For over 20 years, Karin Maake has been a storyteller of some sort as a publicist, magazine publisher, disruptive technology marketer, and now chief storyteller and brand leader at a growth technology company in the mobility space. She has spent a career mining stories and identifying threads that connect and convert for a broad range of clients from celebrity authors and marquee magazines to consumer product goods and disruptive technology companies. As a brand vanguard, Karin Maake feels equally comfortable building burgeoning brands as she does nurturing established brands that exceed business goals. Today, Karin Maake is putting all her brand, communication, and marketing experiences into building a category king company at Flash, the leader in transformative mobility technology. In the past 8 years, Karin Maake has helped:--transform a single product brand into a technology juggernaut within the parking/mobility industries--create and manage a B2B editorial-style integrated communications team of internal and external talent that regularly publishes thought leadership articles, eBooks, webinars, and interactive content--bring to life one-of-a-kind customer event experiences that convert and drive leads--nurture an identifiable brand across all communication channels (web, social, email, media)Specialties include public relations, brand storytelling, content marketing, media (social, branded, organic), creative design, growth marketing, event management (owned and trade), sales enablement, agency partnership management, mentoringKarin has served on the board of the Austin Advertising Federation, Magellan International School, and actively mentors marketing/advertising college grads. She enjoys creating and tinkering in her off-time (ask her to show you the “Claw Machine” costume she made for her daughter), helping guide people with new “business ideas,” and road-tripping with the family.