Mario Schulzke is the founder of IdeaMensch, a community he started to help people bring their ideas to life. He is the Chief Marketing Officer at his alma mater the University of Montana where he also teaches in the business school. Before, Mario spent 10 years managing digital strategy teams at ad agencies up and down the West Coast. Mario is a first generation immigrant who came to America at the age of 16, much to the dismay of his family in Germany.  In his free time, Mario fly fishes, plays soccer, runs, does triathlons, swims, lifts, rock climbs, backpacks, plays racquetball and does Crossfit. He is bad at all of the above. Mario owns a red house, a red car and a red scooter. His favorite color is orange