▶︎ Our TEAM

We built MK2 Marketing on the foundation of trust, responsibility, and the utmost respect for our work, our associates, and our clients. These principles guide every client engagement we undertake, large or small. Our core focus is to help our clients and partner institutions extract the maximum value from the resources they commit to corporate communications or enrollment efforts and yield strategies.

Pat O'Brien

Pat O'Brien

Founder, President

Pat has spent the past 20 years in sales, sales management, and executive leadership positions in the direct marketing services industry. A keen desire to take the wheel and drive led Pat to establish MK2 Marketing (formerly Whiteboard) in 2013 as a provider of strategic marketing services focused on the critical components of successful acquisition and communication strategies. Pat’s sales philosophy has always been to deliver maximum value to his clients while building meaningful and lasting relationships. Pat has worked closely with a large array of organizations throughout his career, from Fortune 50 companies to small startups that have rocketed to the moon. He holds a bachelor’s from Mount Saint Mary’s University and an MBA from Pennsylvania State University.

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Ryan Malino

Ryan Malino

Executive Vice President, Operations

Ryan has 20+ years of experience in the direct marketing services industry with a focus on program engineering, technology, and successful execution. His diverse background in the industry takes him from shop floor operations to technology infrastructure to database management and everywhere in between. Ryan focuses on cutting-edge technology while marrying past know-how and industry knowledge to best engineer solutions that drive customer successes.

Ryan has worked closely with many customers varying in size and across a multitude of verticals, including higher education, financial services, pharmaceuticals, automotive, and utilities.

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