Experts and Expertise
We’re a group of strategic digital marketing specialists, high-end designers, and top-notch developers ready to market your company and your website. It’s something we’re incredibly passionate about, and good things happen for our partners because of that. Like what, you ask? An industry-leading online presence, consistent lead-generation, and an audience happy to engage with your content.
We come together to support each other when deadlines loom and capitalize on our cross-functional skill set for the greater good—read: your bottom line.
Our Outlook
Ours is an adventurous spirit. The good fortune of having experience in every major industry means that we’re game to join you on your journey, whatever that may look like.
Customized
We know there is no “one size fits all” when it comes to digital marketing. That’s why you won’t find service “packages” on our site. Our goal is to understand your needs, wants, and contractions, so we can best design a program and approach that works for you when you need it. And hey, if things change, that’s okay, too.
Cross-Functional
The Intuitive Websites team is way more than the sum of its parts, but those parts are best in class. We know how design works with development, how content works with social, and how technical config works with SEO—all so you and your team don’t have to.
We’re Checklist People
If our mission was to consistently scale results for our clients, we realized we needed a tried, true, and repeatable process. So we made the most high-tech, intricate, and intimidating thing imaginable: a checklist. In all seriousness, you can rest assured knowing that growth for your company looks like a simple, easy-to-follow set of steps—and that your partners know exactly what needs to get done, and when.
Tom Young and the IW team.
Here’s what
we value:
- Committed to learning and forward-thinking.
- Taking the initiative to provide exceptional service for our clients.
- A dedicated team devoted to our clients.
- Mutual respect is ingrained in our culture.
- We are accountable.
- We enjoy what we do!
And here’s how we live our values
We donate to public radio.
We work from home and coworking spaces.
We speak and author books on marketing.
We celebrate client wins with virtual happy hours.
We produce industry leading and informative blogs.
We share educational resources across our team.
Meet Your Marketing Team Extension
Thomas Young is the CEO and Founder of Intuitive Websites.
Thomas Young is a Vistage speaker, author and consultant. His most recent release “Digital Marketing in the Age of AI” is a groundbreaking book showing readers how to use the power of AI in their marketing. Thomas has over 30 years experience in marketing and has helped thousands of companies grow their sales.
Tom Young
CEO/Founder
Adrian Collins Is Intuitive Websites’ Creative Director.
Adrian leads Intuitive Websites’ talented team of designers and developers in their never-ending quest to create the perfect website and more. He loves the challenge of creating intuitive and powerful designs from scratch and molding them into powerful, lead-generating, captivating, and visually stunning portals of profitability and community. Adrian embraces both spheres of his brain and enjoys executing the technical and combining it with the creative.
Adrian is another Intuitive Websites overachiever and scholar. In addition to earning his BA in English, and graduating Magna cum Laude from San Diego State University, he also found time to serve his country as a member of the US Navy.
Before joining Intuitive Websites, Adrian was a much-in-demand designer that counted major companies like General Mills, Best Buy, SAIC, and Good Sam as clients. He continues to help clients, large and small, develop a winning digital presence that engages, captivates, and informs the user. Along with Tom Young, Intuitive Websites CEO, and founder, Adrian helped grow the company from a small operation of two people to a thriving company of 15 full-time employees and a roster of hundreds of accounts.
Adrian loves the dirt. As a lifelong dirt and mountain biker, he loves hitting the trails, getting dirty, and conquering mountains. Like many Intuitive Websites co-workers, Adrian enjoys playing drums and guitars. In addition, he loves to volunteer and manages his son’s soccer team, maintains their local elementary school’s website, and organizes annual desert races. Adrian loves exploring the world and has lived in exotic locations, including the Philippines and Brazil.
Adrian lives in beautiful, sunny San Diego and follows this motto: “Make an effort, not an excuse.”
Adrian Collins
Creative Director
Kerianne Leffew is Intuitive Websites’ COO.
Kerianne Leffew is a builder, rainmaker, and traffic controller. As Intuitive Websites’ COO, she’s the big-picture puppetmaster that keeps IW’s employees, operations, and clients all synchronized and moving seamlessly. Without her, it would be chaos. She’s a catalyst, joke cracker, music superfan, and taskmaster.
