About Us

What do you get when you combine the mental toughness and performance precision of a top athlete with the business acumen and strategic foresight of a dynamic sales and operations leader? Meet Joe Trueblood, our CEO.

From the sales trenches to the back offices, from the basketball court to the executive suite, Joe brings a singular quality to every client, project or challenge: the ability to quickly size up a situation, understand what needs to be done and make it happen. No unnecessary fanfare or long-winded dissertations, just results.

With his get-it-done attitude and collaborative, motivational approach, Joe has been leading positive change that delivers real business growth for more than two decades, both domestically and internationally. Action oriented, disciplined and down-to-earth at the same time, he has a long track record of bringing order out of chaos, successfully restructuring, revamping and realigning resources for optimum efficiency and effectiveness.

Your marketing communications program is one of the most public representations of your brand. Is it telling your customers you’re sharp, different and ahead of the curve or generic, unpolished and sloppy?

Effective communication matters whether you’re focused on growing a company or sustaining that growth, but it doesn’t happen. That’s why you need someone with both the business experience and the sheer talent to pull it off.

That’s why you need Marla Lepore.

Marla is a seasoned writer, editor and marketing communications expert who focuses her skills on achieving your business growth goals. For nearly two decades, she has worked with a variety of organizations to support their sales and marketing objectives through a combination of first-rate communications strategies and executions along with a first-hand understanding of business realities and practicalities.

Rather than jumping on the latest bandwagons or blindly following the fads, Marla directs a critical eye toward what you’re trying to accomplish first. From there, she delivers – whether it’s content development, public relations, social media strategies or sales and marketing tools.

Marla says she loves working with demanding sales pros because they often become her best resources and biggest allies in creating and delivering the messages that will resonate in the marketplace. She has a long track record of building successful relationships with sales teams, from her role as Vice President of Marketing for a commercial real estate firm to her leadership roles at ELI, a compliance training company, where she managed custom and off-the-shelf product development in addition to overseeing all strategic marketing functions.

Among her accomplishments, Marla has secured expert interviews with national publications such as the New York Times, Inc. Magazine, T&D Magazine and Chief Executive Magazine. She has also managed numerous website copywriting projects, co-written and ghost-written a variety of articles, white papers, blogs and editorials, and developed newsletters, e-campaigns, advertising and sales tools that have directly impacted customer engagement, loyalty and sales.

Marla received her B.A. in English with a concentration in writing from Tulane University, participated in the Literary Nonfiction program at the prestigious Kenyon Review Writers Workshop, and completed the Short Fiction program at Colgate University’s Writer’s Conference. Active in the Nashville literary community, she’s a member of The Porch (Nashville’s independent center for writing) and volunteers for the Southern Festival of Books.

Throughout his career, Joe has transformed underperforming sales organizations, turned around troubled companies and operational units, and fueled business and organizational growth by conceptualizing, developing and executing winning strategies and tactics that increase both internal and external satisfaction.

A coach at heart, he gains commitment, not just compliance, with an enthusiasm and participative leadership style that brings people on board and into the process.

In 2010 ISA-The Association of Learning Providers awarded Joe the Broomfield “Spirit of ISA” Award, honoring his work in encouraging and challenging the organization to be the best it can be, all the while he remained in the background and out of the spotlight.

The Spirit of ISA is an award that describes Joe to a tee: a passion for learning, an eagerness to explore new ideas, a determination to challenge the status quo, and an unassuming style that puts the focus on results.

Gary’s specialties include organization development, corporate university and training operations, plus he is a motivational leader and sought-after public speaker. He has held executive level responsibility for all leadership, sales, customer service and training implementations as well as succession planning within Fortune 500 companies. Gary also spent four years as a Special Agent US Army Investigation Command (CID).

Amplify Growth™ clients rely on Gary’s knowledge, expertise and experience to give them complete confidence in their training and organizational development implementations.