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Chad Symens - President
In addition to founding the Rainmaker Group and inventing the Accelerated Analytics point of sale data analysis service, Mr. Chad Symens has spent 12 years working for regional and global professional service firms serving as a strategic business advisor to global 1000 companies seeking to leverage technology to improve revenue performance and decrease operations costs. His experience includes project work with clients such as Pitney Bowes, Panda Restaurant Group, Quicken Loans, Motley Fool, Bliss, Carter Lumber, Sherwin-Williams, MTD Products, Key Bank, Timken, and Benefit Cosmetics and more.
Mr. Chad Symens has practical experience in guiding companies through complex technology and process improvement projects including front office and back office software solutions, creating and executing sales and marketing strategy, product development, branding, and sales force development. |
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Mr. Chad Symens holds a Bachelors of Science in Marketing from the University of Akron, is an active public speaker and serves with many professional organizations. He has been a featured speaker at events with Microsoft on data warehousing, the Trade Promotion Management Association, National Association of Realtors, Information Technology Exhibition in Cleveland and Washington D.C., as well as the American Teleservices Association. He has served or is currently serving as a board member for the University of Akron Fisher Institute of Sales, The University of Akron Center for Information Technologies and E-Business, and the American Marketing Association.
On a personal note Mr. Chad Symens is married and has three children ages 11,8,6. He enjoys reading, and running marathons (finished 6 so far), and has frequently been accused of being a “gadget freak".
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PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS |
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Vice President of Membership, American Marketing Association |
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Board Member, The University of Akron Fisher Institute of Sales |
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Board Member, The University of Akron Center for Information Technologies and E-Business;
Taylor Institute for Direct Marketing |
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Director of Public Relations, Belden Village Chapter Kiwanis International |
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Bill Hays - Engineering Manager
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Mr. Hays leads the Rainmaker Group engineering team of nine software engineers and database design experts. Bill's extensive experience in application and systems programming, database design, and project management makes him ideally suited as system architect and lead technical consultant for a variety of Rainmaker Group projects. With more than 20 years of experience Mr. Hays has worked with closely with companies such as Goodyear, Honda, Timken, and Bridgestone/Firestone to engineer the most cost effective solutions for high availability, highly scalable system requirements. |
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Scott Garber – Program Manager |
Mr. Garber has been with the Rainmaker Group since 2004 and has been a part of the development of Accelerated Analytics® from its inception. He is currently the Program Manager for the Accelerated Analytics® portion of the business, managing the business aspects and the day-to-day operations of existing customers, directing projects for new customers, and overseeing quality control for all customers. Mr. Garber is responsible for ensuring that customers’ technical and business needs are met in full and in a timely manner.
Mr. Garber was educated as a secondary school teacher in history and political science and taught and coached baseball for 2 years before joining Rainmaker; he now conducts most of the training and On-Boarding of new customers in his capacity as Rainmaker’s Accelerated Analytics® Program Manager. Mr. Garber has worked closely with Mr. Symens in developing the current features of Accelerated Analytics® and his depth of knowledge regarding the tool allows customers to leverage his expertise to their advantage.
In addition to his professional relationship with Mr. Symens, Mr. Garber has known Mr. Symens personally for many years. Both share an interest in playing golf and watching European soccer.
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