Greg WhiteCo-Founder, Executive Director | LinkedIn
Greg brings 14 years of product management and marketing experience from the information, software and e-commerce industries at companies like Experian, FICO, LPS, RealtyTrac, and Alta Vista. He is the founder of Orange County Product Managers, a community of local product management and marketing professionals. Greg earned his Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration from California State University, Fullerton. Greg and his wife live in Irvine with their three sons. |
Dori GilbertExecutive Director | LinkedIn
Dori has over 15 years of experience in marketing, business development, and product development project management. She has used her creative foundation of communication skills for results in successful projects at companies like Quantum Corporation and Linksys, and in the marketing of products and services in the small and mid size business market. Dori is the founder and principle of Storycology, which provides content marketing to B2B product companies. She is also on the board of OC Product Managers. |
Mack McCoyCo-Founder, Director Emeritus | LinkedIn
Mack is into gaming, living green, marketing, product management, scifi, & tech trends. Professionally, he has well over a decade of progressive experience: from being a UNIX sys admin; to building QA teams; and developing, launching, & managing telecommunications products and services worth tens of millions in annual revenue. |
Chris MarocchiDirector of Operations | LinkedIn
Chris brings over 15 years of product management and marketing experience from a broad variety of industries that started with Madison Avenue advertising and design agencies and evolved to management and executive positions in Consumer Packaged Goods, Commercial Real Estate and Retail Franchise industries. Chris is currently the President of Klear Strat, LLC, a marketing consulting firm targeting startups and small businesses in need of business plans and the development of product launch and marketing programs. |
Eileen LicitraDirector of Marketing | LinkedIn
Eileen's career spans 20 years of product management, marketing and strategic partnership development experience with start ups, growing technology companies, and mature industry organizations. A former Vice President of Product Management at multiple media companies, Eileen is now Principle Consultant at Concentric Focus, which provides product strategy, marketing and management consulting services to interactive media and growing technology companies. |
Dennis CarpenterDirector of Social Media | LinkedIn
Dennis is the owner of 24x7Social.com, a Social Business advisory firm. “We grow your inbound business via content and engagement that prospects and customers actually love!” Over the last 12 years, Dennis has led site strategy, product development, monetization, and day-to-day business operations for several web properties including Buildings.com, SearchAutoParts.com, Off-Road.com and Emporis.com |
Mark J. KanitraVolunteers Manager | LinkedIn
Mark has been fueling our independence for over 25 years. After graduating from California State University, Fullerton he signed on with Chevron. As a Territory Manager he has covered much of Southern California and his efforts led to the development of over 30 Chevron stations. This success led to his role as Chevron's Market Optimization Specialist where he managed the Strategic Planning process for the North American markets. In that role he standardized and streamlined the Strategic Planning process and led a database development team to enhance the management of these plans. Today he is exploring opportunities to help develop our future fueling infrastructure with an emphasis on alternative fuels. He is also working to help the present network of service stations reduce their own energy needs by promoting energy efficiency upgrades with Xnergy, Inc. He continues to be an avid fan of the automobile and the culture that has evolved around it. |
Lori BabigianFacility Manager | LinkedIn
Lori is a brand evangelist and marketing innovator with 20 years of business experience developing transformational strategies and marketing programs for technology and service companies. Most recently Lori was Director of Marketing Communications for Printronix responsible for global marcom strategy and product launch support, public relations, web and online marketing initiatives.Lori received a BS degree from Indiana University and an MBA from the University of Southern California. |
Sam FehrFacebook Manager | LinkedIn
Sam helps small businesses with their communications needs. He is a freelance writer specializing in social media management, website copy, and feature articles. His favorite things to write about are sports, international travel, and exotic sports cars. After earning a BA in Communications from California State University, Fullerton, he completed his Master of Professional Writing degree at the University of Southern California. |
Karen FigginsEmail Marketing Manager | LinkedIn
