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    Society Leadership

    Putting people first goes beyond slogans, it is a product of actions taken every day.

    Society's leadership team believes that only great culture and great talent can produce great results.

Society Leadership Team

Society's Executive Team comprises consulting veterans, industry thought leaders, and experienced business executives.  The Society team emphasizes talent & culture development, excellence in client delivery, and providing a rewarding experience to all Society employees.

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    Chad Richeson

    CEO

    		  

    John Bergen

    President & Co-Founder

    		  

    Josiah Johnson

    VP Business Development & Co-Founder

    		  

    PJ Ohashi

    VP Account Management & Co-Founder

    Chad leads Society’s strategy, business performance, partnerships, and growth initiatives.  Chad focuses on building new consulting practices, client development, and creating data products and consulting methodologies.  Chad is an experienced analytics & Big Data leader, having most recently built a number of Big Data initiatives at Microsoft.

    		  

    John leads Society’s Sales, Operations, and Recruiting functions. John focuses on building a strong culture, driving the company towards big goals, and implementing operating metrics, processes, and policies to drive continuous improvement at Society. John is a seasoned manager and technology industry veteran, a Society co-founder, and Ultraman Canada champion.

    		   Josiah leads Society’s Business Development activities, building client relationships across Seattle’s business community and delivering new business opportunities and partnerships for the company.  Josiah has an extensive background in analytics, having co-founded web analytics consultancy ZeroDash1, later sold to Ascentium. Josiah co-founded Society in 2008.   PJ manages a number of Society strategic accounts, drives consultant utilization activities, corporate procurement relationships, and other revenue generating activities across all practices. PJ leverages his experience in enterprise sales and account management, solution selling, and an extensive network to drive top line growth. PJ co-founded Society in 2008.

     

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    Chris Maskill

    VP Sales & Marketing

    		  

    Sarah Bingham

    Director, Operations

    		  

    Amanda Aasen

    Controller

    		    

    Chris joined Society Consulting in 2012 having spent most of his career leading and transforming early stage companies into market leaders within their category. Most recently Chris served as President at Salad Labs, Inc., 10 years as President of Builders Capital, and executive roles at Activate.Net.

    		  

    Sarah manages Society’s engagement with employees, facilities, and human resources. She is the liaison for all departments in the company and is responsible for creating seamless processes and communication across the Operations, Sales, and Recruiting teams.

    		   Amanda leads Society’s Finance and Accounting function. She is responsible for all financial reporting, compliance, tax, banking, and cash management. Amanda brings solid expertise in the financial management of small growth companies, having served at Jobster, Door to Door Storage, and Builders Capital.    

     

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    Dennis Comfort

    Managing Director, Product Development

    		  

    Aaron Fossum

    Managing Director, Digital Analytics

    		  

    Ilya Buzytsky

    Director, Big Data Solutions

    		  

    Mark Stringham

    Director, Analytics Services

    Dennis leads Society’s engineering consulting efforts, including project management, development, testing, and support. Dennis also serves as a trusted advisor to many high-level clients. Dennis has extensive experience in the software industry across a variety of industries, including building packaged-product software, and developing solutions for the manufacturing, process control, and aerospace industries.

    		  

    Aaron leads Society’s Digital Analytics, Optimization, and Customer Insights practice. Aaron keeps Society at the forefront of analytic thought, and ensures that clients receive the best service and solutions. Aaron’s combination of technical skill and business acumen, along with his ability to make complex ideas easy to understand, enable him deliver creative and effective solutions for clients.

    		   Ilya leads Society's Big Data Solutions team, focusing on the creation of Big Data pipelines and analytical platforms.  Ilya has extensive experience building big data solutions at Microsoft, and in Hadoop environments.  Ilya previously spent many years at Microsoft and as an entrepreneur focused on solving business problems through technology.   Mark leads Society's Analytics Services team, focused on delivering excellence in web analytics implementation and usage across a wide range of large and medium enterprises.  Mark has many years experience as both a principal consultant serving clients nationwide, and as a member of Omniture/Adobe's strategic accounts team based in Utah.