Board of Directors

TIMA is run by a group of dedicated volunteers. We would love to have your particpation as well. Contact any Board member to find out more about how you can get involved in TIMA.

Jon Parks

Lead Dijital Strategist

Jon Parks is a digital/Internet marketing strategist and the founder of Dijital Farm, a digital marketing consulting agency based in Raleigh, N.C.  In his role as Lead Dijital Strategist, Jon has helped a wide range of companies and organizations analyze and redefine their digital footprint.  Jon is a member of the Triangle Interactive Marketing Association (TIMA) and currently serves on the TIMA Board.  Jon has also served in leadership positions with his undergraduate alma mater, Appalachian State University, on the board of the Raleigh Public Relations Society and is the co-founder of The Second Wind, an endurance-sports ministry based in Raleigh.  Jon is a native of the Triangle area and lives in North Raleigh with his beautiful wife and three children.  When not working with clients at Dijital Farm, Jon can be found training for his next triathlon!

Janet Kennedy

2012 Treasurer

Janet M. Kennedy is the Director, Market Development at Market Vue Partners, a marketing services firm providing customer analytics, local trade area data and targeted advertising options. She is the immediate past-President of TIMA and currently serves as Treasurer and Director of Strategic Partnerships.  If your group or event would like to work with TIMA (besides a Sponsorship or Volunteer role), please contact Janet.

Tucker Peterson

2012 ClubExpress Administrator

Tucker joined TIMA’s board in 2009. Tucker Peterson works for Kelly Services as a Program Manager for Duke University & Duke University Health System.

Sean Popen

Secretary

Sean joined TIMA’s board in 2010.  Sean Popen is Director of Portal & Content at CenturyLink (combined company of Embarq and CenturyTel), the leading provider of high-quality voice, broadband and video services to consumers and businesses in 33 states.  Sean’s industry experience includes media, entertainment, publishing, and consumer and business online services.

Amanda Steinhardt

Communications Committee

Amanda is a consumer engagement professional with experience at Unilever, L'Oreal and Office Depot. She is currently the CRM Manager at Burt's Bees, and also runs the local food blog demandy.com.

Carol Nix

Web Site Committee

Carol joined the TIMA board in late 2008 where she serves as the head of the Web committee and directed the look and feel of our new branding and Web site. Carol runs NIXdesign, one of the area’s first interactive design firms where she helped launch brand campaigns for clients such as Quintiles, The Body Shop, Burt’s Bees and etix.com. Carol is an avid cyclist and painter and the designer of a signature line of serving ware, apparel and gift items for her second company, Carol Fountain Nix LLC.

Louise Gordon

Board Member at large

Louise is not only a founding member of TIMA (and the original Social Diva) but she’s held every office at one time or another, officially or otherwise … She currently works for Centro.

Heather Gapusan

Treasurer

Heather recently joined Howard, Merrell & Partners' Interactive practice after spending six years with Digitas in Connecticut & Chicago. At HMP, Heather develops and helps manage interactive strategies for clients, as well as gathers and analyzes digital results to help dictate future strategies.

I-kong Fu

Director and Programming Co-Chair

Director and Programming Co-Chair

As a Programming Co-Chair for TIMA, I-kong is actively recruiting great speakers and panelists for our lunch and learns and other events. Please contact him or Karl with suggestions! He is also an organizer of AnalyticsCamp and Web Analytics Wednesday in the Triangle and a product manager at SAS. He graduated with an MBA in customer and product management from UNC Chapel Hill's Kenan-Flagler Business School.

Karl Sakas

Director & Programming Co-Chair

Karl helps his clients create successful marketing strategies. His industry experience ranges from financial services to social services and from technology to tourism. Karl joined Coalmarch Productions as the web design and marketing agency's Director of Client Services in 2010 but he’s been doing online marketing since 1997. He joined the TIMA board in 2010.

Jake St. Peter

Website Director

Jake is the founder and President of Coalmarch Productions®, currently  located in downtown Raleigh. The company specializes in Marketing, Social Media, Web Development, Graphic Design and Online Marketing.

Aden Dauchess

Board Member

Part evangelist for professionals unfamiliar with online marketing and part technical marketer, Aden has worked over the last 15 years in marketing and online account management positions in a public relations firm, a large NBC-funded start-up and now an AmLaw 100 firm. He is the Director of Digital Marketing at Womble Carlyle.


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