Leadership at Every Level

Scorpion is the result of Rustin's vision. Its continued success is the result of his passion. From the beginning, Rustin's dedication and leadership have provided the driving force behind Scorpion and the foundation for its unprecedented growth.

The company's most recent accomplishment: making it on the Inc. 5000 list of the fastest-growing companies in the United States for the seventh year in a row, which makes Scorpion a rare company. On the 2016 list, Scorpion ranked at #1402 for achieving 272% growth in annual revenue over a three-year period.

Never satisfied with the status quo, Rustin constantly pushes Scorpion to excel while venturing into new arenas that will extend its impact on the marketplace. He has created a team-oriented environment where the employees are passionate about what they do, work cohesively with one another, and thrive under the challenges of building and maintaining a successful business in today's economic climate. Under Rustin's guidance, Scorpion continues to grow and broaden the number of services it offers each year.

Over the years, Rustin has worked closely with some of the brightest and most creative minds in the internet technology sector. He has consulted for multi-million dollar corporations in the healthcare, legal, and other professional industries. In the late 90s, Rustin was intimately involved in an SBC-funded venture (now part of AT&T) to build online scheduling software for small to medium-sized businesses. Upon leaving this company, Rustin founded Scorpion, forwarding his goal of creating aesthetic designs and effective online marketing solutions.

As a senior sales and marketing executive, Jamie brings a wealth of experience to the Scorpion team. Throughout his career, Jamie has used his innovative nature, strong leadership skills, and commitment to perfection to execute smart Internet marketing strategies that help businesses further develop and grow.

Jamie started his career in the Enterprise Risk Services group at Deloitte & Touche, LLC. From there, he joined the team at ReachLocal, where he started and managed an automotive sales team to serve original equipment manufacturers (OEM) and franchise automotive dealerships. Through his efforts, he was able to drive ReachLocal to become the market share leader of local PPC media products in North America in 2008 and 2009.

Jamie also managed ReachLocal's reseller sales channel and account management teams, and he was later involved in developing ClubLocal.com, which raised a series A round of financing led by Groupon. He then became involved in running ReachLocal's home services vertical, which was their largest client vertical in North America.

Dan Bedell has a passion for operations and execution, developed over many years of working with companies from startups through Fortune 500 corporations. Trained as a project manager and later working as a consultant and an entrepreneur, Dan learned that good ideas poorly executed are even less valuable than average ideas well-executed. After several years in technology implementation and project management, Dan took over the operation of a construction company, which led to the founding of a solar company. After selling the solar company, Dan was an independent operations and execution consultant before joining ReachLocal to oversee international expansion and to build a global project management office.

Dan joined Scorpion because of the company’s audacious vision for the future of internet marketing, its focus on technology and design, and its overwhelming culture of exceeding clients’ expectations.

Corey joined Scorpion due in part to the company's culture of exceeding clients' expectations, high standards of performance, and strong work ethic. Scorpion's mission to help redefine and transform clients' businesses aligns perfectly with Corey's professional and personal goals of directly contributing to making the world a better place.

Pam first met Scorpion while leading the enterprise marketing for The Dwyer Group®, where she served on the executive team as the SVP of Marketing. She led a team of 60+ marketing professionals responsible for marketing 11 brands and supporting nearly 2400 franchisees. After extensive vetting, Pam selected Scorpion to transform the overall digital success for well-known Dwyer brands.

Pam’s extensive knowledge and experience, specifically within franchising as well as the service industry positioned her well to join Scorpion as the EVP of Strategic Marketing. She provides thought leadership and strategic oversight across the franchise and home service verticals, assisting the sales and marketing support teams in understanding the challenges and obstacles faced by franchisors and franchisees. In addition, she leads and oversees the collaborative efforts between the Scorpion and partner brand marketing teams to insure the overall digital marketing efforts fully align and support the brand strategy across all marketing verticals.

As the Chief Financial Officer at Scorpion, Matthew is responsible for the accounting procedures, systems, policies, and overall financial health of the company. The accounting team he supervises operates with an emphasis on accuracy, efficiency, and always a “client first” attitude. Because the growth of Scorpion is a direct result of the combined efforts of every employee, he works closely with all of the department heads to see that our accounting activities and financial strategies are calculated to support them and our clients as we continue to expand.

Prior to joining Scorpion, Matthew spent 11 years at the financial helm of a multi-million dollar Inc. 500/5000 business in the landscaping industry. In addition to front-to-back accounting, his roles there commanded first-hand experience with HR management, commercial insurance, corporate compliance, risk analysis and loss control, corporate tax, financial data analysis, and commercial lending.