As with many of the creative folks at IW, Kerianne is immersed in music and draws on her background and experience as a successful festival operations manager-The Forecastle Music and Activism Festival in Louisville, KY, with 150 bands, five stages, and the Roots 40 Music Festival in Denver that featured 500 bands, 30 venues, and ran for one week. And her experience doesn’t end with the chaotic world of music event planning; it extends to her time in finance at The Impact Finance Center and STEM education and entrepreneurship at Innovation Pavilion.
Kerianne earned her Bachelor of Science in Communications from the University of Kentucky-Louisville.
When she’s not working with her mind, she puts her back into her hobbies. Kerianne likes playing in the dirt, rebuilding her backyard, adding a patio extension, and planting many shrubs and trees. She also loves riding motorcycles, attending concerts, and playing with her dog, Hendrix, and her husband, Kamran.
Favorite quote: “Make big things happen.”
Kerianne Leffew
COO
Elizabeth Acosta is Intuitive Websites’ Digital Funnel Manager.
Liz makes the creative and analytical pieces fit together and create a powerful synergy. Instead, Liz uses her analytical and organizational skills to keep Intuitive Websites’ clients generating leads, serving customers, and growing the brand. Liz loves delivering superior results for every client. Liz’s specialties are creating winning email marketing campaigns with stellar results and developing innovative social media engagement with sticky content.
When Liz isn’t working hard, she’s playing hard. She enjoys painting, cooking and baking, hiking and exploring Colorado, traveling to new places, and seeing live music whenever possible.
“The mountains are calling, and I must go.”- John Muir.
Liz Acosta
Digital Funnel Manager
Shelly is a content specialist at Intuitive Websites.
She loves to help Intuitive’s clients unite rich, clever content with amazing design. Shelly has a master’s degree in integrated design and over 20+ years working in both the corporate and agency sides of print and digital marketing, most recently for the technology industry. She loves to try new things, read, exercise, and in her free time can be found coaching youth sports or diving into a DIY project with her husband in Maryland. She has three amazing kiddos, a super fat cat, Rosie, and a lovable (yet moderately psycho) rescue dog, Teddy.
Shelly Holdaway
Content Manager
Pati is the Administrative Manager at Intuitive Websites.
Pati keeps Intuitive Websites organized and humming. In addition to assisting the staff and Intuitive Websites’ busy CEO and COO, developing the company’s HR policies and procedures, providing sales support, accounting, recruiting talent, and helping Its growing team, she interfaces with Intuitive Websites clients and keeps them informed and happy.
Pati enjoys onboarding new clients and employees, constantly learning about digital marketing, and keeping things moving and running smoothly.
When Pati’s not busy working, she enjoys the great outdoors and experiencing the beauty of the Mile High City. Her activities include Zumba, camping, hiking, snowboarding, paddle boarding, rafting, traveling, and attending concerts. However, sitting around or resting on her laurels is not for her.
Pati Barczynska
Operations Manager
Timothy Lutes is an SEO Specialist at Intuitive Websites.
Timothy Lutes is a master SEO mixologist. He lives to marry data and creativity, the Right Brain and the Left Brain, and produce winning strategies that deliver results for Intuitive Websites’ clients. His keyword research, competitive intelligence, strategy, and optimization efforts deliver superior results for Intuitive Websites’ clients.
Timothy, a self-taught SEO specialist, and web developer, was a precocious prodigy when it came to technology and the early days of the web. An early adopter, and as early as 1995, a fifteen-year-old Timothy turned his obsession and love of the Beatles into a very successful and popular interactive and multimedia website–beatlesonline.com. It was so popular, in fact, that the local newspaper editor offered a teenage Timothy a job. In addition, that same website was referenced by CNN in a feature on the Beatles. Timothy carries this passion and fascination with everything web-related to his SEO role at Intuitive Websites.
When Timothy’s not helping Intuitive Websites’ clients slay the competition and converting visitors into buyers, he’s banging the skins as a drummer in a punk rock band, listening to and collecting music, consuming sci-fi and physics books, and geeking out on Star Trek.
