Senior Master Sergeant and Accio Ads Founder Eric Vasquez currently serves as both the managing member of the company and the Superintendent of Quality Assurance Inspection Section in the United States Air Force Reserves, overseeing compliance for operations across an 8 billion dollar fleet.

Eric’s 24 years of logistics, leadership and cross-functional experience for the government inspired him to form Accio Ads. Starting from the ground-up, he now has a fully staffed team of 32 across several divisions, including creative design, brand strategy, digital, social, experiential, out-of-home and email marketing.

Eric has been leading the charge throughout his military career as a vocal advocate for other underrepresented minority and LGBTQ+ members of our military to embark on entrepreneurial journeys and adapt their military training into their own passions and small businesses as they transition out of uniform and into civilian life.

Ashley Vasquez, is an award-winning strategist with more than a decade of experience straddling the worlds of organic and paid social media across verticals from startups to Fortune 500s, while leading teams comprised of the best and brightest up-and-coming talent.

Exhilarated by the idea that there are no failures, only iterations, she believes in tackling social media campaigns with data, logic and gut-checks, resulting in customized plans appropriate for the dynamic landscape.

Ashley has brought her solution-oriented, anything-is-possible mindset to brands such as Corona Beer, Disney, Petco, ABC, Pfizer, Honda, Robert Mondavi Wines, iRobot, Emerge Beauty, Capital One, STX Entertainment, Wyndham Hotels, Jack in the Box and California Lottery, to name a few.

A personal passion, she often speaks at conferences, mentors and teaches the next generation of advertising moguls at cutting-edge establishments such as The Miami Ad School and CalState.