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Marci Montgomery is STORIA's founder and company president. She is a writer, executive producer, and former journalist, whose career has included writing for a New York Times-owned daily newspaper and leading business development efforts for companies such as Verizon and Fujitsu Consulting. A graduate of the University of South Florida with a degree in Mass Communications, Marci developed a love of journalism and business. She soon found herself helping companies develop the narrative elements behind their brands. In founding STORIA, her goal was to foster a creative, familial environment in which the company itself would have its own joie de vivre -- and where stories would always be well told, regardless of the medium. Marci is a member of UC Berkeley's Pacific Film Archive and the French American Chamber of Commerce in San Francisco (FACCSF). When not working, she can be found reading classic literature (Hardy, Austen, Dickens, Balzac, James, etc.) and watching foreign and old-Hollywood films. Her favorite directors are Truffaut and Hitchcock.

Jack Shandle's 25-year writing career has spanned newspapers, magazines and corporate publications. As a journalist, he has been an award-winning feature writer for the largest suburban daily in the Philadelphia metro region, the chief editor of the industry-leading trade publication for electronics engineers, and the chief editor of a pioneering web site for engineers. ?Since starting his freelance business in 2002, Jack has written hundreds of case studies, white papers, and conference papers and contributed articles, web pages, and marketing copy for dozens of companies, including Cisco Systems, Texas Instruments, Philips, Micron, Applied Materials, and PricewaterhouseCoopers. A Philadelphia native, Jack holds a Master's Degree in Journalism from Temple University and a Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania. He lives in San Francisco and enjoys hiking, snowshoeing, and European travel.

Phil Montgomery was born in Tampa, Florida but grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area. He is currently studying marketing strategy and finance at San Francisco State University. After several internships at one of the Big 4 public accounting firms, he decided to try his hand at the creative side of business with STORIA, where he serves on the creative team and is in charge of account relations and office management. An avid outdoorsman, Phil is passionate about rock climbing and hiking. He can also be found trouncing the competition at Halo in his spare time.

Meryem Zaghdoud is a pure product of a cultural mix. Born in Morocco, she moved to France and graduated from the University of Rennes II with a degree in Corporate Communications. She interned at the non-profit organization Fondation de France, where she was responsible for press relations. Following her internship, she joined a consulting agency specializing in Customer Relationship Management (CRM), where she was in charge of communications and brand development. She is now part of the STORIA creative and production team, and handles French titles and translations. A natural born traveler, Meryem moved to San Francisco with a specific goal: to discover the American culture that had long piqued her curiosity. She enjoys watching The Simpsons and eating pumpkin pie, and says that she has "...taken a quick taste of American life, and loves it!"

Greg Knowles is STORIA's in-house video editor. He is a filmmaker and student at San Francisco State University.