Who We Are

The core of New Fire is a combination of experienced executives and media professionals. We develop deep relationships with our clients by investigating their specific needs, then we can implement the most successful combination of social networking and new media applications.

  • Jeremy Mace

    jmmace@newfiresocialmedia.com
    twitter: @jeremymace

    Jeremy is a founder and the Principal Social Media Consultant for New Fire Social Media.  With over 15 years of experience in graphic design and web development, Jeremy is uniquely positioned to execute Social Media strategies and to implement real world solutions.  Over the years, he has worked as pre-press manager, publisher and art director.  As the owner of Mace Creative, his team of designers focused on identity development, graphic services and web design.  Now, through New Fire, Jeremy is bringing his philosophy of “viral business” to a broader market.  By leveraging his communication skills as a brand manager and creative producer, Jeremy has named himself Head Pyro at New Fire.

  • Susie Adamson

    sradamson@newfiresocialmedia.com
    twitter: @susieadamson

    Susie Adamson is Director of Social Media Sales and Customer Relations for New Fire Social Media. Susie has over 15 years of software consulting experience. Over the years, she has worked in various industries advising clients on their business strategies, technology solutions and educational needs. Some of the sectors she has been involved in are Staffing, Human Resources, Healthcare, 360 Feedback, and Time Management. In addition, she has over a decade of experience as a Implementation Manager and Corporate Trainer. Susie has the professional background, technical skill, business development knowledge and social skills needed to engage, as well as, manage the “client-customer” relationship and expectations.

    Susie is a graduate of The University of Georgia, where she obtained a BA in Advertising and a minor in Business and Social Science. She lives in Atlanta, GA and is married with three children.

  • Nathaniel Turner Simkins

    ntsimkins@newfiresocialmedia.com
    twitter: @turnersimkins

    Turner Simkins is President of Blue Beech, LLC which is a real estate development and marketing consulting firm based in North Augusta, South Carolina and is one of the original investors in New Fire Social Media. Blue Beech is dedicated to entrepreneurial projects which balance business profitability with community-reinvestment. In the real estate industry, Simkins has been involved with all aspects of project-management, including: planning, financing, marketing & sales and development. While playing key roles in a number of master-planned communities around the United States, Simkins has devoted the last ten years of his career to sustainable development and redevelopment projects, thus leading to his Founding of Blue Beech, LLC as a response to, and as a conscious effort to demonstrate, that new models must be established in order for our nation to grow in a responsible manner. As the President of Blue Beech, he is president and chief project consultant of North Augusta Riverfront Company, LLC which is a subsidiary of LeylandAlliance LLC, of Tuxedo, New York and the Project Director for the traditional neighborhood development, Hammond’s Ferry, a public/private initiative involving the City of North Augusta, South Carolina and Leyland Alliance. A 1987 graduate of Washington and Lee University, Simkins began his career with Jack Nicklaus Development Corporation and Nicklaus/Sierra Development Corporation in the design, development and sales of luxury golf course communities throughout the United States. He moved to Augusta, Georgia in 1998, where he became Vice-President with Blanchard and Calhoun Real Estate Company, in charge of residential development and new home sales operations for the market’s oldest and largest single family home development company. With Blanchard and Calhoun, he set new planning and development standard for the region by introducing the first “conservation community” and the first neo-traditional neighborhood in the marketplace, including Bartram Trail, which is the first Audubon Silver Signature golf facility in Georgia and South Carolina. During this time, Simkins co-founded Augusta Renaissance Partners to pursue the adaptive reuse of historic buildings in downtown Augusta, Georgia. He is currently an originator and director of the Savannah River Banking Company, a new community bank operating in both Georgia and South Carolina. Simkins has been and remains involved with many civic and professional organizations. He is an alumnus of Leadership Georgia’s class of 2001. He is past chairman and current vice-chairman of the Augusta Canal Authority. He is a board member with Augusta Tomorrow, Inc. & North Augusta 2000, Inc. He is a very proud founder of the Central Savannah River Land Trust, where he served as president and is a current board member. He serves on the Board of the Golden Harvest Food Bank. He served for two terms on the board of the Augusta Metro Chamber of Commerce. He is past president of the Metro Augusta Sales and Marketing Council and past board member of the Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art, the Builders Association of Metro Augusta, the Southeastern Natural Sciences Academy and the Historic Augusta Revolving Fund. His wife Tara is a partner with the law firm of Hull, Towill, Norman and Barrett and they have three sons.