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Chris Berta is a Partner of the Laurel Group with responsibilities including business development and senior management searches. His primary area of focus is in the marketing industry. He brings over 14 years of recruiting, sales and marketing experience with Fortune 50 companies as well as early stage start-ups. Chris has successfully completed engagements with Real Networks, Onvia, Clearwire, Intermec, and InfoSpace to name a few. Prior to joining the Laurel Group, Chris was the Marketing Manager at Washington Mutual, Inc., directing their online marketing efforts. He developed his knowledge of the online marketing space during his tenure as an Account Director at Avenue A, now Aquantive, Inc., and at Amazon.com. Previous to his work in the marketing arena, Chris had a successful selling and business development career within the consumer goods industry for Sara Lee Corporation and Seattle's Best Coffee. He has an impressive business track record of managing all stages of a product's development as well as managing marketing campaigns for small start-ups to Fortune 50 companies. Chris is a member of the Seattle Chamber of the American Marketing Association and the Seattle Rotary #4. In addition, he serves on the marketing board of the University of Washington Alumni Association. He received a Bachelor of Science in Economics and a Bachelor in Arts in German from the University of Washington. Chris resides in Seattle with his wife Kathi and their sons Zach and Ryan.