Lauren DeLong brings over twenty five years of high tech marketing experience and product development to both York Nordic as its owner and founder as well as smartCRUTCH as the exclusive distributor in the US and Canada. She and her mother Shirley also run a boutique publishing company, Skunk Hollow Publishing, which has brought 5 children's book titles to market.Before founding Inner Circle Communities, Lauren held service and sales positions within CIO magazine’s Executive Council, helping to build a community of 500 CIOs in less than 3 years. She also was an Account Executive at AMR Research, managing supply chain advisory services and executive peer communities. As Sales Director at Kaon Interactive, she managed the custom 3D interactive solutions for Bose in introducing both the Porsche Cayenne and the reintroduction of the Nissan “Z”. Lauren currently serves on the board of York Paddle and Pickleball Club and, in the past, has served on the board of York Youth Football and the York Center for Wildlife. Since opening in 1986, the center has cared for over 19,000 wild animals, successfully releasing 9,000 back into the wild. She holds a B.A. from Dartmouth College, an MBA in Entrepreneurship and Marketing from Babson College, and is a doctoral candidate at the University of Arizona and an Adjunct Professor.Specialties: Sales and marketing technology integration in an e-commerce environment working with platforms such as Salesforce.com, Marketo, Shopify, Woo Commerce, InfusionSoft, Zoho, Constant Contact, and iContact.