Sherri Barna
Sherri has loved social media since MySpace and ICQ were popular in the early 2000’s. She was promoted to the position of Director of Social Media for an international non-profit organization in 2012, where she stayed for six years. In 2018, she took the step to open her own social media agency, Purple Bean Media, where she helps companies grow their brand and make sales using all social platforms.
Sherri has been featured on the Tell, Don’t Sell Podcast, and contributes to Marketing Edge Magazine. She speaks across Ontario, training business leaders on the power of social media. One of the highlights of Sherri’s work is travelling overseas with her clients to develop creative content and to provide on location social media services.
Trevor Cherewka
Trevor has built his career by helping others succeed. After years working in the music industry with some of the largest labels and bands, and sensing that digital and the web was the future, he set out on his own to start a digital agency.
Within a year, Trevor created a social media conference bringing the best trainers, doers, and speakers together. Within five years, Tweetstock had trained over 2,000 attendees to succeed in Social Media.
Wanting to keep up with online trends, Trevor set his sight on SEO. Here he found his true calling, helping others succeed where they previously struggled.
Trevor regularly provides digital marketing training at small business seminars and government agency events. He has been a guest speaker at Mohawk College, Conestoga College, and Humber College as well as providing internships for Laurier University and Humber College.
Last year Trevor mentored a team of Conestoga students for their Capstone Project; an internal competition for graduate students from the web development course, finishing 1st overall. All three students successfully landed in the IT field.
Trevor continues to run the digital agency, Smashing Pixels Inc, while expanding his training and consulting services.
When it comes to technical SEO, content creation, and user experience, Trevor is who you want on your team.
