Our Team

Zowbie sets the bar high. Our winning team is made up of creative, ambitious thought leaders who are passionate about their professions. Representing a variety of disciplines, our seasoned professionals work to dramatically raise your visibility.

Carl Martens/ President and Director of Business Development

Carl Martens has a knack for collaborative endeavors. Even before he graduated from DeVry University with a degree in Marketing, Carl had successfully established Zowbie as one of the industry’s freshest new integrated marketing firms. He founded the company because of his belief that most firms have too much overhead and must pass unnecessary fees along to their clients. By partnering with a strong network of talented independent agents, Carl eliminated the need for brick and mortar, eradicated high operational costs, and passes the savings directly to his valued clients.

Prior to Zowbie, Carl was a salesperson at Award Concepts, a provider of service award and recognition programs. During his time at Award Concepts, Carl learned how to counsel award and recognition customers to a “best fit” program. “Best fit” included eliminating peripheral services that added unneccesary cost while still maximizing the intent of the client to acknowledge their employees. His approach was a cost effective marketing plan. Thus Zowbie, and its four pillars of marketing support, was born.

Today, Carl is responsible for building and enhancing Zowbie’s service and operations platform, developing new business, and ensuring total client satisfaction.

Carl is a member of Sigma Beta Delta Honor Society, Human Resources Management Association of Chicago (HRMAC), Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), and the National Association for Employee Recognition (NAER). He renews his creative energies by sailing, kayaking, and playing with his Golden Retriever, Maddux and his Papillon, Pierre.

Matt Satorius/ Project Manager

Matt Satorius lives in Schaumburg, Illinois and has been designing websites since 1997 and excels in Macromedia Dreamweaver and Flash designs. Matt thrives upon challenging himself with learning new web design technologies such as CSS and interactive design concepts. He will be married to Jamie Flowers in April, 2007, and enjoys music and running sound for various bands and events.

Ian Stevenson / Manager of Strategic Internet Marketing Campaigns

Ian consults with clients and works closely with them to develop targeted internet marketing campaigns. The campaigns are complete and diverse, with paid search solutions, search engine optimization (SEO), Web analytics and consulting. Ian is a graduate of Elmhurst College and holds a B.A. in Finance. When Ian has spare time he enjoys spending it in the sun on a golf course.

Celesta Brown/ Writer

Celesta Brown enjoys helping businesses find and develop their own unique brand message. Her writing skills were honed over a decade in marketing and management positions at The Coca-Cola Company and ING Financial Services. Celesta develops content for brochures, web sites, direct mail, scripts, sales letters, and a variety of marketing collateral for a diverse range of clients, small businesses, and Fortune 500 companies. She is a 1992 graduate of Lee University and holds a B.A. in Communications.

Ryan McCullough/Web Developer

Ryan McCullough lives in Grove City, Ohio with his wife of ten years, Laura and his two children, Eden and Ethan. He has been designing and maintaining web sites since 1996. He appreciates clean and straightforward design and loves implementing this concept in all of his work. Ryan travels nationally as a speaker and singer with his family and onetimeblind.

John Pepe/Web Developer

John Pepe calls Dracut, Massachusetts home and has been designing websites since 2003 and enjoys using a variety of tools (HTML, PHP, CSS, Flash) in his designs. John loves the creativity that comes with putting a new site together and hopes to always be improving and learning more about web design. He is also the co-owner of a record label (www.blueduckrecords.com), and enjoys playing the bass and photography.

Scott Blankenship/Graphic Designer

Scott Blankenship was raised in Illinois but has also lived in Missouri and Oklahoma before his current residence of Epping, New Hampshire. With a graphic design degree from the University of Tulsa, he has also been trained and involved in fine arts for most of his life. Aside from design, his other interests include working on cars, target shooting, machining, and video games.

Erin Kammer/Graphic Designer

Erin Kammer was raised in the northern suburbs of Detroit, Michigan but spent a few years between Arizona and Illinois before settling down in Phoenix Arizona. Erin has a B.A. in graphic design from The Art Institute of Phoenix and has also spent quite a bit of time in the interior design field. With a main interest in vector art, Erin’s program of choice is Adobe Illustrator. Her other interests include organic living, green energy and animal rights.