Gerv
Chief Executive Officer

Gerv is Co-Founder, President, and Chief Executive Officer of Rakan LLC, a full service Business Consulting Firm serving North America. He started Rakan LLC in 2006 and has quickly brought it up to a complete provider of sales, marketing, and general business consulting through his vision and ability to recruit top talent nationwide.

Gerv is a true entrepreneur and an Internet pioneer who started an ECommerce business in the early ‘90s. Most recently, he co-founded AuraOne, an innovative media distribution software company where he was responsible for sales and marketing operations in the U.S. and Canada. Within one year, Auraone had a shipping product, revenue stream, and was eventually purchased by a leading WAN provider. Prior to starting AuraOne, he held various sales and management roles for several Silicon Valley companies with a strong focus on channel development. With over 10 years in sales and management, a strong background in the storage industry, consumer electronics, and ECommerce, Gerv has enabled Rakan LLC to emerge quickly into the global marketplace.

Gerv was born and raised in California and now resides in the heart of the Silicon Valley. He graduated with honors from Saint Mary’s College of California, with a BA in Management.

Keith
Vice President of Business Development

Keith is Co-Founder, and Vice President of Business Development for Rakan LLC. He is a Silicon Valley veteran with extensive experience in aggressively growing a variety of successful high-tech companies. 

Most recently,Keith was President and CEO of AuraOne Systems, Inc. Prior to that, he co-founded and led product management teams at Procera Neworks, Inc. (OTCBB: PRNW). 

He also has worked in key management  positions  at Allied Telesyn, Network Peripherals, and 3COM.

Keith holds a BA in Management from Saint Maryʼs College of California.

Paul Foote
Vice President of Marketing

Paul Foote is Co-Founder and Vice President of Marketing for Rakan LLC. Mr. Foote is a very talented web designer with a thorough understanding of what it takes to run an e-business. With an extensive background in Sales and Marketing management, he brings a grounded perspective to the table for maximizing efficiencies and minimizing excesses.

Chad Buckendahl
Marketing Consultant

Chad Buckenhahl is an e-commerce marketing professional with 11 years of experience in the industry. He started his career in direct mail and started to apply the same direct marketing principles to Internet marketing immediately recognizing that the Internet channel had immense similarities to direct mail.

Mr. Buckendahl has had success in various industries applying the age-old direct marketing principles to the rather new discipline of Internet marketing. Quickly learn new businesses and contribute to the bottom line by combining flexibility, creativity, and analytics with focused business insight.

Specialties:

• Web Analytics (Hit Box / Web Side Story, Web Trends, Google Analytics, Click Tracks)
• Conversion Testing & Optimization
• Search Engine Optimization
• Paid Search Engine Marketing
• Affiliate Program Management
• E-mail Marketing
• Social Media
• CPA-driven Tactical Execution

Corey Woessner
Flash/Design Consultant

Alex Mendoza
Database/Design Consultant

Alex has developed and supported mission-critical systems for several corporations, medical and research institutions, and government agencies. Besides having years of experience with Oracle, PostgreSQL and MySQL database management systems, he is also a highly skilled at structure system analysis and modeling database solutions for specific applications or business goals. He avoids the "one-size-fits-all" approach to database technology and enjoys creating efficient, inexpensive, open source solutions when possible.

Corey Lucik
Graphic Design Consultant

Corey is a Graphic Design student at the College of Saint Rose in Albany,
New York. He will complete is BFA in Graphic Design in the spring of 2008. He specializes in various forms and both design and photography. Corey is currently interning at an advertising agency on Park Avenue in New York City, before he returns to school to finish his final year at St. Rose.

Some clients Corey has done work for includes:
Nitro Group USA, Footlocker, Champs Sports, Footaction, The Altamont Manor, The Guilderland Players

Design Skills:
Visual communication and concept development from thumbnails, to comps, to finishes:
logotypes, symbols, business systems, posters, corporate identity and its applications, brochures, newsletters, editorial design, CD packaging, electronic pre-press production, magazine advertisments, in-store banner advertisments and table mats, coupon applications etc...

Digital Skills:
Proficient in Macintosh/IBM/PC: Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, and InDesign, QuarkXPress, Microsoft Word, Powerpoint