Jake Rouse

Jake Rouse is the Co-Founder and CEO of Braxton Brewing. Prior to Braxton, they were with ExactTarget Marketing Cloud as the Manager of Marketing Strategy. In this role, Jake was responsible for executing strategic projects for the global go-to-market marketing team, including effective communication strategies, identifying new pipeline opportunities, and managing the global sponsorship efforts for Connections - ExactTarget's annual digital marketing conference.

Prior to joining ExactTarget, Jake was an intern at dunnhumby in the Client Leadership Program. In this role, they gathered requirements and made recommendations to develop a tool for innovation tracking. Jake also developed the first-draft of a scorecard for clients to better communicate brand health. Jake led a team in planning and executing a community service event raising $1,000 for the largest homeless shelter in Cincinnati, OH.

After their internship at dunnhumby, Jake joined ExactTarget as a Regional Alliances Manager - Central Region and Canada. In this role, they were responsible for developing and executing partner marketing plans to generate awareness and demand for ExactTarget solutions through the partner ecosystem.

Jake's first foray into entrepreneurship was with their website jakerouse.com. Jake founded the site in August 2011 and ran it until May 2012 when they joined ExactTarget full time.

Jake Rouse has a BS Business Administration from Indiana University - Kelley School of Business and a degree in Marketing from Cass Business School at City University London.

Peter Cornellisen - Warehouse Supervisor, Kurt Ramer - Sales Manager, Cincinnati, and Zac Boehnke - Lead Innovation Brewer report to Jake Rouse.