Greg Rittler
Clarifies strategy
Greg embodies strategic thinking. He is naturally gifted to investigate and assess complex business, marketing, and organizational development situations.
ABOUTCo-founded Blue Ocean Ideas (formerly Wordswell), 2008 Became a Mac guy, 2008 Certified in E-Myth Mastery, 2007 Graduated from Sandler Sales Training, 2006 Founded The Kanon Group, 1998 Became the Controller of Erickson Retirement Communities, 1995 Became a certified public accountant, 1994 Had his first son, Caleb, 1993 Married Elise, 1991 Fell in "Love at first sight" with Elise, 1990 Developed delivery turning strategy for pizza delivery drivers, 1988 - (*UPS eventually adopted this model for its drivers) First retail manager position (Orange Bowl), 1986
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Brody Bond
Creates frames
Remember the kid that always knew about the latest and greatest in technology? That’s Brody. On top of that, Brody has a keen eye for how to make these tools work for clients.
ABOUTMarried his glorious Lisa, 2009 Started Blue Ocean Ideas (formerly Wordswell), 2008 Bought first iPhone, 2008 Released an album, "Lovers Try", 2007 Was on the The Price is Right, 2003 Earned B.A. in Communication Studies from James Madison University, 2003 Two-time state Mock Trial champion, 1996, 1999 Had first Apple computer, 1993 Opened first business (lemonade stand), 1989
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Maggie Hoffman
GUIDES CLIENT EXPERIENCE
Maggie loves to serve people and equip everyone for success. This is invaluable in an agency setting where there are extensive client and in-house demands.
ABOUTMaggie has a business degree which gives real strategic gravity to her natural empathy and creativity. She has also traveled the world with eyes open, giving her an edge on understanding culture and understanding people. Young businesses are not foreign to Maggie. She started her own freelance photography business in high school and most recently worked at a tech startup for the education sector. When you meet Maggie, you'll have a lot to talk about: social justice, travel, ethnic food, photography, snowboarding, Echo Community Church, and DIYing.
Anna Grace Abell
Designs beautiful things
Anna Grace is a born designer and loves to be around people. She has a zest for life and brings that to every aspect of her graphic design work.
ABOUTIn her spare time, Anna Grace is either taking amazing photographs of the world around her, running a 5K, or spending time with her friends and family. Through a career in graphic design, she hopes to impact others through the careful combination of type and image working together to create something beautiful. "I want to show people the beauty in the world that they often miss, whether it is through an exquisite logo design, a user friendly website layout, or a simple poster with gorgeous typography." Anna Grace graduated from James Madison University with a double major in graphic design (BFA) and corporate communications (BA) with hopes of utilizing her skills in both art and communication to contribute to a team. Fortunately for us, that team is Blue Ocean Ideas and we are so excited to have her on board.
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Topher Cordell
Assembles technology
Chris adapts. As a true technologist, he finds solutions, work-arounds, hacks, and fixes. Chris is a pleaser (in a good way) and gets stuff done. Period.
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Hunter Barrington
Technical Strategist
Hunter loves to dream up new ways to meet needs and serve clients. As a Hopkins alum and programmer for 8 years he's well versed in web development and problem solving and maintains enthusiasm and energy at all times.
ABOUTAs a consultant he focuses on collaboration and understanding the client's needs rather than just getting a project completed. He loves to teach, read, sleep and be involved in his community.
Hunter's core strengths:
- dreaming, vision casting
- problem solving, consulting, service
- systematic thinker, systems creator
- community focus
