Postmark. Your direct mail solution. Who are you trying to reach?
Our History
PostMark was founded in 1992 as the result of specialized consumer testing projects that showed an under served market of businesses that needed help with their mailing and marketing activities. PostMark, originally called Market Team Data, brought data handling skills and a customer service orientation to the mature mail preparation industry in the Triad area. With its mission to partner with clients to develop and provide the professional mailing, marketing support, and fulfillment expertise, skills, and services required to meet their objectives and goals at reasonable costs, PostMark has grown steadily since its start. Since its startup, PostMark has gone through four major expansions and has added various fulfillment and printing services to its offerings to clients.
PostMark's innovation is focused on client needs rather than purely processing volume. One of the strong talents brought to clients has been the work directed at targeting the proper clients to either reduce the amount mailed or to increase response. Whether the client is interested in enhancing their customer list with information to help them understand who their best clients are, political candidates wanting to get their message to a group that may be interested, or non-profit organizations wanting to tell their story without sending out duplicates to a household, PostMark works with the client to best meet their needs, goals, and objectives.
PostMark's capabilities have grown to include equipment to address aqueous coated mail pieces, online inventory and ordering for fulfillment activities, poly bagging, coordination of printing activities, specialized handling of complex input files.
Meet the Team
Jon Bowman
VP of Business Development
Jon is responsible for maintaining existing relationships and developing new opportunities for PostMark, Inc.'s clients. He looks for new services and products to help clients' economic well being. Also, he manages customer service and works diligently to create an organization focused on the client and providing service and solutions that exceed expectations.
Since joining the company in 1994 Jon has worked to encompass a complete understanding of the business including sales, database management, and production. Being very unusual in today's world, PostMark is the only organization for which Jon has worked, starting with the company immediately after graduating from UNC Charlotte. While continuing to work, he successfully earned his MBA from Wake Forest University in 1999.
He has been married to his wife, Beth since 1994 and they have two sons, Andrew and Peyton. Outside of the office Jon enjoys reading, crossword puzzles, hiking, camping, golf, and is very involved with Andrew's Cub Scout Pack as a volunteer leader.
Dick Vann
President
Providing leadership for PostMark, Inc. has created a very successful organization. Dick’s strategies have put PostMark, Inc. in positions that are typically counter to many in the mailing industry, which have helped the company thrive in many areas. He has focused the company to be flexible through capabilities for clients and capacity to be able to fulfill the needs of those quick turnarounds often required in the industry.
After over 21 years in the Information Technology departments of large companies (Procter & Gamble and R J Reynolds Tobacco), Dick started PostMark in 1992. Dick has over 40 years experience with all types of computers and data processing. Dick graduated from NC State University with a BS in Applied Mathematics and completed his MS in Computer Science at Purdue University.
Dick and his wife, Pat, have been in Winston-Salem for 30 years. Dick enjoys reading, puzzles, history, and military strategy. Dick and Pat thoroughly enjoy time with their grandsons, Andrew and Peyton.
Rhonda Cathey
VP of Operations
Rhonda oversees the daily operations of PostMark, Inc. giving attention to our production area and ensuring that schedules are met. Along with those responsibilities she handles Accounts Payables, Accounts Receivables, Human Resources and Payroll.
Rhonda has been at PostMark, Inc. since 1992, giving her the title of first and longest employee on staff. Before coming to PostMark, Inc. she worked in management with several local companies that helped develop her skills to multi task. The multi tasking skills are advantageous as her responsibilities put her in many roles.
Interests outside of the office include her grandchildren, Zoey and Noah, and Stella, her granddog. With her husband, Frank, they really enjoy visiting the ever-expanding NC wineries, and hosting family ad friends at their home.
Eric Cathey
Client Services
Eric serves a unique role at PostMark, Inc. Eric’s major role is to ensure client’s are getting the service they need. At any point Eric can be found being involved in sales efforts, generating marketing ideas, and even on occasion running equipment in production to make sure deadlines are met and quality is maintained.
Previous experience includes several years at PostMark before embarking on additional career experiences as an outside sales representative for a regional printer and then moving into a marketing and lead generation role with an insurance agency in the Triad. Eric returned to PostMark in September 2009.
Being a history buff, Eric periodically has a Winston Churchill quote or has an interesting fact about how Benjamin Franklin changed the way the postal service delivers mail. Other interests include hiking and golfing. From time to time Eric combines both hobbies and ends up on long walks in the woods looking for his golf ball.
Brandon Cathey
Director of Marketing
Brandon oversees the company's expanding marketing services efforts. Whether its helping to spread the word about PostMark through our own collateral, corporate communication and social media efforts, or providing that support for PostMark clients, Brandon provides a fresh approach focused on expanding reach through targeted messaging aimed at generating revenue.
With well over a decade of experience in marketing, sales communication, and events, Brandon developed a well-rounded set of skills in New York, Los Angeles and Baltimore before returning home to Winston-Salem. Brandon has worked for global brands in The Topps Company and UltraPRO, for a national sports icon, Cal Ripken Jr., at Ripken Baseball, and most recently for our hometown team the Winston-Salem Dash. A graduate of High Point University, Brandon excelled as a member of the Panther baseball team.
Brandon and his wife, Tavia, have two children, Zoey and Noah. Brandon enjoys being outside, a good roadtrip, golfing, and attending sporting events.
Sherry Hanna
Customer Service Representative
Sherry is a customer service representative at Postmark. Her responsibilities include expediting work orders, providing customers with estimates, and advising on USPS rules and regulations regarding mail pieces.
Previously, Sherry worked at a call center for UPS before joining PostMark in 2002. While at PostMark, Sherry has obtained her Bachelors Degree in Social Work from Winston-Salem State University and has since enrolled in a Continuing Education Class to become fluent in Spanish.
She is married with two children and two step-daughters. Away from the office she enjoys reading, going to the movies and spending time with her family. Sherry also works with homeless women and their children at a transitional home. Additionally, she has trained with Family Services to answer the crisis lines for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault.
Millie Smith
Customer Service Representative
Millie is a customer service representative at PostMark. Her responsibilities include expediting work orders, providing customers with estimates, and advising on USPS rules and regulations regarding mail pieces. Millie is also bringing design services to PostMark.
Millie graduated from Guilford Technical Community College with a degree in Advertising and Graphic Design. After graduating, while working part-time at a local property management company, Millie and a good friend, put their design and marketing skills to use by starting their own company called YoginiStyle™. They designed a special yoga/dance pant called "YogaSmart™" pants and took the company from an idea in her living room to a national level within two years. The company was featured in ten major magazines, such as "Shape", "US Weekly", "Southern Living" and "Real Simple". They were invited to include the YogaSmart™ pants in both the Grammy and the Oscar gift bags in 2007. Millie designed all the marketing materials and website for the company.
Millie and her husband, James, live in Lexington, NC. She has two step-children: Madison and Hunter. They spend most of their weekends hiking at Grandfather Mountain or playing games as a family. Millie is very active in the children's ministries at her church. She also leads a dance ministry for girls ages 7 to 13. Millie has a long background of dance experience. She and her husband are saving to build a house.
Why should you outsource your direct mail to us?
Significant Cost Benefits: Our knowledge and experience will save you money and energy, and our innovative approach to list management and sorting will greatly increase the efficiency and effectiveness of your campaign. The money you spend will have much more impact.
Using PostMark to process your mail means no large capital expenses for equipment or software, no training costs for personnel, and no expensive, confusing, and time-consuming interaction with the Post Office. We'll even give you design ideas from the perspective of mail and delivery costs.
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