Stalwart Communications' Management Team

David Oates possesses nearly 15 years of extensive experience managing marketing and public relations programs on a tactical and
strategic level through a long and successful career that spans both agency and government environments.

Most recently, Oates was Marketing Director for Financial Profiles, a 35-year old financial planning software company based in Carlsbad
California. In that role, he supervised all marketing-related strategies and programs, including lead generation, partner/reseller,
customer/sales support, brand enhancement, public relations, competitive analysis and market strategy/situation analysis programs.

Prior to Financial Profiles, Oates was the Strategy and Planning Manager for ContentOne, a public relations firm based in Carlsbad,
California. In that role, he developed strategic marketing communications initiatives for all of the agency’s high-tech clients. Oates
conducted market intelligence, analysis, benchmark surveys, perception studies and industry analyst relations while supervising the agency's
execution of tactical PR programs in accordance with client business objectives and budget lines.

Oates is an accredited public relations (APR) expert affiliated with the Public Relations Society of America. He received his MBA from the
Executive Program at San Diego State University in 2004 and his bachelor's of arts from the University of Maryland in 1991.

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