About Us
________________________________________________________________________
Management Team
Jason T. Leehan
Chief Executive Officer
- Jason T. Leehan is the Chief Executive Officer of FireRock Research. As the FireRock Research’s CEO, Mr. Leehan’s encompassing responsibilities are to pave the way for new business and execute corporate business strategies. Prior to joining FireRock Research, Mr. Leehan worked for Crane Dunham, PLLC, law firm, specializing in personal injury, real estate and corporate law. Crane Dunham is located in Seattle, WA. Mr. Leehan is active in the community having been involved in local and federal politics in addition to assisting in real estate development/land use issues. Mr. Leehan has a Bachelor of Arts Degree from the University of Washington and has completed his legal studies through the Washington State Bar Rule 6 Law Clerk Program.
Nicholas E. Boone
Executive Vice President
- Nicholas E. Boone is the Executive Vice President of FireRock Research where his primary responsibilities include driving marketing campaigns, managing public relations, and new product development. Prior to joining FireRock, Mr. Boone has been active in product marketing and interactive search marketing and advertising. His product marketing experience includes software and IT. Mr. Boone has filled integral roles as a core member of Microsoft’s “Get the Facts” $20 million marketing campaign for Microsoft Windows Server. He has also been heavily involved in Microsoft’s iSEM adCenter Performance Group managing advertising channels for msn.com, along with developing new go-to-market strategies with acquired third party resources. His experience in the online space was conceptualized when he worked with Seattle-based start up Visible Technologies. Visible is now partially owned by one of the world’s largest marketing and communications companies, WPP. While at Visible, Mr. Boone worked closely with high profile clients to ensure brand marketing and public relations campaigns were carried out successfully. Mr. Boone earned his Masters of Science in Business Management from Colorado Technical University and his Bachelor of Arts Degree from the University of Washington.
Stephen J. Crane
General Counsel
- Mr. Crane is both a Member of FireRock Research and its General Counsel. Steve’s responsibilities include providing FireRock proper legal business process and ensuring sound corporate legal decisions. He is a founding Member of Crane Dunham PLLC, a Seattle based boutique civil practice law firm in its 29th year, with an emphasizing focus on business litigation and corporate affairs. Over his career, Steve has handled several complex plaintiffs’ class action lawsuits in the areas of employment and consumer rights. He also has years of experience litigating real estate transactions. He sits on the board of and is incoming President of the Pacific Real Estate Institute, a non-profit private organization of top real estate leaders. Steve’s successful real estate involvement includes the commercial development of Seattle’s $100+MM “W” Hotel. He has spoken at several national, state, and local seminars regarding real estate and environmental law and was the co-author of the definitive treatise on real estate law in Washington, the Real Property Desk Book. Mr. Crane received his Juris Doctor (JD) from Hastings College of Law, a Masters of Law (LLM) from the University of Washington, and a Bachelors of Arts (BA) from San Jose University.
Miles Ward
Chief Technical Officer
- Miles Ward serves as the Chief Information Officer of FireRock Research. His responsibilities include advising on the technology component of corporate business decisions, executing company technical goals and capturing maximum value from IT expenses. Miles is also a director at Visible Technologies, an organization specializing in online consumer engagement and analysis solutions for the Fortune 500. Mr. Ward’s product vision and inventive insight helped fuel a 3000% valuation growth, strategic investment by WPP and Ignition Partners, and successful campaigns with Dell, GM, Wells Fargo, KKR, Kodak, and Microsoft among others. He has also held responsibilities with Insurgent Technologies as a Director of Product Development, Research Technologies as Systems/Marketing Lead and founder of In-Touch Technical. Mr. Ward holds a Bachelor of Science from Willamette University and several technical certifications.
________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
