Team
Team
Steven G. Patton - C.E.O
Steven Patton has been carving out his place in the world since he was a kid in Orange County, California. Growing up, Steven's favorite part about school was being excused for ski trips and other family excursions. To this, he credits his entrepreneurial spirit. Steven attended the University of San Diego, earning a bachelor's in Communications with a minor in Business. Throughout his professional career, Steven has worked with various companies, with his forte being online media.
Steven began in the space as an affiliate, so he understands what modern day affiliates are looking for from a performance-based agency. Steven also has heavy grasp on the dynamics needed to pioneer the success of publishers from not only a CPA marketing and campaign selection standpoint, but an overall infrastructure and technical view point. Steven has an undeniable expertise of email marketing, data monetization and Can Spam compliance. As the CEO and Co-Founder of AKMG, Steven thrives on his innovative strength and willing to view the world a little bit differently everyday. Steven's knowledge and tactful business understanding allows for AKMG to remain above the curve within the online marketing space and has the earned respect of many industry leaders alike.
Kim White - President
Kimberlee White, the eldest sibling in a family of five from Southern California, took the soccer field by storm at age 6 and turned her talent into a Division I women's college soccer scholarship at the University of California, Berkeley. After college, Kim switched focus to the world of marketing and showed her marketing prowess to financial giants like Arthur Andersen, Capital Research Group and HLHZ.
When marketing money actually grew tiresome, Kim tackled the Internet advertising scene. She pioneered numerous successful online marketing campaigns for companies like Infosearch, Virtumundo and Hydra LLC, an LA based, Inc 500 ranked affiliate network. In her sales career, Kim has hired and trained over 100 sales executives and developed dozens of successful CPA advertising campaigns for well known and branded advertisers. Kim has a crucial understanding of the quality traffic that advertisers need in order to be successful and profitable in the CPA space, setting her reputation apart from many.
Kim has met her greatest rewards and challenges as the President and Co-Founder of AKMG. With over a decade of experience in offline and online marketing, sales and client relations, Kim brings AKMG marketing knowledge and business strategy that cannot be easily replicated and continues to pioneer the growth and profitability of AKMG and it's industry partners.
Amber Paul - VP of Affiliate Network
Amber Paul, the oldest of two children from a family located in Orange County California, developed a passion for marketing and sales at a young age and decided to satiate that passion by majoring in communications and minoring in marketing and advertising. Amber serves as Vice President as well as a partner of AKMG, and brings tremendous value associated with over five years of groundbreaking experience in the online industry with a strong focus on publishing channels and relationship building.
Amber's previous successes include pioneering and building the network syndication department of Hydra Network, of which equated for 1/3 of the companies earnings for over three years. In 2008 Amber became a key member in the uprising of Bloosky Interactive, in which she formulated and established the Bloosky affiliate network and oversaw all distribution efforts of the company and increased online sales by over 300%. Amber's diverse and well developed contact base, along with an eye for industry trends allows for AKMG's continual success and expansive publisher basis. Amber is also the head organizer for Meetup202 events in Southern California including the Los Angeles, Orange County and San Diego groups which consists of over 2000 affiliate marketers.
Doug Turner - VP of Technology
Doug Turner, a Southern Californian native, knew at a young age he had a talent for creative web design and development -- enrolling in specialty school for graphic design and web development at the tender age of 14. Since then, Doug has sharpened his talents creating online brands for many Fortune 500 clients and currently leverages his expertise and creative tenacity as the Vice President of AKMG's technology team.
Doug is no stranger to excelling under pressure, he has been the key point person for design and development for major online brands such as Budweiser, Experian Interactive and DVS Shoe Company. Boasting over a decade of of full-time experience, Doug brings unparalleled experience to AKMG in the technical arena along with an high level expertise in PHP, HTML, Java, 3D and SEO/SEM Marketing. Doug fully understands not only the practice of Search Engine Optimization on the web, but the overall influencing of profitable results from SEO through techniques such as social networking, design fundamentals and XHTML best practices. Doug's tenacity and skill set are core components to AKMG's stable infrastructure and innovative technical platforms that provide the necessary tools to ensure controlled, quality leads to our clients.
Eva Wong - Director, Affiliate Network
Eva Wong, Director of Affiliate Network, brings nearly 6 years of experience in the online marketing arena that all of AKMG’s clients benefit from as she has worked extensively with direct mail programs, call centers & competitive affiliate marketing in the US as well as internationally. Throughout her successful career, Eva has managed sales, and online distribution for companies such as Azoogle Ads, Permillia and Lavalife. With a degree in graphic Design from York University in Toronto, Eva holds not only an eye for propelling advertising messages, she also holds an extensive contact base that gives AKMG a large reach in the affiliate marketing realm.
Eva is responsible for managing the affiliate management team, driving strategic initiatives, overseeing international and domestic distribution and serving as a valued liaison to AKMG publishers, partners and clients. With 5 years of online advertising experience, she brings a multi-faceted background of superior industry knowledge specializing in Cost Per Acquisition (CPA) programs. Eva’s interests include fluency in Chinese, superior culinary skills and a love for animals.
