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Team

Kelly Stark

Principal

Kelly Stark is a technology marketing consultant with 20 years of experience in high-tech, business-to-business marketing. She is principal founder of Forward Vision Marketing, LLC. She focuses on developing winning marketing communication strategies in energy, healthcare, and the security industry using wireless and network technology. She holds a degree in Chemical Engineering and MBA.

Dyanne Williamson

Principal

Dyanne Williamson is a global marketer with over 20 years of experience in high-tech, business-to-business marketing for wireless infrastructure, Distributed Antenna Systems, Small Cells, Radio Telecom Networks, Power Systems, and RFID. Dyanne focuses on developing new business and helping clients with strategy and new product introductions. Prior to joining Forward Vision she held strategic marketing positions at CommScope, GlobeRanger, Emerson Network Power, and Ericsson. She is a graduate of Rochester Institute of Technology.

Philip Sorrells | Senior Marketing Strategy Advisor

Philip Sorrells

Senior Marketing Strategy Advisor

Philip’s 30 years plus of expertise in telecom and wireless product management, engineering, sales and strategic marketing adds to Forward Visions unique abilities to drive marketing strategy campaigns, hit the right sales targets, and ensure business success for business-to-business companies. Philip helps our clients imagine and develop their product portfolio based on future technology using his “start right – finish well” program to advance the right products and marketing offerings for successful growth.  His strategic marketing approach is grounded in what really works in the B2B world, and drives a unique, and effective methodology for driving alignment, creating high impact content and hitting on all five of the keys for building and nurturing brand visibility.

He also authored a number of published and acclaimed telecommunications articles and is on the board of Speaking with Impact, the  preeminent source for experiential learning and personal coaching on the art and science of speaking with impact.  Philip earned a BS in Engineering from Texas Tech.

Micki Jones

Vice President of Marketing

With over 20 years of experience in various aspects of telecommunications, Micki is a relationship and account manager specializing in developing a partnership with clients to ensure a comprehensive marketing strategy.  Micki has vast experience in all aspects of Sales, Marketing, Customer Service and Strategy Development working for companies such as Nortel, Ericsson and Nokia, as well as startup STPCS Joint Venture and Digital Technologies, Inc.  Micki has a BBA in Management specializing in Entrepreneurship and New Venture from Texas A&M University and an MA in International Management Studies from the University of Texas at Dallas.

Kris Kozamchak

Analyst Relations

With more than 25 years’ experience in communications and marketing, Kris brings a wealth of industry knowledge to each project. She led PR and marketing teams at CommScope, BT (British Telecom), NEC and Nortel and served several small and large clients as the Vice President of the Technology Practice at Edelman in Dallas.

Scott Branch

Scott Branch

Chief Technology Officer

Scott Branch has 10 years of experience in implementing enterprise asset tracking software solutions for some of the top brands in the world including, Cisco Systems, Dole, Pepsico, ExxonMobil, Wells Fargo, Bank of America and Capital One Bank. These solutions have incorporated Passive UHF RFID and various active RFID technologies to provide asset visibility.

Raul Varela

Creative Director

Raul Varela, Creative Director, brings over 20 years of diverse design experience to every project. Print. Web design. Multimedia. Adept in all communications channels. Raul’s past clients include, Nokia, Panasonic, Verizon, NEC, Nortel, Texas Health Resources, VHA, Tuesday Morning and Carondelet Health Network.

Mark Farinholt

Senior Web and Graphic Designer

Mark Farinholt is a graphic and web designer who uses design to convey complex ideas clearly. He has worked with many technology companies to create brands, websites, brochures, and more while working with Forward Vision. Mark is also an experienced portrait and product photographer. Mark graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a degree in advertising in 2016.

Dennis Kan

Marketing Communications Manager

Dennis brings a wealth of global marketing and communications experience to our clients. His 25-year career spans solutions marketing, product launch, lead generation, events, content creation, digital, messaging, PR, branding, and market development, across the Americas, Europe, and Asia-Pacific. Drawing upon previous roles at Fortune 500s and startups, Dennis tailors marketing strategy and tactical execution in order to maximize the impact of marketing for his clients.

