Meet the Team

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  Kate Greene

  President + Creative Director

  Creative Director Kate Greene’s title really should be Creative Problem Solver. (In fact, she’s thinking of putting that on her business card, along with chief encouragement officer, “don’t panic” expert and executive in charge of multi tasking and deadline meeting). With almost 20 years of experience in all aspects of graphic design and communications, Kate has developed expertise in branding, concepting, art direction, management and team leadership. An entrepreneur by nature, Kate started her own design firm, Think Greene Creative, just five years after graduating from college. Expanding it in 2012 with a software development division, this award-winning designer and the company she leads, now called Owl’s Head Solutions, offer clients full-scale design and technological solutions to any creative communications challenge, with particular expertise in the healthcare field. Known for out-of-the-box thinking, exquisite design, cutting edge technology, outstanding execution and close, enduring client relationships, Kate and Owl’s Head’s mantra is simple: “We can always find the perfect solution.”

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  Scott Rackliff

  Chief Technical Officer

  Chief Technology Officer Scott Rackliff is the company’s software developer, technology expert and resident troubleshooter, directing technical design, implementation and customer support. Yet while he deals with lots of data and detail, Scott really sees himself as a big-picture guy who likes to step back a bit to focus on finding solutions. And though often immersed in the language of coding, Scott has a rare ability to communicate with the non-tech world to help his clients become comfortable with the elegant solutions he crafts for them. Scott’s expansive skill set includes major applications, programming, networking and operating systems. He is a Red Hat Certified Technician (RHCT) and a Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP). At the core of Scott’s leadership at Owl’s Head is his belief in flexible, effective technology solutions that gracefully fuse form and function. He has a particular interest in healthcare and sees tremendous opportunities for using technology to make the world a truly healthier place.

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  Jennifer Lopardo

  Associate Creative Director

  When she joined Owl’s Head Solutions as Art Director, Jennifer Lopardo already had more than a decade of experience as a graphic designer and art director, working with an impressive roster of clients, ranging from Fortune 500 companies to major universities to giants in the financial and pharmaceutical worlds. Her passion for design was nurtured at Massachusetts College of Art and Design where she earned a BFA in Communication Design. Jen knows the power of great design, believing that it can be truly transformative, influencing both thinking and behavior. A highly strategic designer, she never loses sight of the fact that design is communication and that nothing matters except communicating a client’s message clearly and eloquently. Among the things Jen likes best about being part of the Owl’s Head team is the opportunity to have close, day-to-day contact with a range of fascinating clients. Whether working with centuries-old institutions or renegade startups, Jen always produces design solutions that intrigue, inspire, illuminate and inform.

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  Yihsuan Lu

  Senior Graphic Designer + Illustrator

  When looking at the smart, elegant icons, logos and illustrations created by designer Yihsuan Lu, it is hard to imagine that her artistic life began in the imprecise, messy world of oil painting. But it is easy to see how her visual thinking and conceptual communication skills have served both disciplines. Born and raised in Taiwan, Yihsuan earned degrees in both illustration and graphic design at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. She draws on her love of reading—fiction, history, mythology and folktales—in crafting the logo and branding solutions, vector illustrations, icon designs and infographics that are her specialty. Yihsuan’s talents are particularly well suited to Owl’s Head Solutions, especially to our healthcare projects where complicated, scientific or medical information must be accurately distilled and translated into a simple yet hard-hitting, instantly understandable image. That’s the heart of what Yihsuan does. Over and over, both clients and colleagues are awed by how she does it.

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  Kristin Mozes

  Graphic Designer + Animator

  Looking back, graphic designer Kristin Mozes sees that her career path was set at about age 8. As a child she loved to write little stories and would create illustrations to go with them, discovering early on how words and images work together to communicate. She didn’t realize then that this passion would become her life’s work…she was just having fun. But the proverbial die was cast. While studying painting, printmaking and art history in college, Kristin worked for the university’s Office of Communications and Marketing and on the school newspaper, rounding out her fine art studies with on-the-job experience in print and digital design and production. Kristin values the environment of collaboration at Owl’s Head, recognizing that when ideas from every member of the team are welcomed into the creative mix, the results are richer, smarter and simply better all around. Her personal design process involves looking at each project from a starting place of emotion, drilling down to find and express the essence of the message. She feels fortunate to be able to work on a wide variety of projects with Owl’s Head, and welcomes the creative challenges and opportunities to grow and thrive. For Kristin, Owl’s Head Solutions is a perfect fit.

