Who We Are
Sean brings a wealth of software experience to LoopFuse. He most recently served as senior vice president of sales and marketing at XAware, a leading provider of commercial open source data integration software, where he led field operations. Prior to XAware, he served as general manager of the community financial group and vice president of channel sales & alliances at S1 Corporation, a leading global provider of enterprise software and services to the financial services industry. His software industry experience also includes sales with BEA Systems (acquired by Oracle) and business development with an early stage E-commerce company. In addition to software, he has extensive experience in both the investment banking and commercial banking industries. Sean received a Master of Business Adminsitration from Harvard Business School and a Bachelor of Business Administration in finance from the University of Georgia.
Bradley is a technology executive with 17 years of experience and a strong emphasis on sales and programming. Most recently he was Director of Client Services at Meteor Solutions, an advertising technology and social media measurement company. At MessageGate, Bradley lead a team of pre-sales professionals, consultants, and technical support. While at MessageGate he managed migration of service offering to a web based platform. MessageGate, a VC-backed firm, sold enterprise email governance software to large enterprises.
Bradley was the first person to have the title “Webmaster” on his business card, and worked on early Internet efforts, including "Internet in a Box”, some of the very first database-driven websites, a few dozen ecommerce sites, and headed the development work on Sprynet. Bradley then moved into Enterprise Integration, and participated in all stages of the customer lifecycle: Demonstrations, Proofs of Concept, Implementations, Training, Project Management, and Relationship Building at companies in Defense, Wall Street/Finance, Energy and Telecommunications. His customers include Lehman Brothers, Countrywide, Lockheed Martin and The US Department of Commerce. He's customer focused, driving to connect customer need and technical solutions.
Robert Pease leads marketing activities at LoopFuse. He was most recently the Vice President of Marketing for Seattle-based Gist which was acquired by Research In Motion in February 2011. His past experience includes senior marketing and business development positions at MessageGate, Orchestria, and nuBridges as well as advisory roles with a variety of technology companies focusing on go-to-market strategies and tactics. He has extensive experience with launching new products, building customer acquisition programs, and creating market awareness. He also spent time working as a management consultant with Accenture/Arthur Andersen advising communications and technology companies on operational and strategic initiatives. Pease is a TechStars/Seattle mentor, holds a BBA in Finance from the University of Georgia, and has an MBA from the University of Tennessee.
Marcus Tewksbury is a respected author, speaker, and thought leader on helping marketing organizations embrace disruption to gain competitive advantage. Recently his efforts have centered around counseling marketers on the emergence of engagement marketing as a means to effectively reach customers in an evolving digital and social world.
Philosophically, his approach is not new, but rather a throwback to the roots of marketing. The focus has always been on creating an emotional connection with a customer and finding ways to create value by bringing relevance. The output of which is strategically structuring the marketing organization to maximize the likelihood of a positive customer experience and analyzing their life cycle to determine the lowest friction, and highest return activities.
Largely, the credit for his thoughts and approaches are owed to the numerous clients whose problems Marcus has helped solve over the years. Some of whom, include: Coach, Baxter Healthcare, JP Morgan, Hot Topic, Hallmark, Walgreens, Wal-Mart, Tower Records, and KAO Campgrounds.
Over the years, a number of Marcus’ thought leadership pieces have been cited or presented in mainstream or industry events and articles, specifically with the likes of DWI Review, NCDM, CRM World, DMA Monthly, and The Economist. Marcus has also lectured at the Purdue’s Krannert Graduate School of Management, Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business, and at Loyola University.
With roots in the DC and Boston areas, he currently resides with his wife in Chicago, IL.
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