His favorite quote is:
“When the going gets weird, the weird turns professional.” – Hunter S. Thompson
Timothy Lutes
Sr. SEO and Prompt Engineer
Tim Lemke is a Content Specialist at Intuitive Websites
Tim loves ideas and enjoys diving deep into new concepts and areas beyond his expertise. No matter how mundane, every topic offers something fascinating that can deepen our appreciation of how the world works. Tim believes that exploring those concepts and being willing to always ask why allows us to broaden our horizons and find the magic inherent in everyday life.
As a content specialist, Tim uses his inherent curiosity and desire to learn to help Intuitive Website’s clients tell their stories. Compelling content helps to guide the reader through a narrative journey by making them feel a part of the client’s story. Gaining a better understanding of IW’s clients gives Tim the tools to create more meaningful relationships between clients and their customers.
When away from the computer, Tim enjoys traveling with his wife to places not found easily on the map. A film lover, Tim often confounds his family and friends by referencing obscure movies he watched as a child. That they don’t often get his references is more a reflection of their lack of appreciation for B movies rather than all of the time he spent cooped up indoors as an only child.
When summing up his view on life, Tim often reflects on a quote from one of his most significant literary influences, Hunter S. Thompson — Buy the ticket, take the ride. For Tim, this quote symbolizes the idea that once you’ve decided to do something, there’s nothing left but to see it through to the end, regardless of wherever it takes you.
Tim Lemke
Senior Content Writer
Willow Ascenzo is a Content Writer and Specialist at Intuitive Websites.
Willow Ascenzo is a storyteller. As a content writer and specialist at Intuitive Websites, Willow weaves ideas and concepts into compelling stories. She creates original content that captures mindshare. Whether it’s an impactful new blog, optimized pillar page copy, a captivating email, or a splashy headline. Willow’s writing helps Intuitive Websites’ clients spark conversations, build communities, and connect with their customers and prospects. In addition, she enjoys the challenge of learning about new industries and clients and creatively telling their stories to the world.
Before joining the powerhouse team of storytellers and content strategists at Intuitive Websites, she worked as an in-house copywriter for six years. She counted many Wisconsin-based startups as her clients. That work prepared her well for the rigors and challenges of writing for Intuitive Websites’ diverse roster of clients and their audiences.
Willow earned a Bachelor of English from Loyola University Chicago, where she majored in English and also minored in physics. As a result of her various studies, she possesses that rare combination of Right Brain and Left Brain talents and perspectives. Her singular approach informs her writing and infuses it with a unique and winning perspective.
When Willow isn’t working hard on formulating, fetching content, and telling brand stories, she’s traversing the bike trails in her lovely city of Madison, Wisconsin, building Gundam figurines, working on writing her own fiction, and reading the masterful works of acclaimed authors Stephen King and Terry Pratchett. And, as if that weren’t enough, she is an ordained minister in the Church of the Latter-Day Dude and officiates the occasional wedding.
Her favorite quote comes from one of her favorite authors:
“Fantasy is an exercise bicycle for the mind. It might not take you anywhere, but it tones up the muscles that can.” – Terry Pratchett
Willow Ascenzo
Content Specialist
Jenn Boedeker is an SEO Specialist at Intuitive Websites.
Jenn (with two N’s) is an open book – brimming with enthusiasm and positivity, but she also loves to judge – websites that is.
That’s because being an SEO guru means judging keywords and what others are doing all day, every day. Her mission is simple – create extraordinary websites that strike the right balance of being useful to visitors and being understood by search engines.
A master scrutinizer, she especially loves to look at unfiltered user searches to get to the root of user intent. She is a firm believer that not all users find a product or service in the same way and she gets especially excited when she makes a recommendation. With anticipation like that of waiting for the tooth fairy, Jenn can’t wait to watch her ideas move the needle and improve her client’s website performance.
Prior to joining IW, Jenn has worked for a number of leading agencies and attributes her professional success to the amazing mentors she’s had along the way who gave her the freedom to explore all of the areas of digital marketing to find her fastball – SEO!
When Jenn isn’t making SEO recommendations, she’s having fun with friends and family – walking her dogs, playing cards, singing karaoke terribly, and watching the birds and squirrels in her birdfeeder.
