Urban Strata has been operating off and on since December 31, 2002, when Jeff first registered the domain and began blogging about his experiences living in New York City. The site has ebbed and flowed ever since (though mostly ebbed) and is today a journal of occasional musings on life, music, urban living, marketing and technology.
Marie joined Urban Strata in 2005, mostly for the super-cool e-mail address but also for the occasional blog post. The couple is engaged to marry in April 2011 near Marie’s parents’ home in St. Louis, MO.
Jeff
Jeff grew up in Atlanta but calls New York City his true home; he spent seven years in the Big Apple working in technology public relations with companies such as Microsoft, Citrix, Palm and VeriSign. He is currently a second-year MBA candidate at the UC Berkeley-Haas School of Business, where his studies focus on marketing and management of technology. After school, he is joining Microsoft’s Business Marketing Organization (BMO) in Bellevue, Wash., and hopes to resume his interests in writing music, indie film and dining out.
Marie
Marie is a second-year MBA candidate at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management, where she is focusing on marketing and management in the biotechnology industry. She spent the previous five years in New York City in advertising and marketing strategy consulting at Ogilvy New York and Goodman&Company, working with clients such as IBM, SAP, Kodak and Avon. Next up, she is joining Amgen’s Commercial Leadership Program (CLP) based in Seattle, Wash. Outside of school and work, her interests include reading, film, working out and dogs of just about any kind.