About US
Teiken | Gramer & Company »Helping Leaders Build Legacies
At Teiken Gramer & Co., we built this firm with a clear purpose: to use our wisdom and shared experiences to shape something meaningful—for our clients, our community, and our families.
Our mission is simple: putting our wisdom to work. Every engagement we take on is grounded in real-world experience, not theory. We’ve seen what works, what fails, and what it takes to build something strong from the inside out. That’s what we bring to the table.
We operate with a strong foundation of values that guide how we work and who we work with.
Respect always
We live by the Golden Rule. We treat each other and our clients with respect—no exceptions.
No tolerance for B.S.
We’re honest in every interaction. Transparency is non-negotiable.
Intellectual curiosity
Constant improvement
Growth is expected personally and professionally. We’re always getting better.
Partnership matters
We make decisions together. We’re building a business that offers flexibility, sustainability, and some fun along the way.
Loyalty runs deep
“Once a Spud, always a Spud.” Loyalty to each other and the business is in our DNA.
Our Team
Brent Teiken
Brent Teiken, known for co-founding Sundog Interactive and leading its successful acquisition by Perficient, Inc., a global technology consulting firm, brings deep consulting and enterprise growth experience. Teiken also led Perficient’s global Salesforce practice and its largest vertical, Healthcare and Life Sciences, where he drove double-digit revenue and bookings growth. Teiken also served as Chairman of the Sanford Health Board of Trustees from 2020-2022, an integrated healthcare system now considered the nation’s largest, rural, not-for-profit health care system.
Brian Gramer
Brian Gramer, a three-time founder and multiple-time executive leader, built and exited companies such as Anycollege.com and Vtrenz (eventually sold to IBM via Silverpop). He has helped raise over $50 million in growth financing and guided six businesses through successful M&A activity. In addition, Gramer helped a local financial institution with business development efforts to grow from just over $300 million in assets to over $1.3 Billion in assets over a 9-year period.
Sarah Vogel
Sarah is a Senior Marketing Consultant with 20+ years of experience in marketing automation platforms like Hubspot, Marketo and Pardot. She started her career at Vtrenz, contributing to the development and success of the company’s automation solution. Sarah’s expertise spans marketing strategy/management, automation, and client services, focusing on helping clients maximize their marketing technology investments. Outside of work, she enjoys camping, fitness, attending her children’s sports events, and spending time outdoors with her husband, three kids, two dogs, and two cats in Linton, North Dakota.
Renae Henderson
Renae is a seasoned marketing professional and copywriter who bridges the gap between complex strategy and high-impact execution. With over 20 years of experience building brands and driving growth for market leaders like General Motors, Kellogg’s, and Kaiser Permanente, she brings a sophisticated B2B and B2C perspective to her role as a fractional marketing director for organizations requiring senior-level leadership without the overhead.
Jon Hoverson
Jon brings 20+ years of data strategy and solution design across the global F1000, with a specialty in data platform strategy, design, and execution. His experience is end-to-end, from strategy to execution, delivering data platforms that enable insights-to-action across all functions of a business. He’s known by customers and colleagues as the master of the why, what, and how, and delivering true value to the business. His experience spans all data platform paradigm’s, from simple reporting models, to DW (data warehouse) and BI (business intelligence) solutions, to Big Data and advanced analytics, to today’s big ticket… AI (artificial intelligence). No matter if you are a small, medium, or large business, Jon has the experience to help your company turn data into a very real, valuable asset, whether the impact is accurate reporting, actionable insights, automating processes, or integration of AI.