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  Taylor Morris

  Graphic Designer

  For graphic designer Taylor Morris, design is all about empathy and impact. While she welcomes any interesting design challenge, she gets truly fired up by projects that have an extra level of meaning—a bridge to community, a chance to improve sustainability or an opportunity to advance a not-for-profit’s mission. Her studies in both graphic design and photography at the University of Central Missouri are embraced in her work, reflected in projects such as creating the branding for a safe-driving program fundraiser, overseeing a sustainability-focused redesign of the university’s newspaper or photographing a private event with the incisive eye of a photojournalist. A childhood cancer survivor, Taylor brings an added dimension of understanding and purpose to her work with Owl’s Head’s healthcare-focused projects. With her expansive skillset, her dedicated problem-solver’s attitude—not to mention her passion for college football, roller coasters and true crime shows—Taylor is a valued member of the Owl’s Head team whose contributions help elevate everything we do.

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  Corryn Young

  Software Engineer

  Software engineer Corryn Young (aka Corey) came to Owl’s Head along an unusual path. After earning a Bachelor of Science degree at the University of Arizona, Tucson in astronomy, Corey spent 10 years working on historic sailing ships for several non-profit organizations and foundations, developing and teaching history, STEM-based education classes and team-building programs. (We can say unequivocally that Corey is the first person in the Owl’s Head universe who has ever held the titles of Able Bodied Seaman and Chief Mate, or has ever sailed a Viking longship from Norway across the North Atlantic!) During her years at sea, Corey managed crews of up to 50, demonstrating leadership and problem-solving skills that served her well as she transitioned into software development. Corey has truly seen the world from a unique perspective, which informs her ability to connect with many of the healthcare-centric projects we work on. We value her all-hands-on-deck attitude and her desire to use it to help us help our clients solve real-world problems.

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  Jan Michell

  Copywriter

  Jan Michell loves to tell stories…other people’s stories. She relishes taking complex, multi-tiered or even murky information, diving deep and turning it into a cohesive, clear message. With so many Owl’s Heads projects in healthcare or health-related fields, she has lots of opportunities to wrangle with scientific, medical or layered themes where that talent is a real asset. A graduate of Skidmore College, Jan’s writing journey began as a grant application writer and fundraiser for dance companies, where she honed her ability to present projects in compelling yet concise ways. From there she transitioned into advertising and ecommerce, working on everything from magazine ads to print catalogs to websites for startups and rebrands to internal marketing documents, now focusing more on branding, voice discovery and major messaging. Jan defines her work as crafting words that cut through the clutter of information that constantly bombards us; she’s always striving to find that emotional connection that makes it hard for the reader to move on. Working closely with our design team, she celebrates the collaborative process that is at the heart of the Owl’s Head ethos and feels fortunate to be able to support organizations whose work really matters.

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  Carolyn Fernald

  Content Strategist

  A journalist by trade, Carolyn Fernald made the transition to content and search engine marketing five years ago, when she began saying “Yes” to projects she didn’t have the skill set for—yet. Boldly going where she had not gone before, and recognizing the potential of the digital world, Carolyn enrolled in Google University and quickly became immersed in the tools of SEM. She now helps businesses of all sizes present their messages through social media, pay-per-click advertising, robust referral networks and off-site marketing strategies. After graduating from Rollins College, Carolyn moved to Wyoming, writing for the Jackson Hole News before moving to Maine where she wrote on a freelance basis for 10 years. The switch in focus from journalism to website content and analytics seemed like a natural one for Carolyn, although it might not look that way “on paper.” As Carolyn sees it, “Like newspaper reporting, search engine marketing uses thorough research and quality content to tell a story and make connections.” Carolyn continually shows Owl’s Head’s clients how to use SEM to maximize the possibilities offered by our ultra-connected world.

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  Job Opportunities

  We’re always looking for remarkable talent, and we know that remarkable talent is always looking for new opportunities. If you’d like to work with our exciting team on a full spectrum of challenging creative and development projects, we’d love to hear from you, wherever you may be. (Don’t worry, you won’t have to move… we work virtually!) Please get in touch if you have interest and experience in the following areas:

  Design | Illustration | UI | UX | Development | Video | 3D | And More

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