Our Team
Ken Merlino
Project Strategist
Ken graduated from Northern Illinois University with a B.S. in Marketing. After starting a career in marketing research and professional sales, Ken attended law school at The John Marshall Law School in Chicago, Illinois where he graduated magna cum laude. Over the past twenty-six years, Ken has worked as a trial lawyer and consultant in high-risk jury trials in state and federal courts throughout the U.S. Having conducted thousands of individual depositions, witness interviews, and examinations as well as scores of focus groups, Ken is one of Useful Group’s key members in market research initiatives and is heavily involved in designing and conducting market research interviews, focus groups, and surveys. Ken has two grown children and lives in Aurora, Illinois.
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PeterJohn Hunt
Chief Technology Officer
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Jeff Calaway
Senior UI/UX Developer
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Brenna Camerer
Senior Designer
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Angie Cheatham
Account Manager
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Hannah Choice
Graphic Designer
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Kris Christensen
Project Manager
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Harrison Cowell
Account Manager
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Megan Ellis
Designer
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Lauren Gaytan
Designer
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Ashley Griffith
Web Development Project Manager
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Nathan Krause
Backend Developer
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Ben Krueger
Director of Operations & Finance
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Maya Laytham
Content Strategist
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Najwa Martin
Project Manager
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Miranda May
Design Lead
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Juan Padilla
Web Developer
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Rachel Poel
Creative Team Lead
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Josh Rinehart
Social Media & Creative Marketing Strategist
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Nate Schwenk
Senior Marketing Strategist
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Anya Short
Content, Copy, and SEO Strategist
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Emma Wenger
Web Developer
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Andrei Zakirov
Performance Marketing Manager