Liz Aderton. Practice Manager. (LinkedIn profile) Liz has a BS in Economics from Illinois State Univesity and brings 20 years of enterprise sales experience working for companies such as Hyperion, Platinum and BMC. Her passion is sales process optimization and she loves working with clients and helping them find innovative and exciting ways to find new customers. When not dramatically improving sales performance for Macon Raine’s clients, she is a die hard Cub fan and can be found at 1060 W. Addison. During the off season Liz likes tennis, gardening and being outdoors with her family. She lives in Naperville with her husband, two children and a huge sofa-loving labrador-mix named Buckley.
Ben Bradley, founder: (LINKEDIN Profile) Known for wearing plaid and sweater vests before they were popular, Ben Bradley is managing director of Macon Raine, Inc. and executive producer of TedXNaperville. He enjoys soup. He is a graduate of the University of Iowa and was a member of the undergraduate Iowa Writer’s Workshop. His interests include the intersection of technology and marketing. As an avid indoorsman, his primary interests include the role of marketing on internal technology adoption, micro-finance, military uses of technology and media, self-organizing networks, network and physical security, collaboration and groupware. He frequently lectures his children on a variety of topics. Bradley was raised in Wheaton, Illinois and currently resides in Glen Ellyn, Illinois with his wife, two children and a purebred Latvian Goathound named Stella.
Amanda Cook, graphic design: Amanda has a Bachelors in Fine Arts with an emphasis in Visual Communications from Northern Illinois University. She has been a professional graphic designer since 1999. Amanda uses the industry’s leading graphic design applications and has an excellent knowledge of commercial offset printing processes. In her free time, she enjoys spending time at her family’s resort in Northern Wisconsin where she downhill skis, and snowmobiles with her boxer named Rocco. In the summer Amanda enjoys camping and and being outdoors.
Robert Hamilton, practice manager: (LINKEDIN Profile) Hamilton’s business experience includes over 25 years as a corporate marketing leader, startup business owner, and e-business pioneer. He began his career with FedEx, managing the most recognizable brand in the industry as it became global; eventually doubling its customer technology base before taking the core functions to the Internet, where he operated one of the first profitable e-business service sites on the web. Three years after moving to Chicago to head e-business for a Fortune 500 multi-line insurance carrier, he founded a company to commercialize a patented set of business services based on public-key cryptography. Robert lives in Oak Park, Illinois with his wife and dog Max.
David Metcalfe, éminence grise: Unlike Plato, who found a place in history with his search for the Truth, David Metcalfe found a place in market research. With a degree in Philosophy from Elmhurst College and the ability to make survey results sing, David studies trends in technology adoption across a broad range of industries. David’s interests include comparative religion, history, economics, leaderless networks and geo-political philosophy. His illustrations are available on the web. A renaissance man, he lives in Lisle, IL with his charming lady friend Dominique and their angst-ridden poodle named Salvador.
June Norris, office manager: June manages the complex web of Macon Raine’s international holdings. She also makes sure that the IRS, employees and vendors get paid on time. Born cranky but dedicated, June dislikes phone calls. Her hobbies include kickboxing, tax law and macramé. She hates LinkedIn and resides in Wheaton, Illinois with her son and dogs Isabella and Snickers.
Pam Taylor, senior consultant: (LINKEDIN Profile) Offers many years experience in high-tech marketing, PR and alliance program development from Seattle to San Francisco, Portland, and Chicago markets. Companies she’s had expensive dinners with include Sun, Intel, Oracle and Cisco. Also can brag about producing award-winning television programs and has great stories from working as a TV news anchor early in her career. Pam has BA in Broadcast Communication from Western Washington University in Bellingham, WA. Accomplished at balancing a full life, she is a pilot’s wife, mother of a trio of girls, and owner of an overfed pug, Oliver.
Jeremy Vossman, technologist, user experience designer and horse whisperer: After three tours of duty (Iraq/Afghanistan) with the 82nd Airborne Division, Jeremy no longer feels a need to jump from a perfectly good airplane. As Macon Raine’s tech genius, Jeremy works from his 40 acre horse farm just outside of Chicago where he makes web magic happen. Jeremy is almost married, with a one year old son and a black lab named Happy Gilmore. Jeremy is a lifetime learner and has studied business, art history, film and polit
Mary Wroblewski, Senior Consultant: Born with a pen in one hand and a dictionary in the other, Mary is a believer in the indelible and transforming influence of the written word. She morphed her love of writing into a glorious career as a newspaper reporter, editor and college writing professor before becoming thoroughly enchanted with the world of marketing. Now, for her, it’s all about great marketing, all the time. Mary earned a master’s degree with honors in communications from Northern Illinois University. Now, with Macon Raine, she embraces marketing and selling challenges that elevate and differentiate clients. Unlike her colleagues, she unfortunately does not own a dog anymore but is thinking about stepping up and adopting one soon (can you spell shih tzu?).
Coley Perry, Director: Coley Perry is a 15 year veteran of the sales and marketing grind. Most of his experience is in and around the intersection of sales, marketing, change management, technology and business process helping clients solve business problems through innovative solutions and consulting. He has built sales teams, go-to-market strategies, demand generation engines and sustainable revenue streams. Currently his passion is focused on the convergence of sales, marketing and technology. He wrote a lot of checks to Columbia College and Northwestern University but learned the most from The “Second City” Training Center in Chicago where he studied the Art of Improv.
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