DIGITAL FIRE - Key Persons


Brian Schlichting - COO, Founder

Job Titles:
  • Co - Founder
  • COO
  • by Caitlin Schlichting - Co - Founder & CEO
Brian comes from a varied background of event, promotional and online marketing. Working for companies as large as Anheuser-Busch, Inc to founding brand new companies, he has experience with marketing initiatives large and small. But what has really caught his passion and attention of late is finding creative ways to use online marketing to help other businesses grow. "There's nothing like seeing direct, measurable results from our online marketing efforts," he says.

Caitlin Schlichting - CEO, Founder

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • Co - Founder
  • by Caitlin Schlichting - Co - Founder & CEO
Caitlin is a digital marketing entrepreneur that specializes in helping local, national and global companies use the web more effectively and efficiently to drive qualified leads and sales using strategic online marketing techniques. She has been recognized in several national magazines and publications for her social media and online marketing success. As the previous head of web, digital marketing and social media for a company with over $1 billion in assets and over 20 locations, Caitlin has a wealth of online marketing knowledge to share with her clients. Caitlin has developed, consulted and managed many online marketing projects ranging from Website Design and Development, Online Video, U/X, CRO, SEO, PPC, Online Media, Online PR and Social Media Marketing. She has managed digital strategy for large organizations as well as small businesses, and has also run her own digital marketing agency, owned and started multiple businesses and worked as a marketing consultant for all types of industries which allows her to bring a unique perspective to the table in almost any situation. She holds specialized certifications in the areas of E-Commerce, Inbound Marketing, Paid Search (Google Search/AdWords & Bing Ads), Google Advertising, Google Display, Video Ads, Analytics, and Facebook Ads which enables her to bring businesses the most efficient and effective pay per click and search engine marketing techniques. She is also a trainer and educator in the areas of Paid Search (Google AdWords/Bing Yahoo), Data & Analytics, Search Engine Optimization, Social Media (Facebook/LinkedIn/Twitter/Pinterest), Email Marketing and Web Design. Caitlin loves building and designing websites for companies that will help them reach their business goals and dramatically improve their online presence.

William A. Donius

William A. Donius, former banker and CEO, and also the author of New York Times Best Seller "Thought Revolution", teaches his creative method of problem solving to a wide range of corporations and employees, such as Disney, Kawasaki, Wells Fargo and many others. He also blogs for the Huffington Post. With thirty years of experience in the corporate world, Donius was Chairman and CEO of Pulaski Bank in St. Louis, where he oversaw the bank's eightfold growth over twelve years.