Critical3 Marketing, which provides a variety of marketing services to high-tech firms, is adding two partners and principals.

Jean Barnes and Lorie O’Neill are the new members, joining company founder Julie Smith.

Critical3 clients include Covente, Demand Stream, Down South Software, Seagull Software and XcelleNet.

Barnes has more than 18 years of experience in sales and marketing for high tech firms. She was chief marketing officer at STI Knowledge and Covast before joining Critical3.

O’Neill worked most recently for Radiant Systems and Clarus. She has more than 14 years of experience in sales and marketing related to high tech.

“Having built the marketing foundation for several early stage technology companies, I am painfully aware of the pressures our customers face to get the sales engine revved up while having access to limited budgets and limited people resources,” said Julie Smith, founding partner and principal for Critical3 Marketing. “What makes Critical3 different is that we are able to cross over the sales and marketing lines with proven processes that enable us to quickly focus and execute marketing where it will make a direct impact on sales.”

Critical3: www.critical3.com