About Our Team

Chris Glazer

Sr. Director of Operations

Chris is our Director of Client Operations. He helps clients grow. His responsibilities include sales, managing and growing high-priority clients, and acting as an operational leader for the company. He strives to look at the whole picture of a business and use marketing to help companies achieve their goals.

Chris has an MBA in Digital Management and has been in the Digital Marketing industry since 2015.

He is a die-hard Red Sox fan and enjoys spending time with his wife Cora, 1-year-old human baby Asher, dog baby Willow, and cat babies Donovan and Fisher.

Ceilidh Kurkoski

Digital Marketing Consultant

Ceilidh is a Digital Marketing Consultant at Apogee Results. She focuses on discovering client needs and sharing why Apogee is different from other Digital Marketing Agencies.

Prior to moving into Business Development, she spent six years in Fitness where she really focused on clients’ needs and goals.  She has taken that one on one consultative approach to the marketing industry and focuses heavily on business needs.

Ceilidh is focused on client success and satisfaction.  When she’s not working with customers, she is a book worm, exercise enthusiast, and dog mom to two rescues.

Alexander Rodriguez

Director of SEO

Alex is our Director of SEO, he’s new to the Austin area recently transplanting from Miami, Fl.  He brings a specialized  focus on SEO, CRO, UX/UI, graphic design and brand alignment. He has experience working with various types of business ranging from e-commerce, insurance, plastic surgery, travel, hospitality and fintechs, he brings several digital marketing disciplines and thought leadership skills to the team.

He’s also been involved in creating everything from content marketing strategies that tie in SEO, PPC, Social Media and website build-outs incorporating conversion optimization tactics that produce results.

Alex loves to cook and wanted to be a chef when he was younger, instead he opted for cookbooks and YouTube over traditional culinary school to master his skills. Aside from that he loves to travel and he’s also a photographer with a passion for videography and writing.

Patrick Dunn

Director of Digital Paid Media 

Patrick leads Apogee’s Paid Search department. His team is responsible for the strategy, implementation, and growth of all Paid Marketing efforts. He has experience working both in-house and at agencies in both Houston and Austin. He has successfully managed campaigns across multiple industries including several multi-million dollar a month campaigns.

Patrick enjoys making music when he’s not busy lowering our client’s CPAs.

Brad Abanilla

Senior Digital Media Manager

Brad started his career at Apogee Results as an intern. He is currently responsible for strategy development and implementation for our paid search clients, and consistently provides substantial revenue growth YoY for several clients.

Brad has been playing musical instruments from a very young age. Anything from the piano, marimba, and a plethora of percussion instruments. However, his true passion lies in competitive gaming.

Lena Schulz

Social Media and Content Associate

Lena is new to the digital marketing industry, having recently graduated from Loyola University Maryland with a degree in International Studies and Marketing. She is currently a Social Media and Paid Search Intern, focusing on providing clients with community social media management and content writing. Lena loves to cook and discover new foods, spend free time at any beach, river, or lake, and dabble in photography.

Erika Tapie

SEO Specialist

Erika is part of Apogee’s SEO team. She recently graduated from Sam Houston State University with a degree in Mass Communication and began working for Apogee Results in late 2018. New to the industry, Erika is a current SEO Associate that helps clients by providing effective SEO services and content writing.

Erika played soccer for 16 years, enjoys trying new food, going on hikes, dad jokes, attending music concerts, and playing with her pups.

Bailey Shelden

Content Marketing Associate

Bailey is a current SEO Intern at Apogee and mainly focuses on writing content for outreach projects. She graduated with a degree in Writing and Rhetoric from the University of Utah.

Bailey was a pre-professional ballet dancer and is an avid video gamer. She custom built her own computer for gaming.

Dana Emerson

SEO Associate

Dana serves as Apogee’s SEO Marketing Associate. She has been in the creative marketing field for a few years now. At Apogee, Dana is responsible for site audits, content research, link building, and outreach.

Dana is a University of Houston graduate with a B.S. in Health Studies and Sports Marketing. In her leisure time, she runs her own blog page and Youtube channel.  She loves anything that has to do with social media and manipulating digital algorithms. When she’s not at work, she’s either eating, at the gym, or trying to plan an escape to her next beach destination.

Chad Torres

Senior Account Manager

Chad has been one of Apogee’s Account Managers since 2006. He manages customized marketing strategies for key accounts, maintains a thorough understanding of clients’ end-use markets, their important customers, and their main competitors. He also helps grow client partnerships and cultivates and strengthens relationships with client decision makers and influencers.

Chad loves to spend his free time with his family and is an avid hunter and shooter.

Maria Virginia Cato

Senior Communications Specialist

Maria Virginia is a Senior Communications Specialist at Apogee Results. She focuses on content marketing strategies and link building strategies.

She has a Master’s Degree in Corporate Communications and Public Relations and has been in the Digital Marketing industry since 2016.

Maria Virginia is passionate about wellness and health. She loves to exercise, read, and meditate. She also enjoys traveling and spend time with her family.