Why Choose Our PPC Team?
- We’re a team of experienced PPC managers who are strongly in tune with the ever-changing landscape of digital advertising.
- We’re dedicated to constant optimization and learning.
- We manage client PPC accounts as if they were our own.
- Each one of our clients has real people behind them, not just software.
John Thornton
Founder & CEO
While John may be a marketing rock star, he thinks he’s an actual rock star, and a 
Annie Yeager
Account Director
Annie is the glue at Black Propeller, but we don’t tell her that. Glue is a sensitive topic for her. See, Annie loves horses, a lot. And they love her too. Especially Serene Harbor, who made her a famous Steeplechase Jockey. Unfortunately, Annie’s horse racing skills don’t really translate to most other sports, like 
Brendan McKernan
Senior Account Manager
Brendan loves data – whether its analyzing a client’s digital performance or running numbers on who to start in fantasy football. When he isn’t knee deep in numbers he can be found searching for the next craft beer to enjoy or cheering on the Baltimore Os or Washington Football Team. (maybe not the best choice in winning teams).
Delaney Newhart
Paid Social Manager
Immersed in social media from a young age, Delaney was frequently told by teachers “you’ll never get a job that lets you sit on social media all day”. Determined to prove someone wrong besides herself, she continued to post on social media and learn as much as possible about each platform. #Inspiring. And while she could have never predicted the multi-billion dollar future of social advertising, she’s thrilled she never lost sight of her passion for discovering new audiences online and finding creative ways to connect with them. Or at least that’s what we hear. She’s not writing this in the third person or anything…that would be weird.
Mary Morris
Paid Search Manager
Mary’s pride and joy is her dog 
Dalton Bowlin
Paid Search Manager
When he’s not bragging about how great working in Glacier National Park was or listening to extremely heavy music (which he listens to nonstop), Dalton’s just a normal dude with a passion for PPC. He loves learning the latest digital marketing techniques, loves his awesome fiancée, and loves to say he can quote 95% of the movie, “The Other Guys”, but we have yet to verify if that’s accurate.
Adam Baldridge
Digital Marketing Coordinator
Adam is a recent transplant to the Maryland area from Alabama where he attended the University of Alabama and majored in college football (do they even offer other majors?). Adam also drinks Mountain Dew Baja Blast. Yep, he’s that guy.
Alexandra Calvey
Digital Marketing Coordinator
Alex is from Scranton, PA and can confirm that The Office is not fiction. She says she’s a Pam, but she’s definitely more of an Angela. Alex is a marketing enthusiast and a cat person. No, this doesn’t mean she doesn’t like dogs… but we think it does.
Mike DiNatale
Digital Marketing Intern
Mike claims to be an outdoorsman…fishing, hiking, camping are his jam, or so he says. However, Mike drives to work despite living within eyesight of our office, so we’re not buying the whole active lifestyle thing. Mike also claims to be the world’s biggest Ravens fan. We believe that.
Hannah Johnston
Lead Designer
Hannah may sit a lot for her job, but makes up for it with all the hiking she does out of the office. Although she’s not satisfied with east coast “hills” after living out west, she says they get the job done. She may be infamous for getting lost on the trail, but lucky for us she can map out an eye-catching design like a pro.
Larissa MacDougall
Production Designer
Larissa loves everything design – from beautiful landing pages to dashing display ads, she is always creating something new. Her love for design stems from her love for adventure. You will never find her without her trail running shoes on, or a (super great or super terrible) recipe for homemade coffee in her hand.
Bill Barbre
Project Manager
Meet Bill, National Staring Contest Champion and all-around technical guru. He’s also designed a few websites in his career, building his first website over 20 years ago. And that just so happens to be the last time he smiled too.
