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Bud Di Maggio
President

As president, Bud Di Maggio oversees all activities for the company. Prior to opening the SIMS Agency in 2004, he served as Sales Manager for five years at Open Vision, an Internet marketing firm in Hilton Head. Bud also worked in the hospitality industry for 13 years at Hilton Hotel Corporation and Omni Hotels in roles that included hotel management, sales and marketing, preparing him to work with many of his current clients, such as Myrtle Beach National, Charming Inns, the Francis Marion Hotel and the Berkley Hotel.

Bud holds a bachelor’s degree in industrial management and marketing Clemson University. A native of California, but raised in upstate New York, he now lives West of the Ashley in Charleston with his wife and their two children. In his free time, Bud enjoys playing golf, and volunteering with the Rotary Club of Charleston and Blessed Sacrament Church where he is a member.

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Simon Ashton
Vice President of Sales & Marketing
Step Ahead Web Strategies

As vice president of sales and marketing, Simon Ashton oversees all internet marketing projects for company clients. With more than nine years of experience in Internet marketing, Simon has worked with an extensive range of clients in a variety of industries from travel and recreation to e-commerce and industrial markets.

Prior to founding the SIMS Agency in 2004, Simon worked at Open Vision, an Internet marketing firm in Hilton Head, as director of new technology. Additionally, Simon worked with Overture (previously GoTo), handling pay-per-click marketing and has developed campaigns for many pay-per-click providers, such as Kanoodle, ePilot and FindWhat.

A graduate of the University of Wolverhampton, England, Simon also holds an advanced certificate in search engine marketing from the Academy of Web Specialists. He currently resides in Hilton Head with his wife and two children.

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