The Authors

BOB OGDON  |  DAN OGDON |  KASSI JOHNSON  |  MISSY BERGEN |  LINDSEY WEINIG |  ADAM PREEO |  CHRIS GORDON  |  AUDREY HOWES  |  ANNIE COOLEY

Bob Ogdon

Bob Ogdon is the CEO and founder of Swiftpage.  The company was started by Bob in March 2002 and has been growing ever since.  Prior to his work here at Swiftpage, Bob founded four other businesses ranging from Web Conferencing to Multimedia CDROM to Video games.  A proof of all of his hard work and dedication over the years, Swiftpage is Bob’s fifth start up business.  A day in the life of Bob Ogdon at Swiftpage includes “Being the boss”.

Bob is originally from Spokane Washington.  When he is not at the office, he enjoys rebuilding muscle cars, skiing, fishing, hiking and hanging out with his family.  His biggest dream in life is starting a successful business and working with a fantastic team of individuals.  Bob claims that he is living in his dream right now.

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Dan Ogdon

Dan started his career working at ebags.com in many different online retail marketing channels including organic and paid search, performance based marketing account management, ad buying and social media management. He switched over to Swiftpage in March of 2006 and is now currently the Director of Marketing. A day in the life of Dan Ogdon at Swiftpage includes “growing the Swiftpage Empire”.

Dan was born and raised in Colorado. This might help explain his love for the outdoors. If Dan is ever lost, people who know Dan will know exactly where to find him – on a river prospecting for native trout. Dan also makes his own fly rods and ties his own flies. When the rivers are running too high, his office is all feathers and thread building up inventory for the fall and tying tactically for the weekend.

You can reach Dan at dogdon@swiftpage.com.

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Kassi Johnson

Kassi has been a dedicated employee at Swiftpage ever since January 2008. She now currently holds the position of Customer Service Manager. Kassi is one of those lucky finds from a Swiftpage posting on Craigslist. A day in the life of Kassi Johnson includes scheduling and agent management, monitoring reports of productivity, as well as many other various tasks.

Kassi was originally from Grass Valley, California. Before she moved to Colorado, she had never even visited here. Good thing it is such a great place to live. On her free time, she loves to take NIA classes at the local YMCA, play with her puppy as much as possible, and see the latest and greatest in movies. A fun fact about Kassi? She frequently dyes her hair different colors, sometimes so quickly that her co-workers don’t even notice the change. Kassi’s biggest dream in life is to have a beautiful family of her own.

You can reach Kassi at kjohnson@swiftpage.com.

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Missy Bergen

Missy Bergen has been working at Swiftpage since November 2004. After graduating from college, Missy and her now-husband made the decision to move to Colorado that fall. She was looking for a great opportunity to start her design career, and Swiftpage was still young and looking for a hard worker – so here she is today. On a daily basis Missy works on designing, coding, updating and maintaining Swiftpage’s website and web presence. She is responsible for designing various communication materials and creating in-product graphics and icons. In addition, Missy manages Bright Peak (the creative services division), which provides small to medium sized businesses with creative solutions to drive sales and marketing practices. To keep her creative inspiration fueling, Missy takes a ton of pictures – enough to have maintained a daily photo blog since 2007.

Missy was born and raised in the land of Lou Malnati’s pizza, Goose Island beer and the Cubs – Chicago. When not at the office, she loves to be in the mountains with her husband and Portuguese Water Dog, Cubbie. They love to go hiking, camping, canoeing, backpacking, snowshoeing, and skiing together. Her biggest dream in life is to travel around the world with a backpack, a camera and her two boys.

You can reach Missy at mbergen@swiftpage.com.

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Lindey Weinig

Lindsey Weinig has been working for Swiftpage since April 2009. She previously worked as the Director of Marketing for a Designer Ceiling Company in Wisconsin. However, she relocated to Colorado in search of the mountains and the sunshine. Her current position at Swiftpage is the Director of Marketing. A day at Lindsey’s desk includes a wide variety of marketing, copywriting, customer experience, and design projects.

