Sonya Schweitzer

Boss Chick, Wave Marketing

Sonya is a passionate and sometimes fanatical proponent of the marketing industry. She is a seasoned senior marketing professional with proven success in developing and implementing comprehensive marketing strategies, leveraging a targeted array of online and offline channels.

Sonya is currently boss chick at Wave Marketing (www.wavemarketing.biz), a progressive full service advertising and marketing agency. An innovative marketer, Sonya holds a particular interest in leading edge marketing techniques, including social media, word of mouth, viral and conversational marketing.

Previously, Sonya worked in a variety of roles at AOL, most recently as Program Director, Marketing, New Ventures & Innovation. Other experience gained at AOL was in product and brand marketing. Prior to AOL, Sonya held senior marketing positions in the finance, online education and technology sectors.

Sonya is a strong advocate of women in business and founded The Geekettes Club (www.thegeekettesclub.com) in 2009 to provide the training, tools and resources to empower women in marketing, business and technology. As Chief Geekette, Sonya’s main role is to develop the vision and goals for the Club, continually evolving it into a ‘best in class’ club for women. She also regularly blogs (www.socialsonya.com), Tweets (@SocialSonya), Facebooks, Skypes and anything else involving connecting with people.

Sonya is married to an über geek, and resides with him in Virginia Beach, Virginia, along with their three cats and a crazy Australian cattledog/beagle mix.