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David Farmer / Founder & CEO
As the company’s founder, David Farmer is responsible for the overall vision of Ad Giants - overseeing strategic development, partnerships and product direction. A veteran of the advertising and
communications industry, Mr. Farmer's career has been primarily spent with multi-national ad agencies producing creative campaigns for companies such as The Coca-Cola Company, American
Express, Budweiser, Exxon, IBM, KFC, Motorola, Texas Instruments and the United Way. His depth of retail branding experience led to the development and vision for the Ad Giants product.
Mr. Farmer is also the recipient of numerous industry-specific awards for excellence in advertising from organizations such as The Clio, International Film Festival, New York Art Directors,
Communication Arts and the Mercury Award for radio creativity. Mr. Farmer has also been honored on the local and regional level with numerous Addy awards for excellence within the advertising
industry and is the youngest recipient of the coveted H.K. McCann award for creative excellence on his work for Coca-Cola while at McCann-Erickson. |
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Donovan Dillon / President
Donovan Dillon oversees and directs the day-to-day operation of the company, including strategic marketing, customer operations, development and sales. Donovan brings over 20 years of
marketing and technology expertise to Ad Giants, including architecture and technology planning, product development, lifecycle management, pricing and product economics, and strategic
regulatory support. Most recently, Donovan served as head of Marketing for Broadwing Communications where he was responsible for all marketing, product management and pricing functions.
Prior to Broadwing, Donovan held senior marketing and technical positions with Level 3 Communications, Allegiance Telecom, and ATT (SBC Communications / Southern New England Telephone)
where he served as Vice President Product Marketing, Vice President Strategic Marketing, Vice President Wholesale Marketing and Director Network Architecture, respectively.
Donovan earned a Graduate Marketing Certificate from Southern Methodist University, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Bridgeport.
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Steve Perkins / Partner & COO
Steve Perkins oversees operational and financial development for Ad Giants. Prior to Ad Giants, he was a founder of Sterling Commerce and served as president of the Communications Software Group until its sale to SBC in 2000. In addition, Mr. Perkins has held a variety of management positions in the software industry for the past 38 years. While at University Computing Company (UCC), he helped develop software products that have become critical to the infrastructure of virtually all Fortune 500 companies. In addition to software development, Perkins has founded companies, guided marketing, built customer service and led sales. He is also currently a part of BP Capital where he is an advisor to a number of entrepreneurial companies. Perkins holds a Bachelors degree from Eastern New Mexico University and a Masters in Computer Science from Washington University, St. Louis.
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Robert Cox / VP of Marketing
Bob Cox has spent over two decades in the advertising industry. He began his career in the Houston office of McCann-Erickson, Inc., developing print and broadcast advertising for clients that included Exxon Company USA, Abercrombie & Fitch, Texas Instruments, Wilson Foods, Six Flags Theme Parks and Whataburger. From there, he moved to D'Arcy, Masius, Benton & Bowles where he created work for Texas Commerce Banks and Westin Hotels. Two years later, he returned to McCann-Erickson, relocating to the Atlanta office to work on Coca-Cola USA, Bank South Corp., Six Flags Over Georgia, American Express Vacations and Georgia-Pacific.
Bob joined Barkley Evergreen & Partners in Kansas City, Missouri, as a Vice President/Creative Director in March of 1998. There, he oversaw creative development on accounts ranging from Sonic Drive-Ins, Dollar Rent A Car and CITGO Petroleum, to Payless Shoe Source, Paramount Theme Parks, Pearle Vision Centers and Cellular One, among others. Bob has an extensive background in all creative disciplines, and is especially well versed in both promotional and retail advertising. His work has earned numerous industry awards on local, regional, national and international levels.
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Susan Burciaga / VP of Engagement Management
Susan Burciaga guides and directs the development of software and technology for Ad Giants, and oversees all client implementations. She has over 20 years of experience in technology development and leadership, working with small businesses as well as Fortune 500 companies. Prior to Ad Giants, she consulted with small-to-mid-size clients to implement business solutions with a technology foundation.
Previously, Burciaga was vice president of technology services for imc?, an interactive marketing company. She managed the technology development teams responsible for Web site and Web application development for clients in various vertical markets, including financial services, entertainment, and health care. Prior to imc?, she managed a wide variety of projects and teams for 14 years with Frito-Lay, working in its domestic and international IT organizations.
Burciaga earned a Bachelors of Business Administration in both Accounting and Management Information Systems from Texas Tech University.
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Bryan Pruner / SVP Client & Partner Services
As Ad Giant’s SVP of Sales and Business Development, Bryan is responsible for our revenue producing activities. Bryan has spent more than 15 years in various sales, marketing and services leadership positions at Progress Software, Oracle, Edgemark Systems and GE Capital. Prior to Ad Giants, Bryan lead the Field Marketing and Inside Sales efforts for a division of Progress Software. At Oracle, Bryan held a variety of senior channel leadership positions including leading sales efforts for ISV channels and was a key member of the team responsible for launching innovative channel programs to support Oracle’s largest resellers. More recently, Bryan was a founder and VP of Operations at Messagen Software which was acquired by Ad Giants in July of 2008.
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Amanda Long / Director Client Services
Amanda Long, Ad Giants’ Accounts Manager, serves as the official liaison between Ad Giants and its clients. She maintains ongoing working relationships with key client contacts and system administrators, and is responsible for communicating to our system developers the requirements for any client-requested system enhancements or improvements. Amanda brings an international background in client-relationship management to Ad Giants. Raised and educated in London, England, and a former resident of Hong Kong, she previously worked as a project manager on the agency side, managing the design and production of Happy Meal toys for McDonald’s and in-pack promotional items for Kellogg’s, as well as on worldwide promotions for the European, Australian, and Asian markets. Prior to that, Amanda served as the sales and marketing manager for an international spa and health club chain. An honors graduate of London Metropolitan University in Central London, Amanda holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Marketing and Design.
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Karl Woolfenden / Sales & Promotions Director
Karl Woolfenden graduated in 1989 from Oldham Tech, in the United Kingdom, with a BA in Advertising & Marketing, and became a pioneer in the European media industry in the interrelated disciplines of promotions and sponsorship. Karl worked closely with leading media owners, such as Virgin, to develop a blend of sales-promotion methodologies that help drive consumer demand and, in the process, increase marketing ROI. Working directly with both agencies and clients to develop these strategies, Karl has consulted with, and created programs for, major international companies like General Motors, EDS, DHL and Virgin Radio, to name a few. As Ad Giants' resident sales guru, Karl, works with potential clients to identify how their current marketing challenges and requirements can be best solved through the implementation of our systems and technologies.
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David Farmer
Founder & CEO
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Donovan Dillon
President
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Steve Perkins
Partner & COO
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Robert Cox
VP of Marketing
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Susan Burciaga
VP Professional Srvcs.
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Bryan Pruner
SVP Client Services
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Amanda Long
Director Client Services
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Karl Woolfenden
Sales & Promotions Director
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