Peter Horton

Senior Consultant - Videographer

Peter Horton is the Managing Director at Telideo Productions, a Denver-based video production company, and a senior consultant at Forward Vision marketing. With over 15 years of marketing experience, Peter has a true passion for marketing communications, business strategy and technology in general. Prior to co-founding Telideo and consulting for Forward Vision, Peter spent the majority of his career in various marketing leadership positions helping B2B technology companies achieve their strategic marketing communication and channel marketing goals.

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Jo Albers

Public Relations Manager

Business-to-business communications professional with expertise in public relations, strategic thought leadership and high-tech product messaging. Jo has more than 25 years’ experience in the fields of network communications, mobile computing, software, electronics, wireless technologies and enterprise data management. Prior to working with Forward Vision Marketing, she has held positions with Nokia Networks, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) and Micronas Semiconductor.

Susan Mardele

Senior Copywriter

Susan Mardele is a senior copywriter at Forward Vision. She has more than 18 years of freelance writing experience and 13 years of creating, editing and managing web content for large enterprises. She has written digital and print content on a variety of topics ranging from in-building wireless to RFID to telecommunications to human interest. Her deep experience, attention to detail, research tenacity and follow-through give clients a smart, robust result.

Becky Breining

Digital Marketing Copywriter

Becky has served as a communication strategist in the corporate, government and nonprofit sectors. Initially a newspaper journalist, she served as a press aide to a U.S. Senator and as a speechwriter to a U.S. Cabinet Secretary in Washington, D.C. before moving to the corporate world in Dallas. She has led marketing communications and media relations efforts for companies involved in technology, finance, real estate, public policy and environmental services. Becky earned a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Kansas and a master's degree in corporate public relations from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.

David C.  Justin

Digital Marketing Copywriter

David C Justin is a digital marketing copywriter specializing in website content and blogs that are relevant, compelling and engaging. With 18 years of experience in telecommunications and another seven in various markets such as technology, SaaS, health/wellness and direct sales, David has worked with clients of all size, including Fortune 500 companies and local businesses operating as a sole proprietorship. For every client, he creates content that forms relationships between them and their customers, while generating new leads, converting new customers and increasing sales. 

Alan Silverman

Digital Marketing Copywriter

A self-starter and independent thinker, Alan has spent over 30 years as a freelance copywriter and messaging strategist. His strength is in understanding complex products and markets and then crafting a messaging strategy and copy that speak to the unique sensibilities of every stakeholder. Alan specializes in B2B work, with a focus on the industrial and high-tech sectors; his clients are located throughout North America and around the world. He is a 1983 finalist for the Mahen Award for short fiction, winner of the 1999 New York Art Directors' Club Gold Medal for video scripting, and recipient of a 1991 Anna Davidson Award for international poetry. Alan lives and writes from his home outside Asheville, NC.

Adwords expert

Steve Isaacs

PPC & Search Engine Marketing

Steve Isaacs is a PPC specialist with over 12 years of experience as a certified Google Adwords expert, as well as over a decade of expertise in Facebook, Bing and LinkedIn advertising. Steve specializes in minimizing the waste that is so often found within digital advertising accounts, and using that previously wasted money to drive highly targeted traffic to small businesses, major corporations - and every sized business in-between.

Isabel Roco

Isabel Roco

SEO and Digital Marketing Manager

Isabel Roco's thoughtful approach and analytical ability give her the foresight to make wise marketing decisions. She is a customer-obsessed brand strategist and UX enthusiast, passionate about driving customer loyalty through executing excellent brand experience. Her marketing experience for over a decade spans both client and agency roles for start-ups to Fortune 500 companies including Texas Instruments, Brierley, and Asian Chamber of Texas, in the areas of brand management, digital marketing/SEO, email, loyalty marketing, consulting, account management and eCommerce. Isabel graduated cum laude with a BS in Business Administration/Marketing, has an MBA from the University of Texas at Dallas, and certifications in SEO, digital marketing, and social marketing.

André Persson

Public Relations

Experienced Communications Consultant and a bestselling author with a demonstrated history of working in the PA, PR and Communications Industry. Currently focused on PA international PR for tech companies and startup's, financial communication and IPO's. Also work with public affairs, corporate story telling, content creation, crisis communications, media relations, journalism, creative writing, and corporate communications.

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