Dan took an interest in SEM early in his life. In college, he started a web design company with a close friend. While the company would see a good amount of success, he would leave for an eCommerce Marketing position after obtaining his Master's degree in 2012, which he now uses to lord over everyone. However, as it always does, Colorado drew him back in and he joined Blue Tent Marketing in 2013.

In the 5% of the time where he isn't on a computer, Dan is often found bowling, exercising or frightening locals with his weird, energetic humor.

Native to the valley growing up, I have always been excited about snowboarding and adventures, although I don't get out on the mountain as much as I would like to anymore. After high school I journeyed to the University of Denver and U of GA to complete my undergraduate studies, and then to the Miami Ad School to complete portfolio school. During this time I completed internships in Miami and Los Angeles, and then worked in the San Francisco startup world briefly doing simple website related work before returning to beautiful Colorado.

Kara comes to Blue Tent with over 12 years of marketing and operational experience within the vacation rental industry. She brings a unique perspective to everything she does here at Blue Tent. Having insight and experience with property management systems, lead tracking tools, and all things marketing, Kara helps her clients integrate these diverse components so they all work together. She currently pitches a blue tent from her home office in Connecticut.

A New England native, Kara grew up in Connecticut, attended Colby College in Maine, and lived in Miami and Killington before settling back into her home state. When not helping her clients "Win on the Web," Kara, along with her husband, is busy running after her two girls, Lauren (4), and Emma (1), and her two brittany spaniels. You can also find her occasionally dabbling as a competitive triathlete!

Originally born in Germany, Alex has lived in São Paulo, Brazil all of his life. He started programming in Visual Basic at age 12 and has since established his focus on web development close to 10 years ago. Alex specializes in LAMP-stack development, is certified in PHP by Zend and speaks fluent jQuery.  He fell in love with Drupal in 2010 and is in still in denial about being addicted to it.  Alex joined Blue Tent in late 2012 to sprinkle some awesome-sauce on their Drupal Projects.

Growing up in the shadow of Colorado’s Front Range peaks gave Jack an appreciation for the mountains and backcountry at an early age. Travelling extensively around the western states working as a ski patrolman, river guide, high rise window cleaner, semi-serious bike racer, trout whisperer, and climbing bum, somehow led to a decade plus long stint as a construction manager, and eventually, into the world of SEM. Jack gets a kick out of being the oldest guy in the office, and is a pretty good sport when people joke about his grey hair and reading glasses.

Melanie Trudeau has spent the last twenty years working in diverse areas of marketing – from consumer goods to professional services. Prior to joining Blue Tent Marketing as SEM account manager, Melanie led the in-house marketing department for Jaffe PR, a national PR firm. With extensive expertise in digital marketing, she believes in an integrated approach to a successful marketing strategy. Melanie understands the value of solid SEO initiatives, creative email marketing and interactive social media engagement as the foundation for effective content marketing.

An avid outdoor enthusiast, Melanie spends her free time chasing her two girls down ski hills and mountain bike trails. And occasionally enjoys curling up with a good book and her chocolate lab.

Julia Southworth, joined the sales lounge in early June and will focus on business development.  A native of Marion, MA, Julia graduated from the College of Charleston with a degree in International Business.  She entered the world of online marketing in San Francisco as an Account Developer, managing performance-based digital ad campaigns across social, display, search and email channels.  She recently moved from foggy NorCal to the Colorado sunshine and loves living in paradise!  

Beyond the cube you can find Julia hiking, mountain biking, skiing or day dreaming of the ocean.  Although not inherent to being land locked, she's adapting quickly to the mountain lifestyle and often searching for the next adventure.

Blake is going on year two as an intern at Blue Tent. Born and raised in Glenwood Springs, Blake recently graduated from High School and is excited to be headed to the new Walter Issacson School of New Media at Colorado Mountain College in the fall. Blake is focused on learning front end web design and development. When Blake's not banging on a keyboard you're likely to find him enjoying the great outdoors throughout the Roaring Fork Valley.

Originally from the flatlands of Northwest Ohio, I arrived in Colorado in December of 2010, almost accidentally. I joined the Blue Tent crew in September of 2011; first as an Email Project Manager and now as an Account Manager. While my appreciation for hiking and craft beer did not go unrewarded in the Colorado Rockies, I followed my passion for music to the Pacific Northwest. I currently work for the team from the Rose City - Portland, Oregon. Account manager by day, folk musician by night - when I'm not fielding support requests I can be found performing original and traditional tunes at a number of Portland's bars and coffee houses. 

