Tracy-Smith

Tracy Smith

Tracy Smith

Tracy Smith has over two decades of experience at Fortune 100 tech companies. She has managed teams in marketing strategy, product development, and campaign management – all with an eye towards impactful value realization. Tracy’s experience includes marketing for telecom, data center, cloud, and SaaS portfolios. Her natural curiosity embraces modern technologies, and she thrives on the challenge of making tech approachable for customers.

Colleagues would say Tracy is an upbeat person who seeks out complex problems. She utilizes her MBA and Lean Six Sigma Certification to craft unique solutions that transform ineffective processes. Success for Tracy has come with industry accolades including the ANA Email Marketer of the Year and the Hermes Platinum Award for Global Campaign Strategy. Her philosophy is to focus on an exceptional customer experience, which she believes is the cornerstone of a company’s success.

On a personal note, Tracy is an avid traveler who enjoys museums, historical tours, and local cuisine. For adventure, she likes riding rollercoasters and freediving. 

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Ekaterina Konovalova 

Ekaterina Konovalova

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Ekaterina is a seasoned digital marketing professional with over 15 years of experience in managing cutting-edge, award-winning social media and digital marketing campaigns, including several Fortune 500 clients. Her expertise spans a variety of industries, where she has consistently delivered exceptional results through innovative strategies and a keen understanding of market dynamics.

The combination of Ekaterina Konovalova’s wealth of international experience and curiosity as a social scientist distinguishes her from many other professional marketers. Ekaterina earned her undergraduate degree in Advertising from the Kuban State University of Technology, Krasnodar, Russia. She also earned two master’s degrees: a Master of Arts in Community Social Psychology from the University of Massachusetts at Lowell and a Master of Arts in Advertising from the University of Texas at Austin.

Ekaterina has held several leadership positions at the American Marketing Association, where she has influenced and inspired marketing professionals nationwide. Her passion for digital marketing, coupled with her strategic vision and leadership skills, makes her a sought-after expert in the field.

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Lorena Harris

Lorena Harris

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Lorena Harris’ career highlights include 30 years progressive marketing leadership across B2B marketing disciplines. With expertise in ABM, customer experience marketing and demand generation, Lorena has led dozens of enterprises through transformational initiatives.

Other strengths include product marketing and portfolio management experience, MarTech and Marketing Ops optimization, sales enablement and research-based thought leadership. Lorena resides in Atlanta and is an active B2B Marketing thought leader, speaker and blogger.

 

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Todd-Sheldon

Todd Sheldon

Todd Sheldon

An accomplished efficiency and process improvement team leader, Todd Sheldon has over 25 years of experience in business operations and technology. The many projects he’s managed over his career range from tool ideation and creation with a Fortune 20 company to leading his own firm to help small business owners achieve their goals. He keeps his focus on the efforts with the highest needle-moving potential, creating tools and processes that drive significant improvements in a short time, and also trains the people using them. Additionally, he is adept at documenting and translating requirements between the business and technology teams to ensure alignment throughout every project stage.  

Outside of work, Todd enjoys sports, animals, the outdoors and good conversations.

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Tina Page

Tina Page

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Tina Page is seasoned professional with a 25-year career in telecommunications, known for her deep functional expertise in Project/Program Management and Vendor Management. Her career is marked by her   relentless pursuit of excellence and the ability to steer complex projects towards success. She has always championed teamwork, thriving in collaborative environments with opportunities to work with individuals from various backgrounds and disciplines. Her sharp eye for detail and willingness to step in and take ownership of a project of any scale makes her a valuable asset to Ascend’s clients.  

When she is not working, Tina can often be found spending time with family and friends, helping people in need, and enjoying long walks with her pup. 

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Jordan Liebman

Jordan Liebman

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Jordan Liebman is an award-winning brand marketing and growth strategy leader who has led business transformation for the likes of Intel, P&G, JP Morgan Chase, ExxonMobil, Verizon, and BlueJeans by Verizon. His grasp of cutting-edge digital marketing, creativity, analytics, actionable insights, and a customer-first approach have resulted in increased revenue, stronger brand affinity, and hyper-accelerated business growth for the brands he has served. Jordan is a frequent public speaker on media, marketing, creativity, and monetization strategies and sits on several boards. He serves as an angel investor and advisor to various disruptive startups and unicorns.

When not obsessed with all things marketing, in his spare time Jordan can be found in his studio creating his next work of contemporary street art or shopping to build on to his already massive sneaker collection.

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Jane Spence

Jane Spence

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Jane is a results-oriented telecommunications and SaaS marketing professional who brings over 25 years of experience managing integrated marketing campaigns in the B2B and B2C markets to Ascend Marketing. She also brings a core philosophy of marketing that’s brilliant in its simplicity: Make it easy for a customer to engage with and fall in love with your brand. 

Driven by her customer-focused approach—and her natural curiosity—she thrives on identifying root causes of problems and challenges to discover hidden opportunities. She also has an eye for optimizing ROI, uncovering and eliminating unnecessary expenses to ensure that resources are allocated efficiently for maximum returns. 

The best part of her day is collaborating with team members and stakeholders to strategize and implement programs that fuel successful outcomes. Her favorite quote reflects the wisdom found though working with results-driven teams: “Having access to people smarter than you is a blessing not a threat.” 

Jane has a Bachelor of Business Sciences degree from Dallas Baptist University and lived in the Dallas-Fort Worth area for 18 years. She eventually returned to her hometown of Rochester, NY, where she enjoys boating, skiing, experiencing the amazing food, wineries, and microbreweries of the Finger Lakes region, hiking with her red Labs Rogue and Penny, and finding joy with family and friends.

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Ron Handwerk

Ron Handwerk

Ron Handwerk exemplifies behavior that the customer always comes first and is willing to do all he can to satisfy their needs.

With over 26 years with Verizon, Ron obtained a plethora of marketing and sales support experience. From copy writing, sales collateral development, direct mail, printing, trade shows, ad agency advertising and call center exposure… his experience is vast and he’s always willing to learn more and share his knowledge.

Ron was born and raised in central Pennsylvania. He is an avid nature and outdoors lover that enjoys sports, home fixer-upper projects, working in the yard, or hiking in the woods.

Ron resides in the Baltimore Maryland area with his wife and two kids. On days off he can typically be found working on a home project or running to his children’s sporting events. He enjoys spending time with friends, values his friendships and believes that unique interesting individuals make the world go round.

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Rose Quinn

Rose Quinn

Rose Quinn

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With an M.Ed. and MBA, Rose has transferred her skills in higher education academic advising to contract, project, and content management by applying commitment to quality client relationships on every level. Rose brings to Ascend extensive experience technical writing and editing through her role at Verizon supporting content management for customer-facing wireline representatives while ensuring adherence to Verizon style guidelines and brand integrity. She excels in fast paced, dynamic environments and enjoys collaborating with colleagues to analyze and solve problems. With her technical skills and natural ability to think critically, Rose offers a well-rounded approach to monitoring content quality end-to-end through entire project lifecycles.

In her free time, Rose enjoys time with family and friends, books, running for miles, and exploring opportunities for personal and professional development.

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Ujjwal Vinnakota

Ujjwal Vinnakota

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Ujjwal is an ambitious data analyst with experience in developing interactive Tableau dashboards that improve efficiencies in projects. He specializes in enhancing executive reporting by converting complicated business needs into appealing and informative Tableau visualizations. Ujjwal completed his Master’s in Business Analytics at the University of North Texas in May 2023. Apart from being a data analyst, he is a professional cricketer and has represented the Fort Lauderdale Lions and St Louis Americans team in Minor league Cricket (USA).