Title:President, Founder

BIO: An accomplished marketing professional, entrepreneur, and technology innovator, Chris Knipper has 20 years of experience working in both the private and public sectors as a marketing strategist and sales professional. As Founder and President of Kuno Creative, he has designed and executed numerous marketing campaigns for clients ranging from financial institutions, hospitals, and national retailers, to small mom-and-pop service companies, real estate developers, and technology-based b2b providers.

Under his leadership, Kuno Creative continues to grow and for four consecutive years has been named one of the “Golden 30” companies demonstrating world-class performance, and for three consecutive years, Kuno Creative has been recognized as a Weatherhead 100 “Startup Company”.

EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION Miami University with a BS in Marketing and Management Information Systems .

Interests: Inbound Marketing Strategy and the ROI - Lake Erie Walleye Fishing, Traveling as much as possible.

Other: Board Member - Lorain County Urban League.

Title: Vice President (Co-Owner)

Bio: With nearly 30 years of business experience, John McTigue brings historical perspective along with a flair for the future of marketing. Originally working on all of Kuno's Web projects from his own company, Awakening Technology Co., Chris and John decided to merge their companies in 2005. As Partner and Vice President, John still presides over the Web but is now focusing his energies on Inbound Marketing Services.

John's background includes exploring for oil and gas as a geophysicist with Shell Oil, marketing geophysical software with GeoQuest Systems and Paradigm Geophysical, software consulting, and founding and managing a publicly traded independent oil company, Zydeco Energy. In 1998 John retired from the oil industry to start his own Web development company, Awakening Technology Co., which led to the merger with Kuno Creative in 2005.

"I believe that we are now witnessing a consumer revolution that will transform our industry. Consumers are no longer satisfied with direct marketing techniques because they are invasive and boring. People want to talk to each other and to you about your products and services. They want freedom of choice, complete transparency and collaboration before they buy. Today's social networking sites, blogs and other Web 2.0 communities provide that, and there's no turning back. Our job is to help our clients understand these trends and take advantage of them before their competitors pass them by. That's why we're investing ourselves and our company in Inbound Marketing, which we believe is the best approach."

Experience and EducationBS Yale University (1978)
MS University of Arizona (1981)

Interests: Inbound marketing evangelist and blogger. Oversees web design and development. For fun: ranching, golf, cooking.