Welcome to the team overview!

We thought it would be a nice touch to let potential clients get to know a little bit about the players on our leadership team at Bleeding Edge before they give us a buzz or send us an email. Please click on the link “Bio” for any of our team members to get an insight into who we are as individuals, or click on “Video” to view a short video of each of our folks and get a sneak preview of who you’ll be working with. You can also peruse a synopsis of their resume on their video page.

It is said that a chain is as strong as its weakest link, and if that’s the case we have a strong chain! We hope you enjoy the presentation. Please check out some of the videos in the case studies and project snapshots when you have a few moments or go to the “Work” page to see our promo video that focuses on our video work. If you have suggestions or opinions, send us a message to let us know what you think. We rely on feedback from our users in our quest to constantly improve the user experience on the Bleeding Edge site.

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Rob is the quintessential renaissance guy. He began his career as a professional musician and composer, was a music theory and composition major his first time through school and split time between performing as a classical trumpeter and a singer / songwriter / guitarist / keyboardist. He still occasionally composes a film score or soundtrack for clients and frequently cranks his Bogner – Peavey Half-Stack to 11 to annoy the neighbors. It helps him think.

He studied Architectural Engineering in a second academic quest and put that knowledge to work building experimental housing. His corporate background included stints as a purchasing agent, inventory controller and planner, while his evenings were spent in a karate dojo earning a black belt in Shotokan and sustaining multiple blows to the head as a kickboxer.

Rob lives in Atlanta with his spectacular wife Maureen and his 160 pound Great Dane Mr. Beauregard Didimus Brinks.

Favorite Places: Bangkok, Lake Atitlan in Guatemala, Paris, Amboseli in Kenya, Florence, and the Greek Isles.

Favorite Hobbies: Music, Painting, Writing incomprehensible poetry and exercising fanatically.

Favorite Writers: Mark Helprin, Umberto Eco, Edward Rutherford and Tom Robbins.

Favorite Drink: Grey Goose Martini with a single, large pickled okra.

Rob has been involved in marketing, web development, broadcast television, multimedia, and online strategy for 12 years, and has been developing content and configuring delivery systems for video and audio on the web since the advent of streaming technologies. His client list includes over 100 national and international corporations include Kaiser Permanente, Manhatten Associates, AGSI, Arris, CentiMark and more.

He is Founder, President and CEO of Bleeding Edge, Inc., incorporated in 2001 as well as its subsidiary RockitWeb. Previously Director of the Planning Division for UWS (A U.S. division of Suez Lyonnaise Des Eau), as well as CEO of Leap 'n Learn (Movement based education and entertainment for kids.)

Rob's current focus is building Bleeding Edge into the premier resource for businesses that are determined to gain significant market share by utilizing the extremely talented team of creatives, marketers and analysts at Bleeding Edge to build their brand and distance themselves from their competition.

Evita is forever seeking a state of balance, freedom and happiness in her life regardless of external circumstances. She retains a fondness for the traditions she experienced growing up in Tapei, but never forgets to add new colors to the tapestry that is her life, and values a pure heart above all else.

She has a thirst for knowledge and is constantly learning and striving for perfection. She has a love for travel and greatly appreciates the opportunities she has had to see the world and experience other cultures. Those activites and her attitude have kept her mind young and and her vision broad.

Dream: To study in Italy and have her wedding there.

Favorite Drink: Sex on Beach, Long Isand Tea... or anything flavored with Georgia peaches with a little vodka thrown in.

Evita is an Interactive Media Designer, and the Lead Programmer at Bleeding Edge - a true "e-Creator". She is proficient in both front-end and back-end web related design, and manages the team responsible for information architecture, usability and programming.

Evita received her education in Taiwan, Japan and in the United States. With nearly 20 years of intensive study and work in computer related fields including hardware and software, she represents the type of team member Bleeding Edge values most - a constant learner with interdisciplinary skills. Her passion for learning and international travel have served to broaden her design vision and defined the definition of what is possible upward.

Evita believes technology has led to the advancement of mankind in a very positive way. Her approach to problem solving involves practical design combined with practical technology to meet user needs.

Maureen has a great sense of adventure and loves helping people. She was working in PR before embracing her true love of travel. While managing a travel agency she had the freedom to travel the world and hone her innate skills in logistics. That background has made her an incredible asset to Bleeding Edge in her dual roles of Operations Manager and PR point person.

Her childhood dream of winning a gold medal in gymnastics gave her the fighting spirit and instincts perfectly suited for martial arts, where she achieved a black belt in Shotokan. She owns the distinction of being the only person to send her husband to the hospital. After all, a family that fights together stays together.

Maureen lives in Atlanta with her wonderful husband Rob and their talented but quirky Great Dane Mr. Brinks.

Favorite Places: Positano in Italy, Topkapi Palace in Istanbul, the Antrim Coast of Ireland, Patpong District in Bangkok and Ngorongoro Crater in Tanzania.

Favorite Hobbies: Travel, reading voraciously, hiking with her husband and dog, and volunteering at a retirement home.

Maureen wears two hats at Bleeding Edge. Years of experience in logistics while managing a travel agency honed her Project Management and Production Management skills to a razor edge. At Bleeding Edge we have come to expect perfection, and have come to expect that she will anticipate every thing that can possibly go wrong in a given scenario so that we can prepare effectively. We expect our projects to be completed on time and on budget with few surprises.

She previously worked in Public Relations for Aucnet, a Japanese online auto auction network, for North Point Travel as a manager and agent, and as a personal travel concierge for high net worth clients.

Maureen's focus with Bleeding Edge is managing the internal systems that will provide a foundation for our growth into the preeminent marketing and web development firm in Atlanta and prepare for our transition into Tapei and other international markets. She also is leading the team spearheading our public relations efforts.

