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Laura Roser
President & CEO

Laura has the unique ability to bring to life ‘the big picture’ of corporate identification, branding strategy, display ad design, web site architecture and aesthetics of all kinds. Laura has worked with dozens of companies ranging from small online businesses to large public companies. Her knowledge of marketing, technology and fine art combines to assist companies in creating an image and marketing position that is truly unique.

Brad Freeman
Graphic Design / Website Specialist

Brad Freeman has been involved in graphic design for over 10 years. He has a keen eye for clean, effective design and a talent for creating websites that are easy to navigate. Brad has worked with many clients ranging from start-up to larger companies. He prides himself on being organized and always getting things done on time.

Danny Drysdale
Senior Video Producer

Danny has produced films for VH1, Nickelodeon and is currently working on a project with Crispin Glover. He has a talent for turning something seemingly mundane into a work of art. He and his production crew are some of the best in the industry. They work with our clients to create “Hollywood quality” films with an Indie twist.

Chris Staser
Brand Strategist

Christopher Staser is a self-described intuitive-analytic. He stands out as a brand designer for his unique combination of abilities as a brand strategist, visual designer and writer-storyteller. In addition to a vast background of cross-disciplines and cross-cultural experience in Europe and Asia, his unique combination of business-analytic, visual and writing literacy allows him to hold the big picture of brand design from the narrowest details to their broadest implications at once.

Brian Hailes
Print Designer and Illustrator

Award-winning illustrator and designer, Brian Hailes creates stunning layouts, ads and printed material. He has an intuitive knack for being able to convert a client’s vision to an aesthetic masterpiece. With a background in fine art, Brian adds an extra “edge” to corporate material.

Christy Hughes
Print Designer

Christy has been working in print design for over ten years. Her extensive experience lends to her ability to quickly and beautifully layout even the most-challenging projects. She works with our “magazine” department to layout and design client magazines and printed work.

Joshua Perkins
Video Editor and Effects Specialist

Josh Perkins has spent over six years as a video editor and “effects” creator. He has personally produced over 20 successful internet commercials for Clear Channel. He also worked with Red Bull North America to produce a documentary about race car drivers. His knowledge in web video production is a great asset to VirtualMG.

Robert Roser
Technical Director

Robert has been the “brains” behind the technical programming and software conceptualization for several engineering firms in the composites industry. He has been on several lecture trips to China, heading technical seminars and training. As well as designing engineering applications, Robert also has the unique ability of being able to fix or create almost anything programming-oriented.

Brad Schvandeveldt
Creative Director

Brad has come to be known as a "jack of all trades". His primary background in the field of graphic design includes web design and animation, print collateral ranging from logo design to magazine layouts, illustration, and photography. He also has an understanding in various programming languages. Brad's attention to detail allows him to be very thorough as a project manager, and incredibly creative as a designer.

 
Farhana (Fara) Basrawala
Senior Programmer

Fara has many years of experience as a software developer and programmer. She has extensive knowledge of PHP, HTML, Java, CVS, Flash, and other advanced languages. Fara helps make certain that our client’s websites function the way they are supposed to. She provides critical assistance with shopping carts, databases, and ‘advanced’ programming to keep our projects on the technological cutting edge.

Dave Stamper

Controller / Administrative Director

Dave has a deep background in accounting and administration.  He is instrumental in providing clients with any information they need about their billing. Dave provides significant support internally with administrative functions that keep VMG running like a Swiss Watch.

Gabe Maninno

Account Executive

As the former head of advertising, branding, and marketing at Daritech, Inc., Gabe is intimately familiar with the needs of small to mid-size businesses in these areas. He is instrumental in working with our clients to help analyze and understand their challenges and opportunities, and to turn them in to solutions to help grow sales and profits.

Joe Mivshek
Regional Sales Director

Joe’s background as a Sales Manager and in advertising sales dates back to the early 80s. As a business owner (past and present) he is intimately familiar with the needs of our clients to grow their businesses. Joe has served as a Sales Manager for the Denver Business Journal, the Denver Phone Company, and the Naples Daily News (Florida). He is also heavily involved in the community, assisting with youth programs for kids 8 to 14.

Linwood Austin
Senior Copywriter

With over 25 years of copywriting experience, it’s no wonder Linwood has been referred to in Direct Marketing News as “one of the top ten copywriters in America.” Linwood has created sales letters and direct response packages that outperform and out produce other ‘control’ letters and ads. His work frequently appears in national magazines and periodicals (Investor’s Business Daily, Maxim, etc…) He will make sure that your copy delivers the intended results for your campaign.

Bradley R. Shannon
Public Relations Director

With over fifteen years of experience in the public relations arena, Bradley has the knowledge, expertise, and ‘rolodex’ to create powerful P R campaigns. He has been the team leader in several award winning P R projects, and is a member of both the Public Relations Society of America and the Society for Technical Communications.

Jonathan J. Orlofsky
Graphic/Web Designer

A Graphic/Web designer since his first web page at the age of 13, Jonathan began his professional career in 2002. He has approached his passion from multiple angles; working individually, contractually, and at varying businesses. His paragons of design sustain his motto: If you dream it, I can produce it. Jonathan’s zest for design has fueled him to learn an entourage of programs which he utilizes as his “foundation for creation.” From business cards to billboards, restaurant to salon menus, logos to legal documents, and landing sites to web sites – He has formatted, fathomed, organized and drafted it all.


 

 
 
 
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