Scientists
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Tom Klein
chief scientist
Tom Klein has an unmatched passion for using digital marketing to help companies grow. He’s the co-author of EMM: The New Science of Marketing (Wiley: 2003) and the guiding spirit behind feed growth!, the daily digital marketing idea. His favorite scientist is Professor Frink. Read Tom’s full biography.
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Bob Klein
managing scientist
Bob Klein has spent over fifteen years working with Fortune 500 firms to implement digital technologies. He is passionate about using new technology to standardize and automate business processes that contribute to the bottom line. Bob has degrees from the George Washington University and the University of Florida. As a distant relative of Mary Shelley, his favorite scientist is Dr. Frankenstein.
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areas of interest:
- IT strategy
- SaaS
- SAP
- open source technology
- cross-browser compatibility
- PLM
- Cub Scouts
- hydrogen vehicles
- Russian politics
- Gator football
- golf
- The Clone Wars
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Ryan Paddock
digital scientist
Ryan Paddock is a graduate of the Goizueta Business School at Emory University with concentrations in organization and management, communications, and finance. With over seven years of experience as an entrepreneur, a knack for organization, and a passion for emerging technologies of all types, Ryan brings to the table the knowledge and insight to grow companies of all sizes and types by leveraging digital tools and new media. His favorite scientist is Dr. Stephen Hawking.
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areas of interest:
- Entrepreneurship
- Online Branding
- Marketing Strategy
- Analytics
- The Sustainability Movement
- Golf
- Bicycling
- Luxury Automobiles
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JR Gunderson
digital scientist
J.R. Gunderson is a graduate of the Georgia Tech Industrial Design program, where he studied user interaction and product design process. J.R. is passionate about improving the functional design and experience of online and consumer products. His professional experience includes web design at The Rocket Science Group and MailChimp, licensed product work at Coca-Cola, and interface design at Electrolux, Inc. He admires the accomplishments and foresight of the famous scientist Buckminster Fuller.
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areas of interest:
- Architecture
- Visual Diagramming
- How Stuff Works
- Marketing
- Typography
- Bicycling
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Maggie Hunsucker
digital scientist
Maggie Hunsucker has a Bachelor’s degree in Magazines from the Grady College of Journalism at the University of Georgia, as well as a minor in Comparative Literature. As a copywriter and contributing blogger to feed growth!, she enjoys the challenge of integrating “personality” into the digital marketplace. She is passionate about communication and somewhat of a stickler for grammar and proper usage (her version of “nerding out”). Maggie’s diverse background also includes over 7 years in the fields of marketing, interior design, and administration. Her favorite scientist is Don Herbert (a.k.a. Mr. Wizard).
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areas of interest:
- Blogging & Publishing
- Advertising
- Communications
- Interior Design
- Design Magazines
- SEC Football
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Vishi Gondi
digital scientist
Viswanath “Vishi” Gondi is passionate about the conceptualization, development, and deployment of intuitive Web Applications. Vishi’s professional experience includes a wide range of development technologies such as Ruby on Rails, Adobe FLEX, J2EE and various opensource platforms. His industry experience is supported by a Master’s degree with Honors from Harvard University and a Bachelor’s degree from the Indian Institute of Technology. Douglas C. Engelbart is his favorite scientist.
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areas of interest:
- Open Source Tools
- User Interface Design
- Software Development Practices
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Chris Burnett
digital scientist
Christopher Burnett has been working in various disciplines of digital art and technology for over ten years and has developed a wide array of professional skills in web/interactive development. His focus is in Application Architecture for web database applications. Chris’s skill sets range from Ruby on Rails to CocoaTouch for the iPhone platform. His favorite scientist is Simon Conway Morris.
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areas of interest:
- New Technology
- Playing Music
- Lemurs
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Nadim Khan
digital scientist
Nadim Kahn is our digital scientist from afar, residing in Nashik, India. He has been working as a web designer and developer for over 6 years, using standards-friendly web technologies like YUI Grids and JQuery to create XHTML-compliant web pages. Open source web applications and frameworks are his tools of trade. Nadim graduated from the University of Pune with a Bachelors in Electronics. His favorite scientist is James Fergason.
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areas of interest:
- User Interface Design
- Aquariums
- Development
- CSS Design
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Marcus Rosentrater
digital scientist
Having studied at the Colorado Film School at the University of Colorado, Marcus Rosentrater comes to us with a background in digital media, communication, and video production. He has since immersed himself in the context of web development. His goal is to craft code that is efficient, scalable, and re-usable so that development can be focused on design and usability. Marcus’ favorite scientist is a tie between Dr. Clyde Roper and Dr. Steve O’Shea, world renowned teuthologists.
