining Shamrock in 1991, Steve worked as an investment banker with Lehman Brothers.

Steve graduated from Stanford University and earned an MBA from the UCLA Anderson School of Management as a Venture Fellow.

Laura is a Partner of Shamrock Capital Advisors. She currently serves as a director of Wpromote and Mobilitie. Previously, Laura served on the boards of Questex, RBmedia and as a board observer of Wazee Digital. Prior to joining Shamrock in 2012, Laura was an Associate in the Corporate Strategy group at The Walt Disney Company. She also previously worked as an Associate at The Carlyle Group and as an investment banking analyst at Credit Suisse.

Laura graduated cum laude from Georgetown University and earned an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Brian Barnum is an Operating Partner with Shamrock Capital Advisors and works with Shamrock’s portfolio companies to improve operations and increase value. Prior to joining Shamrock in 2017, Mr. Barnum held a number of senior executive roles for privately held media, communications and technology companies including COO of Brighter, Inc., COO/CFO of The Rubicon Project, the COO/CFO of Business.com and later the President of Dex Media’s Digital businesses after it acquired Business.com, the CFO of Rent.com through its acquisition by eBay, and the CFO of Transaction Network Services, which he guided through an IPO. Prior to his roles as an operating executive, Mr. Barnum worked in investment banking to media companies at Bankers Trust Company and to technology and communications companies at Alex. Brown & Sons. Mr. Barnum has an MBA from the Anderson School at UCLA and has a BA in Economics from Stanford University.