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> Steve brings to hype 22 years of advertising, marketing and sales experience gleaned through his work at BBD&O Advertising (NY), Blair Television (NY), Pitney Bowes (NY, OH & IL), ComDoc and Westfield Creative Solutions. As result of his diverse background, he possesses the skills required to develop strategic marketing for clients of any size or area of focus.

Steve holds a Bachelor of Arts from Iona College (NY). He is a graduate of Leadership Medina County (Class of 2005), and has served on the Board of Directors of the United Way of Medina County (Fundraising Chair) and is a certified coach through USA Hockey. Steve resides in Medina with his wife, Kelly, and their five children.

> Tom adds 23 years of diverse and broad experience to the hype team. Beginning with the hotel business, Tom worked his way through the ranks to become Director of Sales and Marketing at a local hotel while still a full-time Honors Student at University of Akron; double majoring in Business-Finance and Computer Science. Upon completion of his studies, he held positions in Software sales through the remainder of the decade. In 1990, he accepted a Director of Sales and Marketing position in the hospitality division of DeBartolo Corporation.

This foundation gave him the confidence to takeover a local appliance service and distribution company in 1995 that he built to be one of the largest in Ohio. Finally, after selling that business, he decided to return to his first love of marketing utilizing his operational experience for the benefit of hype's clients. Cooking, golfing, bowling, martial arts and any “electronic gadgets” help him relax in his free-time. He also loves attending his kids’ sports events and dining out. Tom resides in Bath, Ohio with his wife and three children.

>Ann brings 23 years of experience in advertising, design and offset printing, to hype. Her versatile background includes graphic conception and layout; pre and post press quality control and 18 years of print production management. Part of her role as production manager, included managing large, nation wide, corporate fulfillment projects, notably the retail promotional signage for Things Remembered, a division of Cole National.

Ann holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Akron, where she majored in Graphic Design and minored in illustration and photography. During which time, she also received several awards recognizing her creative talent. Her recreational interests include dancing, music, and antiques. She also enjoys antique cars and was a past president of the Greater Akron Model T club. Ann resides in Doylestown with her husband, Ken

> Scott is a 20 year veteran in advertising and design. His background has given him the expertise necessary to strategically build a wide variety of marketing campaigns ranging from industrial offerings to social concerns. Scott was Art Director for IPRO, Charles Schwab Retirement Plan Services, and Westfield Insurance and was instrumental in building in-house design departments capable of producing all print and electronic materials used in the education and promotion of company services.

He is an award-winning creative talent with a diverse background working with businesses of all sizes and in all markets. He resides in Medina with his fiance Laura, their 7 month-old son Tyler and Shlya the super pooch.

>As the most recent addition to the hype team, Matt's youth and experience at design consultancies in San Francisco and Boston have helped develop a fresh, sincere, and unique approach to design. When he was 15, he moved to Cleveland from Albany, NY. Upon high school graduation he attended an "unfulfilling" year at the University of Toledo for mechanical engineering. In 2006, after receiving numerous awards and honors for his work in art and design, Matt graduated from the Cleveland Institute of Art with a BFA in product design, and a minor in ceramics.

When he’s not at hype or bartending at the Euclid Tavern, Matt is drawing, trying to find new design influences, snowboarding, dressing up like batman, sneaking carl into photos, and trying to find a girl to put up with him… ladies?

> Carl has 33 years of graphic design experience that has provided him the opportunity to create design solutions for a wide variety of advertising and marketing materials. He has a comprehensive knowledge of offset printing from working with both in-house and commercial printers and also adds professional photography to his repertoire.

Carl has an Associate Degree in Commercial from University of Akron. He is an avid cyclist and a member of the Medina County Bicycle Club. Other recreational interests include playing golf and watching Formula 1 auto racing. Carl and his wife Tammy reside in Wadsworth, Ohio and have 3 grown children.

 

>Byron is an entrepreneurial web design artist and SEO marketing analyst who brings creative technical design and savvy thinking to hype. He has created unique web sites incorporating essential SEO business analytics and marketing initiatives for his numerous private web clients through his own web design business Pacifica Design.  Byron brings the spirit and identity of the client’s business to life in the fast paced e-world of the Internet. 

Energized by the new 24/7/365 paradigm technology business model, Byron launched Pacifica Design as an entrepreneurial endeavor in 2002 along side his already successful professional audio recording business Pacifica Studios.

Byron's passions include Apple computers and a life-long study of guitar.
 

> Bob has spent his entire 25 year career in the field of print production including estimating, prepress production, digital output, and plant management at Westfield Insurance and Hudson Printing, LLC. A particular specialty he possesses is the ability to fully comprehend the expectation of a client’s print needs and match it to the most affordable output device.

Bob is a graduate of Wadsworth High School and enjoys sports. He is a lifelong resident of Wadsworth, Ohio where he resides with his wife Teri and their 3 children.

> Kelly has produced bridal, home and child exhibit shows for the past 4 years for PMA, a 25 year old organization known as Promotional Marketing Assistance, and has previous tenures with a variety of outside sales organizations ranging from office products to medical training. Her current undertaking is to blend the lineup of local mall (Westfield Great Northern Mall, Westfield Southpark Mall, Summit Mall, and Great Lakes Mall) shows with the offerings of hype. PMA will be formally purchased by hype in January 2008.

When not chasing or transporting her 5 children throughout the day, Kelly enjoys relaxation and a good Merlot. Kelly is married to Steve Vojvodich and they reside in Medina.
 

> Kristen is the most recent addition to the hype team. Her knowledge and experience in graphic design as it relates to brand identity and web solutions is what makes her a great asset to the hype sales team. Kristen holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree with a concentration in Graphic Design and a minor in Psychology from Bowling Green State University. She moved to the Cleveland area in 2005 from her hometown in Northwest, Ohio. She recently got married and resides in Westpark with her husband Dan and their cat Captain Jack Sparrow-Petro. Kristen enjoys oil painting, boating, being with family and friends, and weekends at Put-In-Bay.

> Sarah has recently joined the hype team as a consultant and has broad experience in customer service, office administration and management.  Her natural poise and sincerity for building long-lasting personal and client relationships is a quality characteristic for the hype sales team.  During high school, Sarah moved to Reno with her family where she graduated and continued to reap the pleasures of living out West. 

After working at the Silver Legacy Resort and Casino for several years and missing her family who had returned home, Sarah moved back to Ohio in 2001.  She now resides in Medina with her husband, Jim, his 2 teenage girls, and Zeke- a black dog who thinks he’s a cat, and is a mix of ‘no one knows’. When she’s not busy cracking on Matt for dressing like Batman, she, too, is trying to find a girl to put up with him.  Although that’s a full time task, Sarah finds some time to play softball and watch movies whenever possible.