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Mark
Willaman is founder and president of Fisher
Vista, LLC, the owners of HRmarketer.com, HRmarketer Services Group, SeniorCareMarketer.com,
SeniorCareMarketer Services Group and ShirleyBOARD.com. Mark has over fifteen
years of proven success in the human resource and healthcare industries. In addition
to being a pioneer in the use of web-based technologies for the delivery of employee
benefits, Mark has a track record of conceptualizing and implementing innovative,
creative and highly successful marketing and PR campaigns targeting HR decision
makers. Mark also has extensive expertise and experience in developing award winning
web and SaaS applications including HRmarketer.com and most recently, ShirleyBOARD.com
- an online community for
caregivers. Mark received his BSBA in Marketing from the University of Denver
where he was a three-year letterman in Lacrosse, and his MBA from Pennsylvania
State University where he was an appointed member of the MBAA Honor Council for
two consecutive years. Mark is also a published author and speaker on various
marketing topics and a regular contributor to the HRmarketer
Blog and SeniorCareMarketer
Blog. In his spare time, Mark enjoys training for triathlons.


Kevin
W. Grossman is the President at HRmarketer.com. Kevin has over 22 years
of marketing communications experience working in the human resources and recruiting
services industries, high-tech, and higher education. His broad knowledge of marketing,
PR and social
media tactics, and thorough understanding of the human resource marketplace,
has helped hundreds of HR suppliers grow their business by developing and implementing
effective direct marketing activities that result in increased visibility, sales
leads and improved search engine optimization (SEO). Kevin is an HR industry Top
100 Influencer (via John Sumser) and is one of the Top
25 HR Digital Influencers (via the HRExaminer and Traackr.com). Kevin received
his BA in psychology from San Jose State University. He’s a proud father who enjoys
reading, music, drumming, hiking, running and travel. He’s also a published writer
of children’s
books, short fiction and poetry who contributes regularly to the HRmarketer
Blog and has his own blog about fatherhood and domestic violence awareness
a Get Off The Ground.


Andy
Benkert Andy Benkert comes to HRmarketer with a broad range of experience
in marketing, database management, and sales. Andy provides search engine marketing
services and consultation to our clients, including keyword research, technical
on-page SEO implementation, pay-per-click campaign management, and social media
marketing consultation. He also manages HRmarketer's events database – a database
of over 600 human resource related events in North America. Before joining HRmarketer,
Andy worked in the political arena in the Silicon Valley; in the fly fishing industry
where he managed a retail store and taught fly fishing; and graduated from the
University of California Santa Cruz with a BA in History. He enjoys the outdoors
and running long distances on trails, and can often be found roaming the Santa
Cruz mountains with his wife and dog, or fly fishing for just about anything.


Elrond
Lawrence brings more than seventeen years of public relations experience
to HRmarketer and is responsible for HRmarketer’s media relations and press
release review services. He previously worked at Ketchum Public Relations; prior
to that, he worked at Kaiser Permanente in Southern California, where his responsibilities
included corporate communications, employee relations, media & community relations,
special events and newsletter editing. He received his B.A. in Communications
from California State University, San Bernardino. A member of the Public Relations
Society of America since 1994, he earned his APR accreditation in 1999. Elrond
is an avid photographer of railroads and roadside America, and his work frequently
appears in magazines, books, and calendars. His first coffee-table book, about
Route 66 and the Santa Fe Railway in the Southwest, is now available (visit www.66rails.com).

Greg
Heilmann is our lead UI, Usability, and Web designer who works at both
creative design and technical implementation levels. Greg has over thirteen years
of design experience, both in creative agency settings, as well as part of several
mid-to-large-size organizations. Greg is comfortable with the Adobe suite of products,
namely PhotoShop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Flash, Captivate, and more. He also
possesses the skills at a code-level (HTML, DHTML, PHP, ASP) to successfully bridge
the creative side to the technical side. Greg has a Bachelor of Science in Communication
from Cornell University and has completed graduate work at the Walter Annenberg
School for Communication at the University of Southern California.


Jonathan
Goodman oversees HRmarketer sales and business development.
He brings years of technology sales , online marketing, and international business
experience to HRmarketer. Prior to joining Fisher Vista Jonathan provided sales
and marketing consulting services and account management for a full service marketing
agency with a specialty focus on human resource technology vendors, serving applicant
tracking and hiring management suppliers, a background screening company, and
multiple venture-funded enterprise software start-ups. Jonathan successfully managed
multiple client engagements and maintained a remarkable record of client retention
and satisfaction. From 2002-2004, Jonathan was a leading member of an US $18 million
Enterprise Systems business for Dell Australia, serving the entire Australian
mid-market. Jonathan successfully grew quarterly revenues while over-achieving
sales goals for nine consecutive quarters. Jonathan began his sales and marketing
career in London, where he quickly became a leading revenue producers for an Apple
reseller during the launch of the first Apple iMac. Jonathan earned a Bachelor
of Arts from Southwestern University, majoring in philosophy. Jonathan is an avid
reader, podcast listener, and social media geek. He's also a remarkably average
age-group triathlete with three Half Ironman finishes in 2008.


Heath
Davis Havlick brings many years of media relations and marketing communications
experience to HRmarketer, where she manages their extensive publications database.
She is in daily contact with editors and journalists in order to keep the publication
information as up to date as possible, while simultaneously building vital relationships
with journalists on behalf of HRmarketer members. A former freelance journalist,
Heath also helps HR journalists to connect with industry experts and thought leaders
in the HR space. Heath holds an honors degree in Creative Writing from the University
of California Santa Cruz, where she met her husband of 17 years, Tom. She loves
books, people, paper crafts and film, and dreams of traveling to Antarctica.

