The Team

Robert Braathe (photo by Joe Elario Photography)

Robert Braathe is the founder of Braathe Enterprises.

After working in management positions with Walt Disney World, Gap and Apple, Mr. Braathe founded his company in October 2005 in CT.

He has taught at Skidmore College, SUNY Delhi, and three area community colleges in courses that include hospitality, management, marketing, and entrepreneurship.

Today, his company, newly christened Braathe Enterprises in 2011, works with companies of all sizes on inexpensive websites that work and creative online education that works.

He brings tireless enthusiasm and passion to his work and his teaching, and his students and alumni often return for further expertise and study through his Virtual Internship Program and Braathe Online Education.

Strategic Partners

Margaret Anderson – Freelance Web Design, Developer and Logo & Graphic Design

Margaret Anderson is a recent graduate of the International Academy of Design and Technology in Web Design as well as a former participant in the Virtual Internship Program at Braathe Enterprises.  She now works on projects including WordPress websites, coding, and website updates and makeovers.

Carl Cusano – Business Broker

Carl received an M.B.A. in Marketing, with academic honors, from Russell Sage College, a B.S. in Business Administration from the College of Saint Rose, and an A.A.S. in Banking, Insurance and Real Estate from Hudson Valley Community College.

Ray Patterson – Leadership Training, Strategy and Organizational Development

Ray’s undergraduate degree is from Eastern Kentucky University and he holds a Masters in Business Administration from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY.

Ariel Smullen – Freelance Logo Design

Ariel Smullen is an alumni of the Braathe Enterprises Virtual Internship program, and designed the logo for Braathe Enterprises.  She is currently a student at SUNY Oneonta and works on freelance projects in graphic and logo design for Braathe Enterprises.

Current Interns

Shorna Brown – SUNY Cobleskill – E-Marketing Virtual Internship

Deborah Harris – Southern New Hampshire University – Social Media, Website and Project Management Virtual Intern

Meica Hatters – University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee – Curriculum and Instructional Design Virtual Internship

Kate Imboden – Skidmore College – Graphic Design, Logos, and WordPress Virtual Internship

Alexis Montgomery – University of Southern California – Virtual Marketing Internship

Alkisti Mouzi – Korelko College (Greece) – Virtual Accounting Internship

Amanda Nelson – Skidmore College – Public Relations and Accounting Internship

David Newman – Lesley University – Business Research, Blogging and Copywriting Internship

Soa Razafimanjato, Lipscomb University, Copywriting and Blogging Virtual Internship

Hannah Rose – Ohio University – Public Relations, Copywriting and Marketing Virtual Internship

Summer 2012

Andrew Johnson – University of North Dakota – Virtual Business Internship

Aline Viapiana – St. Thomas University – Business Development Virtual Internship

Find out about the Braathe Enterprises Virtual Internship Program.  Opportunities available for our , Summer and Fall 2012 and Spring 2013 Virtual Intern programs

Internship Alumni