Leah Lamar

Leah Lamar

Leah specializes in managing Accounts Receivables and Accounts Payables. Leah works with her peers and management by creating and summarizing financial reports. Leah contributes to her team by completing necessary financial processes and tasks, such as bank reconciliations, compiling AR aging reports, and comparing projections with actuals. Leah has helped smooth over many of the

Gustavo Iriarte

Gustavo Iriarte

Gustavo specializes in monitoring Avoq’s financial health, including but not limited to maintaining and analyzing financial statements, budgets, payroll, audit and tax compliance issues. Before Avoq, Gustavo served as the fixed asset accounting manager at Sunrise Senior Living, overseeing a group of 10 employees. Before that, he held finance management positions at Fannie Mae and

Sandra Torres

Sandra Torres

Sandra specializes in client management, new business opportunities for the media team, pitching top-tier media, executing media tours and providing strategy and guidance for clients. Sandra developed Avoq’s virtual media tour capability, which allows clients to reach TV news stations from anywhere in the world. She has also broken through new platforms in the digital

Raymond Gotha II

Ray Gotha II

Raymond, affectionately called “Ray,” possesses more than 15 years of web design and development experience. He has coded in various development languages and developed in different Content Management Systems, specializing in WordPress. Prior to joining Avoq, Ray had experience in both the agency and government sectors, including with the Department of State and the U.S.

Veronica Gallardo

Veronica Gallardo

Veronica specializes in media relations, campaign management and developing media campaigns in English and Spanish for the media team. She works with clients from different sectors and industries, creating and pitching stories across the country. She has strong relationships with news directors, producers and reporters at TV and radio stations nationwide. Veronica firmly believes in

Alex Lewis

Alex Lewis

Alex leads the firm’s data and analytics practice. He applies techniques from the disciplines of data science, machine learning and statistical analysis to maximize the efficiency of campaigns. He also builds custom data products and web applications for clients in the political, corporate, labor, higher education and nonprofit sectors. Alex has run digital campaigning and

Rebecca Goldstein

Rebecca Goldstein

Rebecca develops unique technology solutions to meet clients’ needs and loves bringing creative designs to life. She specializes in WordPress development, building intuitive sites that clients can manage on their own. Rebecca’s recent projects include building an accessible, media-heavy WordPress site for a major grant program. She also developed a modular page builder for a

Michael Rangel

Michael Rangel

Michael specializes in creating full stack web applications using a wide variety of technologies. He oversees the architecture and development of web applications and Software as a Service. Michael created, maintains and continuously improves EMMA, a proprietary Avoq web application used to target markets based on user-specified criteria. Before joining Avoq, Michael was a senior

Stephen Hardesty

Stephen draws on his more than 15 years of experience in website design to build intuitive, robust websites. He continually improves website usability, accessibility and design, and currently supports several websites for economic development and public health clients. Before joining Avoq, Stephen worked at Spargo creating an online registration system for large medical conferences. Prior

Erick Messer

Erick specializes in creative thinking and designing for video, digital, OOH and print. A Swiss Army knife of many different trades and talents, Erick works on a wide range of clients across many different industries, including transportation and public health Before joining Avoq, Erick served as a graphic design intern at the Baltimore-based ad agency