Her favorite quote:
“If you do things right, people won’t be sure you’ve done anything at all.”
-God Entity from Futurama – Godfellas
Jenn Boedeker
SEO Specialist
Grace Barker is a Marketing Specialist at Intuitive Websites.
Meet Grace, creative catalyst, social media maven and graphic design guru. She’s the creative force behind eye-catching content that keeps our clients trending. How? With her secret superpower: transforming an idea into a visual narrative that captivates and converts.
She enjoys the challenge of blending creativity and strategy. Grace thrives on the creative freedom that digital marketing offers, always pushing the boundaries to keep our clients at the cutting edge of their industries. At the same time, she loves the teamwork and camaraderie at IW, with everyone working to achieve common goals.
By day, Grace crafts innovative marketing strategies and visually stunning designs. By night, she’s likely curled up with a historical fiction novel, watching a movie, sketching, or wielding knitting needles to create cozy sweaters.
What do you wish people knew about you but don’t?
I knit sweaters in my free time, and I love to draw.
Why do you do what you do at IW? What drives you?
I thrive on the creative freedom that social media and graphic design offer. Crafting visually appealing content and developing innovative marketing strategies allow me to express my creativity while staying at the forefront of industry trends. I also love sharing ideas and working together with a team to achieve common goals, which is a significant source of motivation.
What do you enjoy most about your job?
Having the opportunity to blend creativity with strategy and collaborating with a fun open-minded team.
What are your hobbies and interests outside of work?
I like to read historical fiction, draw, knit sweaters, and watch movies.
How did your skills, background, experience, and passions bring you to IW?
When I first learned about Intuitive Websites, I saw an opportunity to use my skills in social media, graphics, and marketing to help businesses grow and reach their audience more effectively.
Are you Left Brain, Right Brain, or both?
Right Brain
Grace Barker
Marketing Specialist
Jordan Gibson is an Account Manager at Intuitive Websites.
Jordan knows that listening, paying attention to details, building long-term relationships, exceeding expectations, and solving problems ensure Intuitive Clients’ satisfaction and success. And it’s just the right thing to do. She loves to advocate and deliver results for clients.
Jordan didn’t come to Intuitive Websites via the traditional route of agency internships or the media industry grind; instead, she was discovered by Intuitive Websites’ COO, Kerianne Leffew, who was so impressed with Jordan’s Texas-sized personality, effervescence, and can-do attitude that she converted her from a contractor to a full-time employee.
Jordan earned an Associate of Arts Degree from Tyler Junior College and has earned her HubSpot Certifications in Growth Driven Design, Delivering Client Success, and Client Management. She’s also Google Analytics Certified.
When she’s not busy at work, she loves playing with her two dachshunds, Audrey and Nash, collecting designer handbags, socializing with friends and family, and surprising friends with gifts. She’s also dreaming big and planning to travel the globe if she can find the time.
Her guiding principle is to deliver more than expected consistently.
Jordan Gibson
Account Manager
Kylie Henry is an Account Manager at Intuitive Websites.
An innate curiosity and a desire to experience new perspectives brought Kylie to Intuitive Websites. As someone who enjoys working towards a common goal, Kylie relishes the opportunity to collaborate with her clients to develop innovative ideas to better connect with their customers through marketing.
Kylie’s curiosity and desire to learn more about the clients she manages have enabled her to excel in her role as an Account Manager. Kylie works tirelessly with her teammates to gather the pieces of her client’s stories into a cohesive narrative highlighting the best these brands offer. Kylie’s hard work and determination to successfully bring a project together always mean the needs of her clients come first.
In her free time, Kylie enjoys spending time outdoors in the wide-open spaces of Texas with her family and traveling to new destinations. Never one to say no to trying something new, Kylie enjoys immersing herself in local cultures wherever she goes, especially when it comes to the food. Each bite and sip savored creates fond memories and a lasting connection with the people and places she has visited.
As someone mindful of her ability to help others, Kylie finds inspiration in the verse, “Out of His fullness we have all received grace in a place of grace already given.”
Kylie Henry
Account Manager
Kevin O’Day is an Account Manager at Intuitive Websites.