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areas of interest:
- Archival Footage
- Numbers Stations
- Espionage
- Baseball
- American History
- Political History
- Space
- Ocean Life
- Westerns
- Classical Music
- Trivia
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Van Martin
digital scientist
Van Martin is passionate about digital marketing and online branding and has over 6 years of experience in this field. He has previously held the position of Marketing Director for Incentive Solutions, managing their brands and marketing initiatives. He also worked for Zyman Group, where he headed up their digital marketing campaigns and project managed the redesign of zyman.com. Van is one of the founding inner-circle members for Online Marketing Summit Forum and is also a member of Atlanta Interactive Marketing Association (AIMA). Van’s favorite scientist is Q (James Bond).
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areas of interest:
- Online Branding
- Advertising
- Marketing Strategies
- Communication Technologies
- Tennis
- College & Pro Football
- X-Box Live
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Lee Jones
digital scientist
Lee Jones is passionate about usability, accessibility, and user experience. He has a background in web and video production and over 3 years experience building and maintaining customized web experiences. Lee enjoys learning new technology and finding creative ways to integrate that technology into the user experience. He has a Master’s in Divinity from Emory University and a Bachelor’s in Communication from Auburn University. His favorite scientist is Dr. Emmett Brown (a.k.a. Doc from Back to the Future).
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areas of interest:
- Development
- User Experience
- Frameworks
- Patterns
- Productivity
- Media Production
- Lattes
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Shane Ardell
digital scientist
Shane Ardell comes to digital scientists with a background in Engineering and Marketing, having worked for a major global corporation in both the technical and communication sides of marketing. She is a graduate of Georgia Tech and thrives in the realm of technical marketing and project management. Outside the office, she arranges and performs music and is a CASA Ambassador for the state of Georgia. Her favorite scientist is Leonardo da Vinci.
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areas of interest:
- Music (in all forms)
- Travel
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Jeff Ader
digital scientist
Jeff Ader is a graduate of Emory’s Goizueta Business School with concentrations in marketing and communications. He has always been fascinated with the new and often non-traditional applications of Web 2.0 and other technologies. Jeff has a solid foundation in the digital marketing field, as well as prior experiences at more traditional marketing and advertising agencies. He is Google Adwords Certified and has a great deal of interest in marketing analytics and strategy. His favorite scientists are Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman (a.k.a. the Mythbusters).
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areas of interest:
- Camping
- Kickball
- Snowboarding
- Cycling
- Backgammon
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Ben Lehn
digital scientist
A graduate of Emory University, Ben Lehn has developed a discerning visual sense in addition to a firm grasp of front-end development techniques. He is inspired by the simple, functional beauty of Bauhaus and Swiss International design and enjoys bringing a similar philosophy to digital media. Ben’s favorite scientist is Dr. Peter Venkman
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areas of interest:
- Industrial Design
- LA Lakers
- Scandinavia
- Film
- Minimalism
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Clyde Morgan
digital scientist
Clyde Morgan is amazed at what this century has brought to us and is even more excited at what lies ahead in internet and web technologies. His passions lie with user interaction design, data exchange, and social networking implementations. A graduate of Appalachian State University, his experience includes working in the fields of email campaign marketing, lead generation, web design and development, and custom software development. His favorite scientist is Michio Kaku.
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areas of interest:
- Theater
- Acting
- Directing
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Matt Mongeau
digital scientist
Matt studied Computer Science at the University of Central Florida but spent most of his time creating websites instead of desktop applications. He has worked on various web projects for the past 10 years and has always tried to stay ahead of the curve by looking for the latest emerging technologies. Matt is passionate about design patterns, computational complexity, computer graphics, and origami. His expertise is in writing parsers and code optimization. His favorite Scientist is Edsger Dijkstra.
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areas of interest:
- Origami
- Video Games
- Movie Trivia
- Nature
- Zoology
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Jeremiah Smith
digital scientist
Jeremiah “Jeremy” Smith is a web standards and usability professional with a focus on Search Engine Optimization through clean, usable code. Jeremiah comes to digital scientists with industry experience optimizing sites for companies such as NBC, E*TRADE, Audible.com, LG Electronics, SportsIllustrated, and several others. Having been Google Adwords Certified, he is fully authorized to consult clients on the Adwords PPC advertising platform. From technical server-side issues to link development and off-site optimization techniques, Jeremiah has in-depth experience in making sites rank well within the major search engines. Bill Nye, The Science Guy has been his favorite scientist since his younger years.
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areas of interest:
- The Beach
- Mountain Biking
- Traveling
We are digital marketers.
When you hire digital scientists, you’re not just hiring one person. You’re engaging a team. A team that shares a passion for applying new technologies to growing businesses. Both big and small. However, we’re all very different. Because digital marketing is extraordinarily multi-disciplinary, we have a highly varied set of skills from ad networks to motion design to new development frameworks.
Learn about our team
- Who worked on the Valdez spill cleanup?
- Who got an indulgence from the Pope?
- Who lived in Germany for 10 months?
- Who has been to the north and south pole?
- Who loves origami and can speak a little Japanese?