Joining the Blue Tent team in 2011, Todd brings over 18 years of business, sales and internet marketing knowledge and experience. A Colorado native, Todd graduated from the University of Colorado, Boulder, with a degree in Environmental Conservation with a focus on economics and biology. 

As an early internet pioneer, Todd became a contractor of America Online in the 1990s, where he was tasked to develop an online persona called Cyber-Ranger Todd. A Park Ranger in real life, Todd brought his Ranger experiences at Zion and Rocky Mountain National Parks to the America Online audience. He later co-founded a business that created a comprehensive outdoor guide and travel website, which at the time was syndicated to America Online, the Denver Post, U.S. Forest Service, BLM and the National Park Service, among others. Eventually he and his partner, sold the business to National Geographic, where he subsequently became the Director of eCommerce. Under his leadership the online store grew to be one of the largest profit centers for the company. After almost 8 years, Todd left National Geographic to travel and volunteer. Two years later he and his partner Corey, settled here in the Roaring Fork Valley and Todd began building a consulting business with many clients in the nonprofit, outdoor, renewable energy, and travel industries.

Brynn grew up in St Paul, Minnesota, but after numerous visits to the Rocky Mountains as a kid, she hoped Colorado would be home someday. After receiving a Journalism degree from the University of Colorado at Boulder, she continued west to Snowmass Village and never looked back. Brynn has worked in real estate, bookselling, event planning, and publishing, all of which included marketing in some capacity.

When Brynn discovered web marketing a couple of years ago, she was instantly inspired by the ever-evolving nature of the SEM industry. Brynn has been with Blue Tent since July of 2010, and as a search account manager, she loves being able to combine her passions for technology, marketing, and love of the written word. When she's not in the office, she stays active by snowboarding, mountain biking, hiking, drinking craft beer, and exploring new parts of the world with her husband.

Braeden brings extensive experience in customer service along with a sales and marketing background to his role as Production Manager at Blue Tent Marketing.  His goal is to help Blue Tent increase the value we provide our clients with every interaction.  His passion for finding the right solutions for our clients ensures we are constantly innovating and finding more ways to help you “Win on the Web”.  When he’s not challenging our team to improve you can find Braeden snowboarding, mountain biking, hiking or playing hockey.

Originally from Wisconsin, Nicole earned a BA from Carthage College in Kenosha, WI and later earned an MBA from Regis University in Denver. Nicole joined Blue Tent Marketing in 2010 as an SEM Account Manager. She brings a wealth of industry knowledge from over 10 years of marketing experience in real estate and vacation rentals. Nicole’s main focus at BTM includes SEO, PPC and social media.

Born and raised in the Roaring Fork Valley, Sean joined Blue Tent in 2007 and now serves as the Director of Managed Services. After a decade in the journalism field, and the final year as the News and Online Editor for a daily newspaper, Sean jumped at the chance to join the more agile digital environment of Blue Tent Marketing as a strategic account manager. Sean's goal with any client is the bottom line — a solid return on investment, whether that investment is with Blue Tent or elsewhere. When not in the digital world, Sean, along with his wife Bridgette, is busy chasing his two young daughters, playing hockey, fly-fishing, skiing and just enjoying the mountains.

Ryan joined Team Blue Tent in 2006 as an email marketing account manager. Today, he's one of our leading email marketing experts. He focuses on developing and improving Blue Tent's industry-leading email programs in order to deliver maximum value to our clients. Along with providing our clients with the highest ROI in the industry, he has also been instrumental in leading Blue Tent to win four Marketing Sherpa international email awards.

Outside of the office you'll find Ryan hiking, camping, snowshoeing, cross-county skiing or just taking photos of the beautiful and colorful Colorado mountains. Music is also a very big part of his day to day and together with his love for Jazz and Blues, he's been known to rock the saxophone and the accordian from time to time.

Born in Portland, OR with a BA from Claremont McKenna College and an MBA with a focus in Internet Marketing from University of Nevada Reno, Laura has been in the Internet Marketing field for 8 years and previously worked for another Internet Marketing firm, Twelve Horses.  Her main areas of influence at BTM are Project Management, Managed Services and Marketing.  When she's not glued to her laptop you'll find her skiing, hiking, playing volleyball or obsessively reading John Irving or Bill Bryson novels.