the team
 

Marc Harkness is a seasoned art director, illustrator and designer whose work has appeared in Print Magazine and Communication Arts. He has worked on campaigns for AT&T, Red Hat, Bank of America, and the World Bank. In addition, he has designed extensively for music packaging, including projects for Compadre Records, Lightning Rod Records, and such artists as Beyoncé and Johnny Cash.

A brand-building expert, Dawson Roark notes that his skills form a triangle connecting the disciplines of IT, marketing, and sales. "From my very first rock band in high school to my current work," he says, "I've used technology and communications—a combination we today call social media—to build business and promote and attract fans." Dawson formed Decode Solutions in 2008 to consult on social media and mobile technology solutions. Here’s just a few folks he has worked with ––Mercedes, Ford, Cummins, Caterpillar, Atlas Copco, DCI Group, GridIron Ventures, Scan Source, Pinehurst Resorts and many more... on Twitter @OpenMyVideo

In 1989, Kendall Truitt was a young Navy sailor aboard the USS Iowa. On April 19th, the USS Iowa’s  second turret exploded, killing 47. Kendall performed heroically during the aftermath and his actions on that day helped prevent additional causalities. Kendall has worked in technical sales and project management with a focus on operations for the past 20 years at Atlas Copco, IPS,  Digital Recorders, and Twin Vision. Kendall has a BS/BA in business administration from NC Wesleyan. Twitter @DecodeSolutions

Lea Davis Roark is a writer, editor, and communications professional who's won multiple national editing awards, including two Folio: awards for editorial excellence. She was the founding editor of QSR magazine, a leading national business journal for restaurant executives, but her experience is broad, including communications work for retail, academic, and corporate clients. She earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Duke University, along with an unofficial certificate in basketball chants. Twitter  @HiveHelp

Sam Brubaker is a 20-year-old animator, designer, and composer. He is currently majoring in Art and Design at NC State University. Sam uses exclusively free software. He builds characters that are modeled and rendered in Blender, with layout and speech bubbles in Inkscape and image editing is done with GIMP- all under a flavor of Ubuntu Linux.  Sam is a motion-graphics rock-star!