EMFLUENCE - Key Persons
As lead software engineer, Chris Zeller leads development projects on and is the main architect of the emfluence Marketing Platform. Chris was the first web developer at emfluence, and he has been with the company since 2003. As the emfluence Marketing Platform has grown from email to social media, surveys, landing pages, forms and more, Chris has been there every step of the way. Chris is far from a computer nerd, and he even played wide receiver for the Northwest Missouri State Bearcats during his college days. While he is very busy at work turning a humble email platform into a digital marketing powerhouse, he still still makes time for his wife and four girls at home. A devoted husband and father, Chris also enjoys serving in his church, playing softball, and working on his golf game whenever he gets a chance.
As President and CEO of emfluence Digital Marketing, David's role is to provide vision for the agency and enable his team of highly-talented marketers to work effectively. David has over 20 years of experience in advertising and marketing with a current focus on digital marketing technology and tactics. He is a rare combination of technical expert and communicator. Dave began emfluence as far back as 1999, but it wasn't until 2003 when his creation became a full-fledged digital agency. Since then, David's taken great pride in leading the charge to provide great digital marketing service to clients as well as providing talented and up-and-coming marketers with great jobs.
Job Titles:
- Director of Paid Media and Analytics
- Paid Media Strategist
Erik Dahlstrom, Paid Media Strategist, is responsible for placing & optimsing digital paid media campaigns for clients. This includes Paid Search on Google & Bing, Google Display Network, Paid Social on Facebook, Twitter, & LinkedIn, and just about anywhere else you can buy ad placement on the internet. He's been in Digital Media for 13 years working in a number of verticals. He's known for his British spelling nomenclature, being found early mornings at Johnny's Tavern watching Arsenal, & walking his golden doodle Ramsey.
Job Titles:
- Director of SEO and Content
Evan Yule, Director of SEO and Content, is responsible for leading the emfluence Search Team, consisting of SEO and content production. This includes developing holistic strategies and continually monitoring and recommending new strategies to help achieve client KPIs. He has around 10 years of digital marketing experience working with clients ranging from local businesses to major pharmaceutical brands. Outside of SEO - beer, baseball, running, and high-caloric foods make his world go round.
Hayley is a strategic marketing professional who is passionate about working with businesses to maximize use of digital platforms to achieve their marketing objectives. Her expertise ranges from website redesigns and email marketing campaigns to paid search marketing, content creation and implementation for social media campaigns. Her passion lies with implementing functional strategies that align marketing plans with business goals to achieve measurable results for her clients.
At emfluence Hayley works with prospects and current clients to help them meet business objectives. Focusing on delivering unique solutions to our unique customers we focus our attention on outlining clear KPI's up front to ensure the proposed strategies and tactics meet the mark.
Job Titles:
- Development Director
- Software Engineer
Jacob is a software engineer extraordinaire that oversees all of the software and web development projects at emfluence Digital Marketing. Jacob's day-to-day duties include coding and designing exciting user experiences for clients and empowering the many talented developers at emfluence, and occasionally making sure everyone knows he can beat them in Mario Kart. He's been writing code and building websites since his teenage years in Australia.
Job Titles:
- Customer Success Director
In his role as Customer Success Director, Joe is responsible for nurturing long-term relationships with our customers by:
Marlana Allaman handles all things financial for emfluence Digital Marketing and the emfluence Marketing Platform. While she doesn't have much direct contact with emfluence clients, she does work very closely with all members of the emfluence team to ensure billing and internal processes run smoothly and efficiently. Marlana has a serious addiction to Vietnamese food (her own words) and loves spending time with her two daughters before bedtime. Of course, bedtime regularly gets delayed for impromptu kitchen dance parties.
With 20+ years of experience in Email Marketing, Monica has worked at various email service providers and on the brand side. From paid advertising to retention and everything in between, she is well versed in all areas of digital marketing. In her free time, Monica enjoys spending time with her elementary school son and her dog, a beagle rescue.