The Explorers >>

Alison Burwinkel: A graduate industrial designer of the University of Cincinnati College of Design Art Architecture and Planning, Alison handles Marco Polo projects with outstanding efficiency and unbelievable dexterity. Alison is the co-creator of our intranet innovation tool, Pipeline Online - in fact, when you have questions, don’t ask Marco, ask the brains of our outfit.

Jim Tobergta: Meet our go-to guy for making ideas come to life. A graduate of University of Cincinnati College of Design Art Architecture and planning, Jim is a classically trained industrial designers as well as an MPE veteran with hundresds of sessions in his portfolio.

Gary Kopervas: Gary Kopervas is one of the founding members of Marco Polo. Since 1995, he’s been in over 100 Big Idea Sessions and has written several thousand new product concepts. With his track record as an ad agency creative director, seasoned brand strategist and nationally sydicated cartoonist, he regarded as one of America’s most illustrious thinkers.

Wendi Ezgur: Although she reaches a height of barely 4-11, Wendi is always the biggest personality in the room. Our former Annie Star shines as our brightest, most articulate Explorer. She’s forever thinking of ideas and over 63 have made the successful trek to market. This veteran of ideation, mother of 3, and one of the countries fastest and most fluid brains comes with a guarantee - to double the ideas and energy of any challenge.