Marathon Q1 Milestone Anniversaries 2021
A big congratulations to Katie Keene and Chuck Bryan for their 10 year anniversary with Marathon Consulting! Katie and Chuck have had an impressive and impactful tenure with the company and we thank them for their hard work, dedication and commitment to exemplary customer service.
Katie Keene
Towards the end of 2010/start of 2011, Marathon was approaching the five-year mark of being in business. Up to that point, Marathon’s founding partners had handled all of the functions related running the business, including business development, staff support, and recruiting. To the casual observer, we had done pretty well by ourselves, hiring 23 new employees in our first five years. However, we had come to a point where we realized if we wanted to be able to sustain the level growth that our growing reputation was demanding, it was imperative that we bring on a professional fulltime recruiter. Fortunately, we had recently been introduced to Katie Keene, and a phone call that started out as a discussion related to potential local recruiters who might be on the market turned into a job interview that would help shape the fortunes of Marathon over the course of the next decade.
Chuck also loves to learn, and throughout his career he’s been a constant student of technology. He’s consistently an early adopter of emerging tools, techniques, and frameworks which keep him on the bleeding edge of software development. This drive to learn makes Chuck a valuable resource for others at Marathon to learn from. He was a natural choice for the role of Professional Development Manager, responsible for assisting fellow consultants plan out and execute their learning and training career goals. Chuck is also an active speaker at Marathon Training Sessions sharing and presenting on numerous topics since the beginning of the program.
Chuck’s professionalism, personality, and technical expertise has made him an invaluable resource to the firm. Whenever asked to step up in different situations, Chuck has always answered the bell. This is true internally where he serves as a Team Lead providing consultant staff support, as well as with clients, where he’s been asked to take on projects requiring him to learn new skills or technologies.