The Volacci Team

Erik is originally from Worcester, Massachusetts, the second largest city in New England. A "yankee" at heart, Erik spent his formative years in Maine, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania. Erik graduated from Union College in Schenectady, New York with his B.A. in Political Science and minors in Philosophy and Religious Studies. He wisely defected to Texas following graduation.

Erik enjoys long walks on the beach, puppies, waffles, and Yoko Ono records. Erik currently resides in Austin, Texas with his two dogs, Albert and Mowgli.

Erik is certified in Google Analytics and Google Adwords.

Josh's passion for developing relationships brought him to Volacci's doorstep in November of 2008. After spending several years as an "IT guy," Josh realized he enjoyed interacting with the people he supported. He quickly moved out of the server room and into the board room. Josh now focuses all his efforts on creating raving fans of both clients and partners alike, in order to completely dominate the SEO sphere.

Josh is originally from Southeast Texas, but has called Austin home for almost 20 years. He met his wife, Clesha, in high school while playing basketball. Josh also played college football at the Colorado School of Mines, and once ate his weight in raw gulf oysters. On the weekends, Josh avidly avoids yard work by spending quality time with Clesha and their four kids, who all call him "Big Daddy."

Brian grew up in the heart of bluegrass where he graduated from the University of Kentucky with a degree in Journalism. After graduation, he spent the better part of the next five years traveling; playing concerts in obscure Polish rock clubs, exploring the Amalfi Coast with senior citizens living out their retirement dreams or in a made-up town in Nebraska writing and co-producing an award-winning movie. All the while he was honing his writing skills and finding his voice.

As fate would have it, his next diversion was New Orleans where he worked in radio and studied theology just long enough to meet his beautiful wife Jenna, but short enough to avoid Hurricane Katrina. After five years and two massive hurricanes, Brian and Jenna relocated to Austin where he writes at Volacci and is blessed to play music on a weekly basis.

Brett Tarr, having a diverse background in internet marketing Brett brings a wide array of skills to his clients to ensure their success online. Skilled in providing creative and unqiue solutions to common marketing issues, Mr. Tarr helps clients discover new opportunities to capitalize on while enlisting a pragmatic, results focused plan for increasing revenue.

Utilizing his experience in sales, traditional and online advertising, network marketing, public relations, information marketing, and strategic consultation, Mr. Tarr has helped a variety of clients from large, multinational businesses to first time business owners succeed in online marketing. Brett is a Northstar Certified Internet Mentor and was selected as internet marketing mentor of the year in 2008 by his peers.

Brett is described by his clients as having high integrity, results orientated, and creative. “He is full of marketing secrets, hints, tips, and surprises. He gave me more marketing ideas than any other person I've ever listened to for assistance. Besides, he has a super personality and has plenty of energy to get your job done.”

He holds certifications as a Google AdWords Specialist and has completed numerous courses on sales training, leadership training, personal development and interpersonal communication. He is a graduate of Landmark Forum, and has completed courses on body language, NLP, tapping, human psychology, male / female psychology, law of attraction, persuasion marketing, etc.

Prior to joining Volacci, Mr. Tarr worked at Jupiter Research in the Strategic Research and Consulting division for three years providing strategic marketing consultations to large high tech corporations such as Adobe, Microsoft, IBM, and Oracle.

He has been quoted by Business Week, Business 2.0, Line56.com and has been on the board of directors for several business to business software companies and non-profit corporations.