Alan Maites’s experience in strategic planning, digital marketing, direct marketing promotion and retail marketing, is representative of the agency as a whole. As the company visionary he has helped produce successful marketing programs for many of the world’s leading brands, including Verizon, AT&T, FedEx, United Airlines, Citicorp, Kodak, Kraft, McDonald’s, Miller Brewing and many others.

His commitment to exceptional work and client service is evident in
R&M’s philosophy of continuously adding value and going beyond business as usual. He has been the primary driver of the agency’s initiative to apply business principles to digital and social network marketing.

Alan always tries to spread the word and challenge the status quo. He has taught marketing strategy and techniques to a variety of companies, universities and organizations, and has penned many articles for both trade and business publications. Contact Alan via email at amaites@robinsonmaites.com

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Lowell Wallace is a drive-by blogger on the R&M site and Managing Partner of Marketing Valuation Partners LLC, a marketing consultancy in Chicago. He guest lectures at Northwestern University on branding and marketing plus he was a recipient of a 2008 National Turnaround of the Year Award from the Turnaround Management Association. Publications such as The Corporate Dealmaker and the Wiglaf Journal have published his papers on Warren Buffett and marketing due diligence with no visible effect on either his USGA handicap or barbecue skills. Lowell can be contacted at his office at (312) 372-6112 or via email lwallace@marketingvaluations.com

Steve Smith is a Robinson & Maites veteran going back to the days when it was Wm. A. Robinson, Inc. He is a concept/creative with particular expertise in promotional marketing. He has conceived of national, fully integrated programs for Bell South Mobile, Burger King, Coke, Dewar’s Scotch, Kraft, McDonald’s, Pepsi, Target, Verizon and more.

Steve authored “How to Sell More Stuff - Promotions that Really Work,”  which has sold 10,000 copies. He is also an adjunct professor at the Loyola and IIT/Stuart Graduate Schools of Business, and has conducted the annual “Promo U” workshop at Promo Expo.

Steve sees the ever-evolving digital marketplace as a new wild west for breakthrough promotional marketing innovations and applications. In fact, his college students are giving him a few lessons in new mediums to engage. He’s eager to hear your insights as well. You can also contact Steve if you’re interested in Gibson Guitar lore and how John Stewart’s banjo picking influenced Lindsey Buckingham’s guitar playing. Contact Steve via his mobile at 312-650-1901 or at smithcreative@earthlink.net.

Mike Pusateri is a Strategic Planner/Account Director at Robinson and Maites. He has over 15 years experience working with businesses large and small to help optimize their Marketing and Advertising initiatives. His clients include companies like Sears, Siemens, Alexian Brothers, Discover, Verizon, and most recently, FedEx. He also has experience working with Internet start-ups. Mike’s knowledge base covers all forms of Marketing Communications, ranging from strategic marketing plan development to direct mail and email campaigns, and from TV commercials to 1-page flyers. Though he has an MBA from the University of Illinois, he’s a true Boilermaker, having graduated from Purdue’s Krannert School of Management. Mike has served on many non-profit Boards and currently serves on the Board of Directors at the renowned Piven Theatre Workshop. Mike is also an actor, having performed in feature films and live theatre in Chicago. He does voiceover work as well and his demo can be heard at Mike’s website. Get in touch by e-mail: mpusateri@robinsonmaites.com

Bob Neff is a fierce competitor. He will play any game and do his best to beat you at it. If you think you can  beat him you had better be on top of your game or you will be severely punished. Games to stay away from are squash, golf, chess, pool, horseshoes,  ping-pong (he especially loves beating those who say “table tennis”) , darts and trash-talking. When he is not playing games he is reading psychology books (this helps him with the trash-talk) or spending time with his family  which keeps him grounded and away from his secret passion: a life of crime . If he says he has never played  a particular  game before, don’t believe him. In fact, he will make up games just to have something new with which to beat you . Favorite phrase as he’s going in for the kill: Daddy’s home! The only two things he does better than playing games is relaxing and enjoying life. Oh, and don’t ever say you have a good idea to him, unless you want him to give you one better.

Fred Petrick is a Strategic Planner and sometimes a Copywriter at Robinson & Maites. Translating his beginnings in retail to extensive experience in consumer products and business to business marketing, he works to make marketing go beyond increasing awareness and changing attitude. Marketing online and through social media provides him with the tools needed go a step further, to drive action. Get in touch with him at fpetrick@robinsonmaites.com .

Paul Woolf brings a European dimension to Robinson & Maites, having previously started and directed a leading UK creative direct/digital agency, CFW.  His trans-Atlantic experience covers most major categories - from Government (UK Inland Revenue, UK Passport Service, British Army Recruitment), to telecoms (BT, Verizon) to CPG (Nestle, Unilever) and business services (FedEx, Deloitte) - across the spectrum of brand development, advertising, direct, sales promotion, and digital marketing.  Agency born and bred, Paul is the third generation to work in marketing services, dating back to his grandfather Irving Woolf Sr. who started an advertising agency in Chicago in 1912.  Paul’s educational background includes an MSc from the London School of Economics, and he’s a true Blue Devil, having graduated from Duke with a BSc in Mathematics … a degree which has brought him countless charges of geekdom from his R&M colleagues.  Connect with Paul at pwoolf@robinsonmaites.com, on his cellphone at (336) 509-0747, or via his Linkedin page.