Before joining the team at Bleeding Edge, Cindy’s career has been a crazy quilt of colorful proportions–freelance writing, social media and internet marketing consultation, creative staffing, web project management (including Search Engine Optimization, paid search and web copy writing), print marketing, corporate event planning, as well as publishing.

Cindy knew she wanted to be a writer since about age 9, when she idolized Judy Blume. Her first published piece at age 10 appeared in a University of North Florida writing magazine in which work of children was featured. It was a short story about a dinosaur that grew up on another planet, but was sent to Earth because there was not much food left on his planet. It was criticized for being too much like Superman or ET, but that didn’t let her stop the muse. She later obtained a BFA in Creative Writing with a focus on young adult and children's literature from Emerson College in Boston.

Cindy resides in Atlanta with her wonderful husband Markus and her awesome “mini-me” teen daughter Caitlin. In her spare time she loves to read, watch movies and belt out the karaoke. She is also involved with the non-profit CISV Atlanta Chapter.

Cindy Caldwell is a writer and marketing professional with more than 15 years' experience, most recently in: social media marketing, blogging, web content, SEO/SEM and paid search. In 1995 she taught herself HTML and created her first web page featuring evil clowns. In 2002, as a web project manager, she had the opportunity to learn about search engine optimization and has been passionate about web marketing since. She continually seeks out the newest and most effective social media and internet marketing tools to help her clients.

Cindy is not just another internet geek girl. Prior to joining Bleeding Edge, her career also included corporate event planning, publishing, print marketing, as well as creative staffing and project management. She has written numerous articles online and has been a featured writer in OZ Magazine, and has also been a ghostwriter for corporate clients. She has diverse experience with many different industries in B2B and B2C--such as advertising, non profits, career development, real estate, travel and hospitality, and employee reward programs.

Randy was born and raised by a pair of show business professionals, Randy grew up back stage in the theater and in a cinema projection booth and has a love for everything dealing with the fine arts. He spent three years at the University of Georgia (Go Dawgs!) before graduating from Georgia State University with a BFA in Communications (specializing in Film Production).

He is a student of the cinema and an amateur film historian with a love of the classic comedies. When he's not working, Randy enjoys playing music, traveling, and can often be found kayaking down the Etowah river with his wife, Kimberly.

Randy Stewart has been working professionally in film and video production for more than 15 years. He has produced and directed countless commercials, corporate videos, live event videos, local original television programs, live news broadcasts, and award wining short films that have been exhibited across the U.S. and in Mexico.

He has worked in the lighting department on major motion pictures for Universal Studios, Paramount Pictures, MTV Films, Lifetime, and Dreamworks and at the Cartoon Network. A true professional and a perfectionist, Randy strives to bring maximum impact to every client's project.

Annette always aspired to be the chief advisor to the leader of the rebellion. The dearth of local insurrections drove her instead to change organizations and perceptions through revolutionary marketing that starts at the core—with the client’s people, behaviors and goals—and extends to the words and actions that define the organization internally and externally.

Naturally enough, she studied politics, philosophy and economics at Amherst College and the rather more radical London School of Economics before getting an unorthodox Master of Public and Private Management (later renamed an MBA) from the Yale School of Organization and Management. In between, she hitchhiked across Ireland, got stranded in Nice, and spent somewhat more time than strictly desirable in second class train cars learning street Italian.

Annette parents her four teenagers in a style that uses elements of Joseph Stalin’s and Maria Montessori’s signature methods. In addition, she keeps things lively at home with three large dogs—an Australian Shepherd, Aussie/Golden mix, and an all-American mix—as well as two bossy cats (and, at one time, 17 rabbits).

Annette has an illustrious and broad background in strategy and marketing for a number of well know companies. She has extensive experience in advertising and public relations, internal and external communications, business planning and crisis management.

Annette is a graduate of Amherst and the Yale School of Management and was previously Director of Marketing Pacific Southwest and Southeast for Ernst & Young LLP, Senior Account Executive for ABOA, one of the worlds leading global public relations firms, and Director of Marketing for Long, Aldridge & Norman LLP.

Annette brings tremendous value to the team at Bleeding Edge and has a gift for big picture, high-level marketing and communication.

The first years of Mr. Brinks life are clouded in mystery. From a troubled beginning on the streets, he was taken to a halfway house – a farm in North Georgia. Out in the fields is where he developed his interest in security. Several of the animals began “ hanging out with the wrong crowds”. The goats were the worst. Mr. Brinks took matters into his own “hands” – disciplining the goats when they strayed from the straight and narrow. He earned the nickname “Judge Dread” for his zealousness in pursuing the evil doers.

After his farm security stint, he interviewed with Bleeding Edge. We saw his potential and immediately made him a member of the team. He is constantly on the job and on the lookout for any threat to the security of Bleeding Edge, our employees or clients.

He has been known to jump 6 foot fences and vault through plate glass windows if he senses danger. Mr. Brinks is a stellar example of how the team at Bleeding Edge, regardless of species, enjoys and excels at what they do.

Mr. Brinks has been in the security field professionally for about 5 years. Coming from a troubled past he has learned the importance of top notch security. He is so excited about his job he’s always happy to take work home with him. He has been known to work 24/7 if the circumstances call for it.

However, Mr. Brinks does know when to kick back and have some fun. He enjoys long walks on the beach or in the mountains or through the neighborhood, heck he just likes long walks. He hangs out with his buddies for a nice rabbit hunt or a backyard bar-b-que. His favorite places to travel are the North Carolina Mountains and the beaches of Cape San Blas. His motto for life is “live each day as if you are a king”.