OUR HISTORY 

2010, Mark Neumann, former WI Congressman and gubernatorial candidate decided that he would invest the resources to build a web platform to use for his own campaign for Governor. After building a team of top web programmers, graphic designers, and online marketers Neumann tasked them to create a system like President Barak Obama's  2008 web platform "Mybarackobama"; to harness the supporter-enabling and fundraising potential of the Internet.

The result? E-Stampede ranked Neumann's campaign web platform one of the top 10 campaign website platforms in the country for 2010 describing it as:

"One of the most interactive GOP websites we've seen. You can create your own account and keep track of upcoming events near you, join and keep up with campaign groups, and organize your own online fundraising efforts. The Neumann campaign is using an instant messenger service enabling visitors to send and receive instant messages with the campaign staff. This is a beautiful website with excellent functionality."

Neal Harrington, a political fundraiser who served as Finance Director for Neumann's campaign, worked with the platform for nine months during the campaign immediately saw the enormous potential, and ultimately purchased the technology from Neumann in December of 2010.

RED STAMPEDE IS BORN

Rebranded under the name Red Stampede, the platform was overhauled to provide a custom site and content management sytem (Admin Portal) which allows customers to manage their entire online operation and many facets of their offline programs under one roof. New technologies were also integrated to ensure that the platform provided the latest and most advanced set of tools available while also ensuring that the user would be able to easily manage and operate the system with any technical knowledge.

Since our launch in July of 2011, we are starting to get noticed nationally. Most recently, Red Stampede won the Reed Award for the best "Statewide / Congressional Campaign Website" in the country by Campaigns and Elections, which you can read more about here.

Neal Harrington
Founder

Neal Harrington, a political fundraising entrepreneur and leader in the advancement of political fundraising technology, has worked in politics for 10 years managing fundraising operations for federal, state, and local campaigns. He is the founder of Harrington Forward Thinking (HFT), which manages the lifecycle of political fundraising operations for conservative candidates and campaigns.

In 2008, Neal and his team rebuilt and then managed Pat McCrory's 2008 gubernatorial campaign fundraising operation which resulted in raising $4.7 million in 6 months; increasing contributions by 191% while expanding the numbers of donors by 513%. In 2009, Harrington managed John Lassiter's Mayoral campaign in Charlotte, NC raising more than $600,000 for the campaign. In 2010, Harrington managed the NC Republican House Caucus fundraising operation helping them win back control of the NC General Assembly; Mark Neumann's gubernatorial campaign in WI increasing contributions by 76% and the number of donors by 300%; and Andrew Murray's successful Mecklenburg County District Attorney campaign raising more than seven times his opponent. Neal continues to provide fundraising consulting to multiple campaigns including Dan Forest for NC Lt. Governor, Dan Barry for
Congress (NC-08), Ethan Wingfield for Congress (NC-11), and Rick Perry for President.

Most recently, Neal has been contracted to manage the fundraising operation for Jim Pendergraph, who is running for NC's 9th Congressional district, a seat held by Congresswoman Sue Myrick who just recently announced her retirement.

In addition to Harrington's fundraising management and consultation, Neal is also the creator of The Harrington Network (HSN) - a social network for the political industry. Neal has also developed political fundraising software. The Harrington Account Center (HAC) offers a complete set of fundraising and political management tools that can be purchased individually or as a package.

Harrington's most recent venture is Red Stampede - his new company that was created to harness the supporter-enabling and fundraising potential of the Internet. Red Stampede officially launched on July 12, 2011.

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Judy Lewis
Vice President of Operations

Judy Lewis joined Harrington Forward Thinking as Operations Manager in 2008. Judy, a long time resident of Charlotte, worked for AT&T and BellSouth Telecommunications for 30 years.

Throughout her career, she held various positions, including Staff Instructor, Retail Site Manager, Corporate Project Manager and Internal Auditor.

Judy attended CPCC, UNC-Chapel Hill and Queens University majoring in Business Administration. She is also a licensed real estate broker in North Carolina.

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Ken Stanley
Senior Web Software Engineer

Kenneth Stanley (Ken) has lived in Charlotte, North Carolina for most of his life. Born in Kentucky, and originally from Tennessee, he moved with his family to Charlotte, North Carolina in 1982, and has been there ever since. He has attended King's College of Charlotte, North Carolina where he graduated with a diploma for Computer Specialists with honors, and is currently in his final quarter at Strayer University for his Bachelor's of Information Systems/Security Administration.

His passion is for development, and plans to pursue his Masters of Sciences in Computer Programming at the University of North Carolina in Charlotte after graduation. He currently lives in the Steele Creek area with his wife Rose, dog Captain Jack Sparrow, and cat Soup, and is a standing member of the Meetup.com PHP group at http://qcphp.net.

He enjoys fishing and camping in his down time, as well as landscaping his yard.

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Tony Ancruem
Art Director

Anthony M. Ancruem is a talented design professional who is recognized for consistent ability to transform requirements into solutions, ensure continuity of services and employ dynamic solutions to problems.

Educated in Maryland at Frostburg State University, Anthony has a degree of Arts & Sciences. He has received many awards and accolades while attending the institution.

Anthony has worked with numerous corporate organizations. Throughout Anthony's career he's maintained websites using HTML, CSS style guidelines and Web 2.0 philosophies in-turn, developing compelling web sites. Being a part of a team, Anthony has updated existing user interfaces and professional graphic file templates for numerous development departments and continues to do so with Red Stampede.

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Darren Versace
Vice President of Marketing

Darren has been working in the Marketing field for over 15 years.  Starting out as a graphic designer, he has since made his way into the Social Media aspect of marketing and has become the Director of Marketing for Red Stampede. Originally from New Jersey, he has since settled in South Carolina with his family. He looks forward to the continued success of Red Stampede in the Social Media Market.

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