With more than 20 years of experience in an administrative executive role at cutting-edge technology companies, Sarah has learned the intricacies of how to help companies achieve greatness. In 1994, she joined EarthLink Network when it was a start-up of only 4 people and 12 modems in a closet in Los Feliz. Through her efforts there, she was able to contribute to the company's rapid growth with responsibilities rooted in organization, establishment, training, and human resources. During EarthLink Network’s 1997 IPO, Sarah served as part of the company’s core team.

Sarah brings this passion for organization to her role at Scorpion, where she works tirelessly to ensure that we achieve maximum efficiency with our workflow. She is also responsible for ensuring that each team member is given the support he or she needs to set and achieve clear career development goals.

Michael brings his skills he developed from The Johns Hopkins University, where he received a Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering with an emphasis in Computer Programming as well as his law degree from the University of Oklahoma with an emphasis in Intellectual Property. Michael is currently admitted to practice law in at least California, Texas, and New York in addition to being a registered patent attorney (Reg. No. 58,801).

As Scorpion's Chief Legal Officer, Michael heads up Scorpion's legal team and personally and diligently protects the intellectual property rights of both Scorpion and Scorpion's clients from patent, trademark, and copyright infringement.

Additionally, Michael also holds the role as Senior VP of Sales over Scorpion's home services division. In this role, Michael is constantly working on developing business relationships while also frequently speaking at conferences where he enjoys educating professional contractors on Google best practices so they can hold their current providers accountable in today's every changing landscape.

Eric is the Client Experience Officer at Scorpion, responsible for overseeing the production and servicing of the thousands of online campaigns that the company actively maintains. Since he joined Scorpion, his leadership and work ethic resulted in a direct increase not only in the number of websites the company was able to produce, but also the overall quality and effectiveness of these sites. This is evidenced through Scorpion’s inclusion for five years in a row in the Inc. 5000 list of fastest growing companies in the U.S. For the year of 2015, Scorpion made the list at #1652 with an amazing three-year growth of 247%.

As he manages the majority of employees at Scorpion, Eric recognizes the importance of creating a strong work ethic without taking the fun out of the job. He has created closely managed teams to carry out the various functions of the company, whether it is design, launching websites, or managing marketing campaigns for clients. Under his direction, these teams have been able to increase their production while also placing even more of an emphasis on personal client service and unprecedented turnaround times for marketing projects and individual client requests.

Christina serves as Chief of Staff at Scorpion and plays an integral role in all aspects of client development, product development and operations. She is known for the passion she has for the company and her constant desire to provide clients with VIP service. She is constantly striving to push boundaries and is a leading force in creating an atmosphere at Scorpion where nothing is impossible.

"No matter how small or how big, every client should be treated the same," said Christina. "They should get the best. The goal is to make every client feel confident they made the right choice by partnering with Scorpion. I want them to feel the wow factor in everything that we do – from the product we deliver, to the relationship they have with their team here, all the way to the end result. I take pride in delivering the absolute best and am proud to be a part of something that impacts our clients in big ways.”

Scorpion CEO, Rustin Kretz, had this to say about Christina, "I know I speak for everyone when I say Christina is the embodiment of Scorpion. Her incredible commitment, passion and care are second to none. She fights to constantly achieve what we call a Perfect Product, and ensures that she'll do anything it takes to make sure our clients love working with us."

Christine has spent more than 15 years working in the marketing and advertising industry. During this time, she has primarily focused on the health and medical sectors. A few of her past positions include Senior Marketing Communications Manager for Zimmer Biomet, Corporate Director of Marketing Communications for Citrus Valley Health Partners, and Marketing Manager for St. Joseph Hospital.

Using her wealth of experience in healthcare marketing, advertising, and brand development, Christine provides leadership and support for Scorpion’s healthcare team. She works to provide hospitals and other healthcare providers with strategic digital marketing plans that can help them boost their online presence, attract more patients, and raise their service line revenue. Christine is a creative and collaborative leader who knows how to drive initiatives forward in a fast-paced environment and achieve success through measurable outcomes.

Jeffrey is the Senior Systems Architect for Scorpion Design. Each and every application which is built by Scorpion Design and its sister company, Scorpion Technology, has Jeffrey's fingerprint and unique vision. He is responsible for overseeing the development, design and data-structure of all our custom and packaged software and is an expert in technologies such as Microsoft .NET, C#, XML, SQL Server, JavaScript and HTML.