Kevin brings a wealth of experience and a passion for client success to his role at IW. For the past seven years, he’s been an account manager for a leading digital marketing agency in Montana, dedicated to helping clients reach their marketing goals. His expertise in organization, teamwork, and problem-solving makes him a vital asset to the IW team.
A fun fact about Kevin – after graduating from the University of Montana with a Marketing degree, Kevin spent the next two years working as a golf caddie. Guiding golfers through some of Arizona’s most pristine courses, he had the opportunity to caddie for a number of famous athletes and actors. This unique experience honed his ability to connect, communicate, and work with people of all personality types and backgrounds.
Living in the picturesque surroundings of Western Montana with his girlfriend and three dogs, Kevin’s love for the outdoors is evident to anyone who knows him. When he isn’t working, Kevin loves to travel, golf, ski, and hike. If an adventure awaits, Kevin is always ready to answer the call.
A left-brain thinker, Kevin finds inspiration in the John Wooden quote: “It’s the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen.” This motto underscores his meticulous approach to both his professional and personal life, focusing on the small details that contribute to the bigger picture of success.
Kevin O’Day
Account Manager
Kelsey Traconis is an Account Manager at Intuitive Websites.
Kelsey brings a rich blend of creativity, strategy, and client-focused passion to her role at Intuitive Websites. From her unique background as a wildlife educator at Disney World to her experience managing complex marketing accounts, Kelsey’s journey has always been about helping others achieve their goals through innovative strategies. Her hands-on approach and deep commitment to client success make her an essential part of the IW team.
As an Account Manager at IW, Kelsey is the driving force behind coordinating digital marketing strategies that deliver results. She excels blending data-driven insights with out-of-the-box thinking to create impactful campaigns that align perfectly with client objectives. Her ability to balance creativity with strategic planning ensures that every project she handles moves the needle for her clients.
Outside of work, Kelsey is an adventurer at heart. Whether exploring new parks with her family, finding hidden foodie spots, or planning trips up and down the East Coast, her zest for life is evident in everything she does. She often finds guidance in her favorite Walt Disney quote — “Around here, however, we don’t look backwards for very long. We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we’re curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.”
Kelsey Traconis
Account Manager
Michelle Angelica Gestuveo is a Client Operations Specialist at Intuitive Websites.
Michelle brings nearly 5 years of virtual administrative and project management expertise to IW. A digital dynamo with a flair for the creative, this self-proclaimed homebody is always pushing boundaries – personally and professionally.
Michelle loves being the behind-the-scenes force helping clients scale their operations and creating opportunities for others. Her right-brain dominance shines through in her passion for aesthetically pleasing outputs. Driven by her personal motto, “Believe you can and you’re halfway there” she is a driving force in helping IW clients get “all the way there.”
When not orchestrating client success, you’ll find her nose-deep in a book, binge-watching Netflix, or unleashing her artistic side with a sketchbook. Michelle also secretly harbors a desire to explore the great outdoors, but there are just so many good books!
Joining IW has been a perfect fit for Michelle, allowing her to flex her marketing muscles from the comfort of home while collaborating with a global team united by a shared mission of focusing on the customer.
Who are you?
I am Michelle Angelica Gestuveo, IW’s Client Operations Specialist. I graduated from Xavier University Ateneo de Cagayan Philippines with a degree in Business Administration – Marketing Management. I have been working in the digital administrative space (VA/Project Management) for nearly 5 years now.
What do you wish people knew about you but don’t?
I wish people knew that getting outdoors still interests me no matter how skeptic and afraid I might seem to step away from my room lol. I am definitely not a trekker or a sportsperson but I still would consider trying it out soon. Getting close with nature looks super cool!
Why do you do what you do at IW? What drives you?
I enjoy working at IW so much because I get to hone my skills with the most amazing team. Since I have started working here, everyone has been so helpful and uplifting about me getting used to how the whole system works and I am most grateful for that. I also love working with IW because it keeps me grounded that I still have a lot to learn, considering that IW caters more and more clients as time passes by. Meeting new clients would mean that I will also learn from their operations – something that would entirely help me widen my knowledge in the digital marketing space.
What do you enjoy most about your job?