Gail
DeLano works on the media relations team at HRmarketer. She is a veteran
of high technology public relations, helping position and publicize technology
startups and established companies for more than 20 years. Previously, she was
director of PR and marketing communications for digital photo maker Preclick Corporation.
She also directed the launch of Digital Railroad, Web-based services for professional
photographers. She has worked with a diverse group of clients and markets including
Web document delivery, payment systems, and search services; CRM software; DVD
authoring; online learning courseware; What Color is Your Parachute CD-ROM, plant
and T-Shirt software; and enterprise management systems. Earlier in her career,
Gail built a PR division for a Silicon Valley marketing communications agency;
was account executive at the pioneer technology PR firm Simon/McGarry (now part
of Weber Shandwick Ltd.). She also worked in PR at Atari Corporation. Gail holds
a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications from Azusa Pacific University. She
has also completed Master of Science coursework in Mass Communications from San
Jose State University.


Jocelyn
Goodman Cook has a diverse background that she brings to the sales team
at HRmarketer. With two years of sales experience in the interior design industry
and 8 years in non-profit communication and administrative management, Jocelyn
is passionate about providing great service to everyone she is working with. She
earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Journalism/Public Relations from Ohio University's
Scripps School of Journalism and an Associate of Applied Science degree in Visual
Communication/Interior Design from Sinclair College in Dayton, Ohio. Jocelyn loves
to travel, read and finds her creative outlet in making her own greeting cards
and doing design projects.

Rita
Jackson brings years of solutions sales and relationship building experience
in the human resource arena to her sales director position at HRmarketer. Prior
to joining HRmarketer.com, Rita managed a sales team at HR.com providing mentoring
and assisting the team with their territories and clients, as well as handling
her own list of the major accounts. Her experience has crafted her skills to include
understanding the HR space, listening to her clients needs, developing focused
marketing plans, and building the trust and respect of all her clients. Beyond
the workplace, Rita's passions are: her family, performing on stage and in choirs
and helping lead a support group for sufferers of Celiac Disease (gluten allergy).


Monica
Meyer has over 10 years experience in product management and product
marketing. Prior to joining Fisher Vista, Monica was an analyst and project manager
at Evans Data Corp, an IT-based market research firm. She has been a part of product
management and product marketing teams at EarthLink and Acer America as well as
the HR supplier Workscape. At Fisher Vista she now manages HR marketplace research
and database management. Monica has a BS degree from the University of Hawaii;
she enjoys paddling, cycling, skiing, gardening and adventure travel.

Dawn
Passaro comes to HRmarketer with extensive experience in human resources
management – over 15 years experience as a human resources professional specializing
in small to midsize high tech companies. Dawn assists with managing HRmarketer's
conferences and media outlets databases that include over 1,200 human resource
related events and publications throughout North America. Dawn graduated from
the University of California Santa Cruz with a BA in Psychology. She enjoys reading,
music and doing yoga, and can often be seen walking with her two children and
her Australian Shepard, Mollie, along West Cliff Drive, in Santa Cruz.


Kathy
White is responsible for keeping our books and other financials in order
- no small task considering the thousands of invoices we generate each year across
our various product lines. An original member of the Fisher Vista, LLC family,
Kathy is as good as it gets when it comes to multitasking and attention to details.
She brings over 20 years experience in the fields of accounting and business administration.
She was fortunate to work with an extremely professional and motivated group of
CPA's, who in 2000 conviced her to start her own business. Kathy was born and
lived in California until 2006, when she relocated to Colorado. In her spare time,
she enjoys home improvement projects, going to the gym and exploring the Rocky
Mountains via road trips, hiking or best of all on the back of a Harley.

Adriana
Saldańa works on the media relations team at HRmarketer. She has more
than nine years of high technology public relations experience. She previously
worked for Porter Novelli, a global public relations firm, servicing clients ranging
from small start ups to Fortune 50 companies. Adriana graduated from California
State University, Chico with Bachelor of Arts degrees in Journalism and Spanish.
When not tied to her laptop, she enjoys spending time with her family and kayaking
on the Elkhorn Slough.


Vlad
Atanasiu is our lead developer who is a highly skilled and trained professional,
with in-depth knowledge of algorithm development solutions and project management
technologies. Vlad has over eight years of project management experience including
completing numerous projects on different architectures and technologies. Vlad
also has over ten years experience with C++, MFC, TCP/IP, GDI, SDK on WINDOWS-type
platforms, and Java and PHP on multiplatform development tools including experience
with various database systems such as ORACLE, MS and MYSQL. Vlad has a Bachelor
of Science in Computer Science from the Computer Science Department of Polytechnical
Institute of Bucharest.  Alexander
Bordbar Alexander oversees all of HRmarketer's
IT, web site development and day-to-day site hosting. Alexander is an entrepreneur
with over 16 years of IT experience, and specializes in high level software production,
hosting and advanced video surveillance, (Axis
Camera Software.) & (Arecont
Software). Alexander acts as an architect to plan, consult and direct the
IT department. Besides managing a 'state of the art' team for HRmarketer.com,
Alexander instills upon the company values of team work, leadership, along with
moral and religious values as the most important steps to the success of the company.
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