Ryan Gill
Chief Executive Officer / Co-Founder
In 1999 Ryan recognized the potential of interactive technology and entered the industry, in 2002 he founded Suitcase Interactive with his two partners Trent Martens, and Joel Goldberg. He has helped guide us to industry leadership. Through his passion and knowledge we have grown from a three-person start-up to a nationally recognized agency.
Gill is an expert in the digital advertising industry, and was also recently recognized as a Top 40 under 40 in 2007. He has also been recognized by several publications, and his agency was named Interactive Agency of the year in 2007, while his company's creative and usability departments takes home many best in show awards in the interactive arenas.
Before opening Suitcase Interactive, Gill worked in the agency world, was a teacher/instructor, and played Junior Hockey in Canada. As CEO Ryan pursues and solidifies relationships for our company. Since founding the company he has been responsible for
adding many world class brands that make up the Suitcase Roster - Accounts such as CIBC, WestJet, Shaw, United Way, Forzani Group, Super Channel, and Pattison.
Ryan is also strongly committed to his community, philanthropy and charity works around the world. He serves on a city planning committee, sits on boards for the United Way, his company actively volunteers at a homeless shelter in the city of Calgary, and he also helped found a charity organization called Project Smile that operates under the umbrella of the Suitcase
Interactive Inc. brand. This initiative is something very close to Ryan’s heart, as he closes the company doors for 1 week every year and shuts down operations in order to fly his whole team to Mexico to simply serve in any capacity needed, feed children and build community feeding-centers.
On a personal level Ryan enjoys spending time with his dog Snoop, traveling, and plays highly competitive soccer in the City of Calgary.
Joel Goldberg
Sr. Web Strategist / Co-founder
Joel is a man consumed by the challenge of realizing tangible and measurable results for Suitcase Interactive’s clients. In his role as Strategy Director at Suitcase, Joel’s ultimate goal is to deliver projects that are practical, smart and elegantly simple. During his seven years in interactive media Joel has gained an immense amount of knowledge across all areas of the industry…knowledge he imparts in large doses for the benefit of Suitcase clients.
Joel’s background is in Fine Arts and visual design, and on the rare occasions when this guru is not thinking about his next strategic masterpiece, he might be found in the gym or at the pub watching soccer.
Trent Martens
Chief Creative Officer / Co-founder
Trent Is someone who always puts clear communication and customer experience first and believes everything falls into place from there. We live in an age saturated by information and advertising. We get ads on the radio when we wake up, during the breakfast show, on the side of the road on our way to work, and then we get spammed all day at work. Consumers are getting smarter and are learning to take what they need and filter the rest. Trent has a way of distilling down what people are truly looking for and what sort of single minded messaging will affect their decision making.
As a Co-Founder, Trent has succeeded in not only establishing the Suitcase Interactive brand, but in creating the unique Suitcase approach to design and creativity that allows clients to compete proactively in a noisy and overcrowded marketplace. With close to a decade of online experience, Trent’s vision and creative direction has positioned Suitcase as an industry leader who now sets the standards for interactive branding and online solutions that add true value to the lives of consumers.
Rob Howard
Account Manager
Clients, meet your new best friend.
Rob is a seasoned marketing communications and creative professional with over 10 years of combined leadership experience in both traditional and interactive design, account and project management. Rob's background in visual communications and design provides a solid base for strategizing and executing effective integrated communications initiatives. He's detail oriented and results-driven, with a combination of creative flair, marketing savvy, strategic thinking, and tactical knowledge.
Rob has worked with organizations from Fortune 100 corporations to grass roots not-for-profits to strategize, plan and execute marketing initiatives including visual identity development and implementation, print and interactive media design, strategic marketing research and planning, and advertising campaign design and execution.
However, one of Suitcase Interactive’s biggest endeavors is our very own "Project Smile" 
