Dynamic Duo
Jeff Gearhart
At the forefront of our visionary team is Jeff Gearhart, an accomplished expert in the field and an extensive network that spans industries and markets.
Accomplished expert and the driving force behind MediaMaxx, a trailblazing entity in the digital strategy and partnership marketing landscape. His track record includes doubling online sales for clients in the performance channel through an omni-channel perspective and disciplined project management, with demonstrated expertise across the customer journey.
Jeff's background in end-to-end video production, technology education and interactive experience development has provided the foundation for a deep understanding of rich media and e-commerce user experience.
Angela Gearhart
Angela Gearhart is an award-winning Executive Growth Advisor, CXO, and Top Global Retail Expert (Rethink Retail) who helps brands find and fix what limits growth—identifying, sizing, and pacing transformation to turn strategy into measurable results.
As Founder and CXO of MediaMaxx, she partners with Fortune 100, growth-stage, and franchise brands across retail, wellness, and technology to bridge strategy and execution. Her frameworks—the Human–Physical–Digital Experience, Value Creation Formula, and Go-To-Market KPI Playbooks—help organizations align brand, marketing, and operations around what drives customer connection and business performance.
Angela combines an intuitive and data-driven understanding of how customers shop, decide, and connect with decades of experience leading enterprise transformation. As VP of Brand Experience at Sleep Number, she helped scale the company from $300M to $2B+, guiding more than 2,000 retail projects, 35,000 brand activations, and earning over 30 design and innovation awards.
A Top Woman in Retail (CSA), Retail TouchPoints Innovator, Remodista Women2Watch, and design:retail Influencer, she contributes to Retail TouchPoints, VMSD, and CIO Outlook and has been featured in Chain Store Age, Shop! Ideation, and Rethink Retail.
Angela speaks globally at events including the Retail Innovation Conference & Expo, Digital Signage Experience (DSE), In Store Asia, and Future Stores, and serves on advisory boards for Becoming, Retail TouchPoints, IrisCX and The Goldstein Museum of Design.
About MediaMaxx
Founded in 1987
MediaMaxx was founded in 1987 as a digital media company. After a decade as a college-level instructor in the areas of multi-media and publishing, Jeff launched Mediafest events for training and education of multimedia and software solutions (IBM, Apple, Adobe). In 2013, Angela joined as a partner adding expertise at the intersection of sales, marketing and across the customer journey to drive the growth flywheel.