What I enjoy most about this job is that I get to help IW bring our clients’ mission to success. Knowing that these businesses are also creating opportunities for other people, it gives me joy that I am part of the team who helps them upscale their operations so they can create more space for people who need it. I always love to see things in a bigger picture.
What are your hobbies and interests outside of work?
I am more of a home buddy so I am not really used to being outdoors. Mostly, I would be seen stuck inside my room reading a book, binge watching series on Netflix, or drawing and painting on my sketchbooks. I do go out with friends sometimes, although they’ll need to drag me out of my house lol
How did your skills, background, experience, and passions bring you to IW?
I have always had a thing for working in the digital marketing space. I hated working inside the four corners of an office where I would only do repetitive tasks. Being in this field allowed me to experience and breathe marketing through the comfort of my own home, without any restrictions whatsoever about where my skills and experience would take me. And that led me to working with IW – a team whose members are miles away from me but we all share the same mission of providing quality services for businesses.
Are you Left Brain, Right Brain, or both?
Right. People would often describe me as a creative gal who always makes sure that my outputs are as aesthetically pleasing as possible. I do know that I still have a lot to learn in terms of art but it’s definitely the path that I enjoy taking.
Do you have a favorite quote or credo that inspires or defines you?
“Believe you can and you’re halfway there.”
Michelle Angelica Gestuveo
Client Operations Specialist
Gina Lorenz is a Lead UX Designer at Intuitive Websites
Gina Lorenz is passionate about design. She strives to deliver the best design, UX, and UI solutions, websites, and digital experience to our customers and prospects. She is passionate about creating and rendering impactful designs that captivate, impress, and motivate the end user. She never tires of this quest and her pursuit of UX perfection and loves being part of the talented team of creative minds and problem solvers at IW.
Gina earned a BFA in Web Design and New Media from the Academy of Art University San Francisco. She continues to foster her love of learning and refines her approach to design. She enjoys staying on top of new design and development trends and continues her studies in these areas.
As you would expect, with such a creative and dynamic individual, Gina is in constant motion and never idle. When she’s not busy delivering the best darn websites in the business, she’s giving back to the community with her work at a local children’s non-profit. You might also just catch her cycling, hiking, sailing, rock-hounding, or spending the day reading. And, as with all things in life, it’s better to share those things with others. To that end, Gina loves spending time with her four adult children, husband, parents, and her cool cat, Toulouse.“One’s destination is never a place but rather a new way of looking at things.” – Henry Miller
Gina Lorenz
Lead UX Designer
Joy Blanchard is a Senior Front End Developer at Intuitive Websites.
Joy Blanchard is a problem solver. As Intuitive Websites’ Senior Front-End Developer, Joy analyzes the situation and renders great solutions when developing a new website project, coding functionality, optimizing a new website, installing and testing updates, or troubleshooting a technical issue. There are no problems, just solutions, and Joy finds them.
Joy, a self-taught front-end wizard, and dazzling developer learned how to fuse her artsy Right Brain with her analytical, coding Left Brain, and the result is winning websites that look beautiful and perform. She codes Intuitive Websites clients’ websites and ensures that the front-end functions consistently, effortlessly, and robustly. Joy tests new sites, launches them and keeps them updated and running 24-7-365.
Joy earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in Painting from the University of The Philippines and a certificate in coding (HTML, CSS3, and JQuery) from Code School. She’s also earned certifications from Mental Health First Aid USA.
When Joy isn’t busy being busy, she’s exploring new interests like photography and music, attending a cool concert, knitting a new hat for a friend, learning the ukulele, making jewelry, exploring with her adult daughter, son, and husband, traveling, learning new languages, and enjoying the great outdoors in the Mile High City. Joy has her Black Belt in Kung Fu, so watch it, buddy. And, as if that weren’t enough, Joy loves to play her drums after a hard day of coding.
“Don’t let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.”–John Wooden
Joy Blanchard
Senior Front End Developer
You’ve met us, now let’s meet you!
We like to start with an initial meeting or phone call to evaluate your needs and determine if there is a good fit. We are happy to sign a non-disclosure and review your current marketing efforts. Following our initial discussion, we can prepare a customized proposal for your team.