Jen Barry Gesick
Managing Director of Jen Barry Productions
From her early teens, Jen has always displayed an intense excitement for advertising and marketing. She was an award winning member of her High School DECA club winning many awards for Marketing & Display. Jen immediately entered into her marketing career after graduating.
Jen started in Radio advertising at AM/FM Radio, which was soon acquired by Clear Channel Radio where she continued her education with a focus on radio marketing and advertising. After a brief sales job with Citadel Communications in 2002 she founded Springs Media. For the next 7 years, Jen operated Springs Media as a full service advertising agency, providing specialized services to locally owned businesses in the greater Colorado Springs area. In January of 2010, Jen changed the name and look of the company to Jen Barry Productions. Jen Barry Productions has enjoyed continued success based on the local and creative team of media professionals that Jen works with every day. Jen is a Colorado Springs native, Married with 2 daughters, Careena 15 and Kaylee 10, she enjoys travel, boating and RV-ing. Jen volunteers for the Colorado Starlight Children’s foundation and helps with their annual fundraisers.
Laura Floersch
Graphic Designer/Executive Assistant
Laura Floersch has always had her eye on having a career in the arts. She's worked for smaller, but growing companies since 2002 doing all sorts of things from photography and video editing, to graphic design and production. She has experience working with all types of clients with years of expertise in appealing, functional design. Laura's managed many recognized projects including: Brand and web design for multiple national television shows, 3D commercial graphics for Beretta and Federal Ammunition, product design for Cabelas and has completed multiple websites and logo branding for companies across the nation. She brings a young and fresh perspective on design and advertising.
David Hoffmann
Audio Production Studio
Dave Hoffmann is an award winning voice talent and producer who began his career by voicing his first radio commercial at the age of only 12 years old. At 17, he became one of America’s youngest Creative Service Directors where he produced literally thousands of advertisements and promos. In 2001, Dave opened the doors to Audio Architects in Colorado Springs, Colorado as a full service media and advertising recording studio specializing in Sound Design, Voice-Over and Custom Creative Concepts for clients around the world- including Pizza Hut, Wal-Mart, Lowe’s, Dunkin Donuts and more. In addition to being a sought after studio engineer, writer and producer, Dave is also an accomplished voice talent and is heard daily from coast to coast in commercials, promos, toys, narrations and more.
Ethan Gabriel
Video Production
Ethan has been in video production since 1994. He graduated from Texas A&M with a Marketing degree in 1996 and moved to Colorado Springs in 1998. He enjoys shooting and editing for many entities in the arts community and is currently working with his wife of ten years on their first documentary. Ethan is also currently teaching “Final Cut Pro editing” at the YMCA.
Mark A. Tachna
COS Video
He moved to Colorado Springs from Pennsylvania after obtaining his BS and MS in Communications from Clarion University. His Master’s degree specialized in Training & Development emphasizing in video production. Mark’s hobby is American Kenpo Karate currently holding a 3rd degree Brown Belt. Mark has mixed his passion for video with his hobby of karate by producing a series of Karate training videos which are currently selling worldwide. Mark has been working with Jen Barry Productions for 5 years.