PETE KLEINJAN
​Founder & Owner

Since founding Tiger29 in 2009, Pete has created and managed organic search marketing campaigns for dozens of companies in 20 states. He has worked with businesses who need to reach customers on the local, regional, and national scale. Pete believes that effective search engine optimization should be measurable and the results should be clear. Pete grew up on a farm in South Dakota.

JESS EIESLAND
​Development Manager

​Jess has previous experience in the tech industry as the Special Assistant to the CEO of a software development startup, managing web content and writing media communications for a U.S. senator as well as overseeing the growth phases of multiple companies.  Jess grew up in Madison, SD and Sioux Falls and studied business management at the University of South Dakota including a year studying international business management in England. In his free time, he enjoys traveling and going to the symphony to hear his wife perform.

MARC PICKELMAN
​SEO Specialist

Marc Pickelman hails from a land of rolling hills, rocky mountains, myriad trees and clear cool waters. He comes from a family of entrepreneurs who helped to foster his outlook on local businesses and marketing. He attended college at Northern Michigan University. There he studied Theater for two years, until he chose to pursue a degree in English Literature, and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts.
In his spare time, Marc entertains himself with the study of languages, the reading of stories from Tolkien to folktales to poetry, as well as the writing and composing of his own fictional and poetic prose. His poem, "Ode to the Heart," is published in the honors literary journal Conspectus Borealis.