Get to know us

We're a passionate group of communicators who provide expert event hosting, tech training, video production, and content design services.

Meet the Team

Jared Marino
Principal, Owner

Jared Marino is a professional speaker, public speaking coach, technology trainer, and entrepreneur. In his 11 years working with Microsoft and other technology companies, he has presented to thousands of people from every industry vertical in various countries around the world. Jared is the founder of Presenter Group, a Seattle-based presentation, content, video, and event design company that brings the "core four" traits of being passionate, captivating, exacting, and instinctive to everything they do. Personally, he has deep roots in musical theater and feels passionate about advancing human rights and equality. 

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Jim Hammond
Director of Operations

🥃🐈‍⬛🤓 Much like the Wizard of Oz, Jim operates behind the scenes to ensure no flying monkeys derail operations. His obsessive nature supports flawless execution of all program elements. A card-carrying Excel nerd, Jim spends much of his free time playing Minecraft with his son, Henry.

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Lauren Galt
Creative Director

🌞☕🎧 Lauren is our dynamic and imaginative Creative Director hailing from the Pacific Northwest. Her boundless energy and enthusiasm bring a spark to every project she touches. With an eye for detail and a knack for organization, Lauren oversees the daily operations of our Seattle studios while also playing a pivotal role in all aspects of production. She's equally comfortable behind the camera as she is in the editing room and directors chair. With a background in audio engineering for large-scale live productions, including those on cruise ships, Lauren brings a wealth of experience to every creative endeavor. When she's not in the studio, you might find Lauren cheering on the Kraken at a game or perfecting her new passion for figure skating at a local ice rink.

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Amanda Eaker
Business Operations Manager

💃🐶💀 Amanda is passionate about our people, and prides herself on being "the one in everyone's corner". Her extensive administrative experience allows her to take on the internal intricacies involved with growing our team and equipping us with tools we need to be at our best. When the team isn’t keeping her on her toes, you’ll find her on her toes in the dance studio. 

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Jordan Checketts
Master Trainer

☕️🦖👨🏻‍🍳 As a Master Trainer, Jordan has always had a strong passion for both entertaining and informing those around him. Whether he is performing a stand-up comedy routine, delivering an impassioned speech about marine life conservation, or presenting on modern technologies, there is nothing Jordan enjoys more than sharing his love for interpersonal communication with others. When he’s not live in front of an audience or working on his next presentation, Jordan spends his time in the kitchen cooking, binging dinosaur documentaries, and hanging out with his giant Great Dane puppy, Tarzan!

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Nora Clark
Sr. Project Manager

🐕⛰️🍷 Nora is a Seattle native with an extensive background in the world of events. As a Senior Event Designer, she works with our clients across the globe to bring their events to life, whether that be through a computer screen or in real life. When she’s not heads down obsessing over every last detail of an event, you can find Nora with her fiancé and two pups, Hank & Addie, exploring everything the Pacific Northwest has to offer – from the great outdoors to the local dive bars.

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Anna Saephan
Project Manager

🐶🧙‍♀️🎭 Anna is one of our team's highly caffeinated Event Designers. Setting up events, organizing backend details, and coordinating with clients are just a few of the things she does for Presenter Group. Outside of work, she has a passion for acting, storytelling, and empowering the underserved youth from her community through performing arts. She’s also a self-proclaimed wizard that loves game nights, snowboarding, binging animes and k-dramas, and playing with her crazy corgi, Simba.

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Matt Drake
Production Assistant

🎥☕🏂 Matt is a coffee-fueled video creative passionate about capturing stories of others through their hobbies and professions, tackling many aspects like logistics, location scouting, lighting, camera operation, and editing. In his free time, he's either active running, working out, taking yoga classes, snowboarding, and longboarding or he's an absolute homebody staying in bed watching anime all day, nerding out on researching camera/computer hardware, and doom-scrolling through social media.

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Adrianna Hickey
Graphic Designer

🧈🖋🐱 Adrianna is a Graphic Designer with her finger on the pulse. She loves to explore new mediums and trends and her years of experience as a creative allow her to create compelling visuals for any project, no matter how big or small. In her free time, Adrianna is a serial hobbyist. There’s no pastime that's safe. Anything from tattooing to chicken farming, there’s an Adrianna behind it thinking “I could do that.”

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Malcolm Frankson
Production Specialist

Malcolm has studied various aspects of the filmmaking process and received a Bachelor's in Filmmaking by the Seattle Film Institute. He has worked on several short films (personal or otherwise), helped with documentary work, worked as a PA, and served as a script supervisor on various sets.

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Brian Westbrook
Event Host

Brian is a passionate Digital Communicator with 20+ years of extensive broadcast experience and social media skills developed on an Information Technology foundation.

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Fred Granados
Event Host

Fred supports over 100 events a year as a professional Auctioneer, Event Host & Emcee. He regularly hosts Awards Ceremonies, Sports Events, Charity Golf Tournaments, National Meetings and of course, fundraising auctions for Charities of all sizes across the US.

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Mission & Core Values


We embrace the human aspect of technology and make it accessible for all through passionately crafted experiences that educate and empower.

We got your back.
We’re good humans, driven by passion.
We champion diverse perspectives.
We’re built on integrity, guided by ethics.
You can expect the best, always.