Karen has spanned the product management spectrum from user interface to customer requirements, while communicating with engineering and operations staff to maximize outcomes. She has worked in the product management/customer development role for over 7 years. One of Karen's advantages is her cross over from the business/contracting side to the customer focus side, while integrating that into overall product management. Karen's focus has been in the local government area helping them to maximize their use of software during an era of significant staff cuts. Karen is passionate about local government and an advocate of new technology to help them work as efficiently as possible. |
Laura J. HanksIn-Event Communications Manager | LinkedIn
Laura has over 15 years as a Product Management, BD and Sales & Marketing Executive with a Master’s Degree in Computer Science from USC. She has used her high-tech education and experience to help small, mid and large enterprises establish product roadmaps, strategic sales & marketing plans and global distribution strategies. Her passion for Customer Satisfaction has been key to helping organizations develop Voice of the Customer driven profitable growth strategies. Her career spans the Telecommunications, Datacom, Aerospace and Defense industries with companies such as Ericsson, CSC, L-3 Communications and McDonnell Douglas. |
Mary HuberRegistration Manager | LinkedIn
Mary’s career spans over 20 years of Sales, Business Development, and Marketing Management. Currently providing consultant services focused on revenue growth through business development initiatives, sales and marketing improvement, and team development, she previously was a Vice President of Sales & Marketing at Knoll International, with prior experience with other furniture manufacturers including Her man Miller and Arcadia. |
Dalip JaggiTwitter Manager | LinkedIn
Dalip plays the role as a young entrepreneur and web developer. He is the owner of a development and marketing agency in Orange County called Ephex Online. In addition, he is the lead developer for two start-up companies; Bdayo, Inc. and DrinkPass, Inc. - He is also a board member for a local advertising group called Ad2Oc. To top it off, he is a California State University, Fullerton student pursuing his Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration. He loves to snowboard, play basketball and chess in his free time. He is the definition of a young professional with a motivated attitude. |
Trey JohnsonBrand Manager | LinkedIn
When Trey started doing corporate identity, marketing communications, sales collateral, and advertising design, he had dark brown hair and the Mac computer was not invented yet. Itʼs possible that Jobs and Woz werenʼt born either. He has led his own company, Johnson/Brown Communications, for many years following a stint with Xerox and several start-ups. Currently, he is developing Orange Countyʼs finest resource for sales and marketing help - The Orange County Creative Directory. |
Lisa MontanoPresenters Manager | LinkedIn
Lisa Montaño, MBA is based in Southern California and has over 15 years experience in start-up and entrepreneurial companies working as a business analyst and functional lead. Lisa joined Conscires Agile Practices in 2011 as a Scrum and Agile Coach and Trainer. Lisa’s passion for Scrum and Agile lies in the focus on inspiring teams to deliver exceptional business value and to delight customers through collaboration, trust, and commitment across teams and organizations. Lisa’s experience includes leading cross-functional teams to implement customized web interfaces, e-commerce capability, and workflow automation projects. |
Keri RomoProgram Operations Manager | LinkedIn
Keri has an extensive background in product management in the information services and e-commerce industries. She has held positions at Experian, RealtyTrac and Freedom Interactive, and was very instrumental in launching several high profile campaigns. Additionally, she is recognized for excelling in team leadership, full product strategic development and deploying solutions that address client objectives. Keri has a Bachelors degree in Business from University of Phoenix and a Master Certificate in Applied Project Management from Villanova University. |
Alex HsuWebsite Manager | LinkedIn
Alex is a product manager and an experienced marketer at Where 2 Get It inspiring a team of developers and marketers toward building the future of digital marketing web apps! Some products Alex manages includes - local analytics intelligence app, client and local dealer communication tool, and finding ways to elevate social engagement for major retailers throughout the world. |
Vic ZappiaPromotional Items Manager | LinkedIn
Vic has over 15 years’ experience in technical product management as a business analyst lead. He has a passion for business process improvement and improving the user experience through practical user interface design. Vic earned his Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from California State University, Fullerton. In his spare time he has managed a band, since his wife and all three sons are excellent musicians. Vic is also known as his family’s roadie, he keeps them supplied with guitar picks, strings, drum sticks and other music supplies. |













