The Innovative Group Team

Meet Our Team

The team at Innovative Group is among the most experienced, talented, and mobile in the industry. Utilizing unique and creative techniques, we drive the experiences that will not only revolutionize your approach to marketing but also change the way people perceive your brand.


Barry Kates
President

“It doesn’t matter where you go in life, what you do or how much you have…it’s who you have beside you.”

~Unknown

Jared Shattuck
Chief Operating Officer, Sales & Marketing

“Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.”

~Van Gogh

Michael Saks
Chief Development Officer

“Tough times don’t last…tough people do.”

~Robert Schuller

Jim Freudenberg
Senior Vice President, Strategic Alliance Partnerships

“I believe that if life gives you lemons, you should make lemonade… And try to find somebody whose life has given them vodka, and have a party.”

~Ron White

Camie Dunbar
Experiential Director

“You can’t live life on the edge, if you never climb the mountain.”

Britney Treminio
Client Services Manager

“The problem is not the problem; the problem is your attitude about the problem.”

~Captain Jack Sparrow

Diane Jack
Digital Marketing Manager

“Failure to plan is planning to fail.”

~Alan Lakein

Tom Ebert
Operations Manager

“Where focus goes, energy flows.”

~Tony Robbins

Rick Wagner
Transportation Manager

“Don’t be afraid to try, be afraid not to try.”

~Michael Jordan

Marcos Carriedo
Payroll & Accounting Administrator

“Be the change you wish to see in the world.”

~Ghandi

Jima Walker
Business Operations Manager

“Always be in the process of making a beautiful life.”

~Katrina Mayer

Justin Miles
Social Media Coordinator

“An inch of movement is better than a mile of intention.”

~Steve Maraboli

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Client Case Studies

Discover how companies like yours have found success with experiential marketing initiatives brought to life and executed by Innovative Group.

Provide an outdoor themed Super Bowl caliber business plan for the world's largest Mecum...Read more
After impressing the MLB All-Star committee with a strong and detailed plan to WOW....Read more
Develop an experiential, brand activation program in which Celebrity Cruises can...Read more
Develop a luxury hospitality village within walking distance of the Stadium for the College...Read more
Provide an all-encompassing platform to promote the diversity, culinary richness, and...Read more
Anheuser–Busch was looking for an initiative that would take their Bud & Burgers promotion...Read more


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