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Meet the Team
Get to know us
Yes, we have traditional stogie head-shots, but being the creative types we are ...
Bart Campione
President
Bart has dedicated his professional life to the field of communications. From studying Film in college and working part-time as a DJ at local radio stations, to being in on the ground floor of the cable TV revolution and ultimately starting his own TV production company in the early 1990s, Bart has also been involved in the business of communications. Not everyone is lucky enough to do exactly what they love doing and can make a living at for nearly 35 years, but Bart isn't exactly your average kinda guy.
- Education: Mercer University class of '83
- Years of Experience: 35 years of working in the communications field.
- Expertise: Managing the creative process, ability to see future trends emerging and natural born salesman.
- Favorite Show: Sports (especially Football) are my favorite mind numbing influence when it comes to being a passive viewer.
- Favorite Activity: Work Hard and play like a supreme being of leisure is my motto.
Myron Bennett
Creative Director, Partner
For nearly two decades, Myron has brought a right-brain, left-brain approach to his work at Third Wave Digital to develop elegant solutions to complex challenges across a wide variety of media. He works within each area of the company from web and interactive to video and print, ensuring that client expectations are exceeded on every project we deliver.
- Education: B.S. Liberal Arts, University of Illinois 1992
- Years of Experience: Lots
- Expertise: Little
- Favorite Show: Don't watch much TV. But currently enjoying "Goliath".
- Favorite Activity: Running - because it takes no special skill beyond putting one foot in front of the other.
Carla Cicero
Operations Director
Carla is responsible at an operational level for directing a variety of Third Wave's revenue areas. Her responsibilities include; review of company sales goals and budgets, controlling costs, overall management of all company financials, overseeing the production schedule, project management, supervision of day-to-day activities and just about anything else the team can throw at her!
- Education: Bachelor of Science in Psychology, Slippery Rock University
- Years of Experience: 15
- Expertise: Financials & Project Management
Bo Griffin
Senior Web Developer
I try to keep up with all the crazy ideas my project managers cook up!
- Education: Bachelor of Arts in English Literature, Mercer University
- Years of Experience: 16
- Expertise: All things front-end and then some
- Favorite Show: Netflix & HBO series
- Favorite Activity: Right now it's fly-rodding for bass
Amy Thomas
Director of Agency Services
I am a small-town gal originally from Midville, Georgia. I attended Mercer University from 1978-1982 where I majored in English, Speech and Dramatic Arts, and Mass Communication. I started my career in Advertising in 1982 in radio and worked in sales and management for twenty years. I joined Third Wave Digital and helped to establish Third Wave Advertising in 2002. I have a twenty-two-year-old son and two pups.
- Education: Mercer University 1982, Liberal Arts Degree
- Majors: English, Mass Communication, Speech and Dramatic Arts
- Minor: Music
- Years of Experience: 34 Years
- 20 years brodcast sales and mgmt.
- 14 years agency
- Expertise: Media Management: Traditional and Digital
- Favorite Show: Andy Griffith
- Favorite Activity: Writing Music, Gardening
Claire Childs
Senior Project Manager
Originally hired as a summer intern, Claire cut her teeth as an agency assistant. She quickly gained more responsibility taking on marketing, digital and social media management roles. Claire now spends most of her time in web project management, ordering rogue details and corralling creativity to bring beautiful and functional websites to life.
- Education: Georgia College and State University
- Years of Experience: 5
- Expertise: Project Management, Client Relations, Creative Direction
- Favorite Show: Too Many to List! Anything Supernatural
- Favorite Activity: Porch Sitting
Troy Jones
Technical Manager
Full-service web developer with a drive to thrive. Love solving problems and exploring solutions for real-world applications and having fun doing it. As the Technical Manager of Third Wave, Troy directs our support department and oversees the development of our content management system and custom applications. A self-described "jack of all trades", Troy is highly experienced in ColdFusion development as well as all stages of web application development.
- Education: Central Georgia Technical College, Abilene Christian University
- Years of Experience: 11
- Expertise: ColdFusion/MySQL development, Windows Server, network, email, database administration
- Favorite Show: Football of about any flavor
- Favorite Activity: Playing music
Dave Chmil
Digital Marketing Specialist
Passionate digital marketing and web development professional. Current duties include paid media strategy across a variety of platforms including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Google, Bing, and DSP. In addition to being a digital marketing and SEO ninja, he has extensive experience as a web programmer utilizing HTML, CSS, JavaScript, ColdFusion, and MySQL to develop and maintain websites.