Lindsey is originally from La Crosse, Wisconsin. Growing up, she took Ballet classes for 12 years because her Dad didn’t want her to have her mom’s sense of rhythm, (the verdict is still out on the success of that endeavor). When she is not working, Lindsey loves to play with her black lab, paint, cook, cheer on University of Wisconsin athletics, and explore the beautiful state of Colorado with her husband.

You can reach Lindsey at lweinig@swiftpage.com.

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Adam Preeo

Adam Preeo’s formal education is in Electrical Engineering. Early in his career he decided he would enjoy the small business startup environment. Dan and Adam grew up together, so shortly after Dan started at Swiftpage, they began talking about working together, and soon enough Swiftpage became home for Adam in February 2007. Adam is now the Senior Product Marketing Manager. A day in the life of Adam consists of getting his hands dirty in many different areas – which is something that Adam believes is good (and sometimes bad) about working for a small company. When Adam is not helping the Sales, Support or Billing departments, his focus is on new product concept design, testing and implementation of those products, as well as up keeping Swiftpage’s current product line.

Adam has been spoiled by the 300 days of sunshine in Colorado a year for his whole life. He is originally from Denver, Colorado and still works here today. The sunshine is hard to get away from. When Adam is not working, he loves doing just about anything outside. Adam also has some very exciting news – he recently brought a newborn into the world. Owen, his son, is the newest addition to the Swiftpage family and if you ask Adam about his son, he would probably respond with a smile and “he is pretty darn cute.”

You can reach Adam at apreeo@swiftpage.com.

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Chris Gordon

Chris was born and raised in Colorado, and educated at the University of Richmond where he earned a degree in Leadership Studies and Spanish.  After graduating, Chris embarked on an expedition to plan, fund, and document a three-month journey through Central America. In 2008, he and his team produced their first award-winning documentary film entitled, Down The Road.

Prior to joining Swiftpage in November 2009, Chris and his wife, Laura, spent two years in Atlanta, GA where he worked as a Development Officer for the Atlanta Mission, a major nonprofit organization dedicated to the rescue and recovery of the homeless and addicted population.

The couple now lives in San Diego and when not at work, can likely be found riding glassy waves.

Chris manages the reseller program at Swiftpage. Interested in becoming a reseller, click here.  He can be reached at cgordon@swiftpage.com.

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Audrey Howes

Audrey Howes joined the Swiftpage team in September of 2009. Starting out as the Bright Peak Agent, Audrey has recently transitioned to be a member of the growing marketing team, bringing design expertise and marketing know-how to the team. Before coming to Swiftpage, Audrey worked as a Junior High Youth Pastor at Cherry Hills Community Church in Colorado. Believe it or not, while working with youth, Audrey gained experience in graphic design, email marketing, online marketing, and event planning.

Audrey graduated from Metropolitan State College of Denver with a Bachelor of Arts in Speech Communication and a minor in Psychology. When she’s not working you are likely to find her enjoying time with her family in the mountains near Steamboat, going for a run, reading a good book, being goofy with her kids, or savoring a latte in a local coffee shop.

You can reach Audrey at ahowes@swiftpage.com.

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Annie Cooley

Annie Cooley joined the Swiftpage Team in June of 2009 and has recently left us to pursue a new career in Seattle. Prior to Swiftpage, Annie interned at the Colorado Technology Association as events/marketing assistant and was the marketing intern for Greater Spokane Incorporated (Sprokane’s Regional Chamber of Commerce and Economic Development Council)  She developed content and design for the companys’ promotion materials, as well as  managed events ranging any where from 15 to 600 attendees.

Annie was born and raised in Denver and graduated from Whitworth University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications. Annie has recently relocated to California, where when not working, she spends time exploring and enjoying married life.