Meet the Mavens

Danielle Seraphine

MARKETING + BUSINESS AUTOMATION

Danielle has been in the Corporate IT industry and Business Consulting for over 20 years. Working for two fortune 100 companies, Citrix Online, IKON Office Solutions and recently, Director of Sales for a fast-paced Saas company, OfficeAutoPilot. Danielle’s experience is with marketing automation, creating innovative + scalable solutions, mapping strategic sales funnels, developing processes and systems to drive sales to your door and increase operating efficiency.

Danielle has also created a unique sales training program to help your sales team develop consultative sales approach and advanced questioning techniques. Her proven methods have increased sales within the organizations that have implemented this by 120% in sales-growth.

Kris Oster, Ph.D

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MARKETING + BRANDING, WRITER, CONGUERA

Kris is a scholar of mythology & archetypal psychology, who happens to be a writer and former corporate marketing director with 19 years experience in conceptualizing online and offline campaigns and branding from working with the likes of E!, Paramount Pictures, Disney and Citrix Online.

Entrepreneurs & companies hire her when they need a serious marketing shake-up. Fresh priorities. Vibrant branding. A clear sense of their story — their archetypal threads that will attract more high-quality clients, customers and contracts.

Shaun Oster

WEBSITE DEVELOPER, DESIGNER, COMPOSER, MUSICIAN

Shaun is a Renaissance Man. He’ll design and code your WordPress site. Shoot and edit your website videos, along with custom composed music. He’s rocked the socks off of both current + former clients, including Laundry by Shelli Segal, Liz Claiborne, ABS and Hollywood & Highland, home to Kodak Theatre and the Academy Awards.

Sarah Martin Hawkins

PROJECT MANAGER, STRATEGY
A business strategist with a soulful streak, Sarah is a lifelong Bostonian with over 18 years of experience in project management, strategic planning, and executive office administration for Fortune 500 companies, non-profit organizations, and punky startups. From Verizon Communications to Cambridge Community Kitchen to Boston Children’s Hospital to the Institute of Lifestyle Medicine, she’s there to keep an eye on the details and ensure that projects are completed on time and on target.

Sarah has a BA in communication studies from Emerson College, and is currently working toward a certificate in interspiritual counseling at One Spirit Learning Alliance in NYC.

Marco Wise

CODER, DEVELOPER + PHILOSOPHER

Our other Renaissance Man, Marco, was born in Torino, Italy. He grew up + moved to California to study Philosophy at UCLA and earned a Ph.D. in Philosophy and Artificial Intelligence at the University of Texas at Austin.

Marco started working on the web in 1998. During those early years working for venture capital firms like Sequoia Capital, non-profit organizations such as United Way, and entertainment firms such as ABC, he developed his own content management system and web development framework. In 2005, he landed at Stanford University as a Senior Web Developer and Tech Lead.

In his free time, Marco enjoys exploring San Francisco’s neighborhoods, tinkering with electronics, playing with sound toys, reading, cooking Italian and British (yes, British!) food and making Cabernet Sauvignon.