- Education: B.S.B.A. Marketing - University of Central Florida
- Years of Experience: 2010 - present
- Expertise: Digital Marketing
- Favorite Show: Cosmic Disclosure
- Favorite Activity: Music
Alena R. Tyson
Digital Marketing Coordinator
Alena R. Tyson is a young professional who loves marketing and social media. Alena graduated from Mercer University in 2015 with a BBA in International Business and Management with an unwavering passion for creative marketing. Alena is known for producing "Alena Ideas". She has interned at the Georgia Chamber and the Greater Macon Chamber of Commerce. Alena is a self-proclaimed food connoisseur who loves to travel and meet new people.
- Education: Mercer University Class of 2015
- Years of Experience: 2
- Expertise: Marketing; Social Media
- Favorite Show: Chrisley Knows Best
- Favorite Activity: Traveling
Jeff Passmore
Creative Assistant
Jeff brings together images and graphics to produce compelling videos for traditional broadcast as well as the social media spectrum. From field and studio shooting, to graphics compositing, video editing, and the latest techniques in color grading, Jeff has more than 25 years of experience keeping clients looking their best.
- Education: Mercer University
- Years of Experience: 26 +
- Expertise: Video Editing
- Favorite Show: Babylon 5 (1990s)
- Favorite Activity: Photography
Drew Clements
Graphic Designer/Production Assistant
I have way more interests than I do time to explore all of them and not enough characters to list them; music, writing and adventures/hiking are the main ones (and I don't get to do enough of either.) I'm happily married and have a dog named Chief, he's a big goofball who doesn't realize he's NOT a lap dog. I spent 6 years as a tattoo artist before transitioning to graphic design and it's been the best decision I've ever made. I love working with other people, collaborating on projects and I get along with just about anyone. "Good things come to those who work for it."
- Education: Associates in Graphic & Web Design (DeVry)
- Years of Experience: 2
- Expertise: Photoshop/Illustrator
- Favorite Show: How I Met Your Mother
- Favorite Activity: Hiking/Paintball/Music/Writing
Will Reid
Account Executive
Happily married father of 2 wonderful kids. Huge Walking Dead fan. As Account Executive, Reid is responsible for sales of the company's print, digital and online products. He works closely with TWD's clients to ensure they receive effective marketing services with compelling creative and targeted advertising messages. Reid also spearheads local advertising sales for Third Wave's popular online leisure/tourism guide GatewayMacon.com, as well as leading the effort to roll out new print products like the dinning and food guide "State of the Plate".
- Education: Some college & technical certificate
- Years of Experience: Sales - 5+ years
- Expertise: Drinking Beer & Folding Laundry
- Favorite Show: River Monsters
- Favorite Activity: Drinking Beer & Gardening
Mindy Hart
Editor & Publisher
Analogue at birth, digital by design. Princess of pearls and profanity. Overwhelmed Mom with ambition but plagued by procrastination and Lego's.
- Education: Mercer University
- Years of Experience: 5
- Expertise: Creative Social Engineering
- Favorite Show: House of Cards
- Favorite Activity: Sleeping
Beth Winship
Marketing Assistant
Beth is the newest addition to our team, having just recently graduated from Clemson University in 2016 with a B.S. in Marketing. Beth's role consists of maintaining the current client base, helping with traditional and digital marketing campaigns, assisting with day-to-day operations, managing multiple social media accounts and expanding internal brand awareness with Third Wave Digital and Gateway Macon.
- Education: Clemson University - B.S. Marketing
- Years of Experience: 1.5
- Expertise: Marketing, Project Management
- Favorite Show: Shameless
- Favorite Activity: Traveling
Robert Chase
Production Assistant
Hailing from Wilmington, North Carolina with a background in narrative & documentary film production, Chase brings the full weight of specialized on set experience to everything he works on. Constantly striving for excellence, he is your go to contact for crisp, inspired and top quality video content. With a particular interest in the use of Gimbal/Steadicam camera work, Chase is ready to take your video to the next level.
- Education: B.A. Film Studies - University of North Carolina Wilmington
- Years of Experience: 4
- Expertise: Field Video Production
- Favorite Show: The Wire
- Favorite Activity: Breaking things to find out how they work
