George Bounacos, Silver Beacon's founder and COO, began an obsession with online revenue generation in the 1980s. Four startups he has been part of have sold for a combined $96 million. While an executive at CARFAX.com, he created the company's Buy Back Guarantee program and led revenue generation from more than 20,000 businesses.

Bounacos serves as a judge each semester at George Mason University's School of Management capstone case competition. He has guest lectured in multiple GMU classes, including Advanced Business Models (2008), New Venture Creation and Marketing in a Global Economy (2009).

He holds search engine advertising certifications from Yahoo! and Google. In 2009, the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors appointed Bounacos to a three year term on the county's Consumer Protection Commission

Sara Ascalon is Silver Beacon's Creative Director. A creative marketer serving the publishing industry for much of her career, Ascalon has promoted brands such as Berlitz, Insight Guides, Michelin, Popular Science, The Sporting News, Women's Wear Daily and W Magazine. She is a multiple winner of national and local graphic design and advertising awards. In addition to receiving a photography credit for the PBS special "Wings of Madness", Ascalon's design and copy has appeared in a variety of media from 48 foot billboards down to 2 inch buttons.

SBM Team Members
C.J. Graham, Eric Goldfisher, Garrett Gonzales, Sue Eckerle, Lynn Kvigne

Silver Beacon Marketing is headquartered in Washington's famous Dulles technical corridor, across the street from Intel and near the offices of tech luminaries Microsoft, Google, Oracle and AOL.

Silver Beacon is a proud sponsor of the community and provides free online marketing services to the International Children's Festival at Wolf Trap while George simultaneously serves as co-chair of the American Diabetes Association's StepOut fundraising walk.