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Mark brings a unique gift to Tribal Chicken: an eye for aesthetics and a head for the sciences. After growing up primarily in Tennessee and California, Mark attended the Art Institute of Atlanta, graduating with a degree in Visual Communication in 1997. It was while in school that Mark conceived the name “Tribal Chicken,” which he used as the title of his online portfolio. Immediately after graduation, Mark put his skill to work at such companies as Newton Park, IBM and Faucett New Media, among others. In 2001 he decided it was time to form his own business with the help of Benay and Woody, and thus TCD was founded. Mark has had the opportunity of working with many high-profile clients such as AOL, Priceline.com, ASO/Woodruff Arts Center, Atlantic Station, Barbra Streisand, Mercedes-Benz, Saab, Ketchum, Orkin, Boys and Girls Club of Atlanta, Cartoon Network, the Georgia Aquarium, Brand Atlanta and the Beltline Project.Benay was born and raised in Miami, Florida where her parents instilled in her a deep love of the arts. She earned an Associates Degree in Accounting from Boston University, before transferring to the University of Colorado in Boulder to pursue her true passion: fine arts. After graduating with a BFA in Studio Arts in 1989, Benay moved to Atlanta to manage the Coop Advertising program for Caber Systems, a computer retailer with 25 locations throughout the Southeast. After a buyout by GE Capital in 1993, Benay went to work for the Coca-Cola Company as a Sr. Designer, then being promoted to Art Director during her 7-year tenure. Brief stints followed as Art Director at the IBM Knowledge Studio and at Outweb as Creative Director, before the dotcom crash of 2001. That was just the incentive she needed to put her love of design and head for business to work for herself, and form TCD with Mark and Woody. Benay has worked with other notable clients such as Ballard Designs, CNN and the Turner Entertainment Networks. She currently lives in Atlanta with her family. Woody is a true Atlanta native. He attended the University of Georgia's Grady College, majoring in Telecommunication Arts. He also studied Multimedia at the Art Institute of Atlanta. He's since put his talent for Design and Development to work at Outweb, TechBridge, Cartoon Network and Adult Swim. Woody has had the opportunity to work with many other clients such as City of Atlanta, Open Door Foundation, Turner Sports Interactive, PGA, Boys and Girls Club of Atlanta, the Warrick Dunn Foundation, Byers Engineering and Crawford and Company. Woody currently lives in Marietta.
Grant Davies was born in Rochdale near Manchester in the UK. After getting his first computer at age 12, the path was set for technology and electronics. Grant earned a diploma in Electronic Engineering at Manchester College of Higher Education and went on to get Higher National Diploma in Computer Studies at Bolton Institute of Higher Education. Grant moved to the midlands in the UK and graduated with honors, earning his BSc in Computer Science. During college, Grant ran his own company, Mucrial Systems and wrote Microsoft DOS software for the Ordinance Survey Organization who map the United Kingdom. Grant worked for Kalahari Software until 1996, writing futures market software when he immigrated to the US. Grant worked for various Fortune 500 companies until his love of music and software development crossed paths with Michael Kohler in 1998 and Bluetube Productions was founded shortly after. Since meeting the folks at TCD in 2005, they have been happy to collaborate on several projects. Grant is an Enterprise Architect, designing, building and evangelizing software solutions in various languages for both Fortune 500s and mom-and-pop shops. Grant became a permanent resident of the US in 2000 and is looking forward to gaining his citizenship in 2006. When not spending time with his family, Grant will be drag racing, riding his motorcycle or have his nose in a book learning something new. |
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