Andrew Ard

Andrew Ard is the current Chief Marketing Officer at Maxaware. Andrew has over 20 years of experience in marketing and business development, including stints as Director of Marketing at Elite Marketing and Marketing Director at Dallas Sight and Sound. In their role at Maxaware, Ard is responsible for overseeing all marketing initiatives and developing strategies to increase company visibility and grow market share.

Ard began their career in marketing and business development at CEDIA, where they served on the Advisory Board and provided counsel on current agenda items. Andrew then took on the role of Marketing and Business Development Director at Koa Technology Group before becoming Marketing Director at Dallas Sight and Sound. In 2014, Ard joined Relidy LLC as Global Marketing & Market Development Director. In this role, they were responsible for developing and executing marketing plans to increase brand awareness and drive sales growth.

In 2016, Ard was recruited by Maxaware to take on the role of CMO. In this role, they have been instrumental in increasing company visibility and driving growth through innovative marketing initiatives. Under their leadership, Maxaware has seen a significant increase in web traffic, social media engagement, and overall brand awareness.

Andrew Ard has a Master Practitioner Certification from the Growth Institute in Strategic and Scaling Up Growth Practitioner. Andrew also has a Certificate of Completion from the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America Dallas Section in IESNA Fundamentals of Lighting 2018. In addition, Andrew Ard has an Advanced Marketing Certificate Program from the Southern Methodist University - Cox School of Business. Andrew also has a Cisco CCNA Level One from Northlake College, Irving, TX in Cisco CCNA Level One. Furthermore, Andrew Ard has a Graduate Business degree from Lubar College of Business in Graduate Business. Lastly, they have a B.S. from Gies College of Business - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in Corporate Finance and Marketing.

Andrew Ard works with Kesha Ullah - Project Manager, Cristina Nistreanu - Onboarding Specialist. Andrew Ard reports to Kris Kaymanesh, President.