Commonwealth//mccann competitors

Joe Rivas is a Chief Executive Officer at Doremus and is based in New York. He has worked as SVP, Global Account Managing Director at Young & Rubicam Paris; SVP, Regional Managing Director at Young & Rubicam Paris; and Global Client Leader, WPP Team Dell at WPP. Joe attended Cornell University between 1990 and 1994.

Most recently, as President, RAPP EMEA & APAC - EVP, Global Clients, Marco led our international growth initiatives to build a relevant RAPP network in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia. Since joining the agency more than 15 years ago, he has built an extremely robust brand for RAPP internationally. Called “immensely likeable … with surplus energy that he puts to impressive use,” by The UK’s Campaign magazine, Marco is noted for his ability to develop strong relationships with global clients.

As President of MullenLowe Boston, Kristen leads an agency built to work with ambitious thought leaders. Kristen has led strategic brand planning for numerous domestic and global challenger brands, including Acura, Volkswagen, Saab, adidas, Charles Schwab, Kohler, Coca-Cola, American Greetings and Miller Brewing. Kristen is a two-time winner of the Jay Chiat Award, the industry’s highest award for strategic excellence, for her work on Volkswagen and Coca-Cola. She believes we live in a world of increased competition, and the biggest threat to business today isn’t rejection, but indifference. For a challenger to win, they must have the ambition to steer conversation towards their brand and in their favor. As a growth officer, Kristen focuses on repositioning and differentiating the agency by utilizing her planning background. In her three years at MullenLowe U.S., the agency has doubled in size, opened offices in San Francisco and Los Angeles and twice been named to the Ad Age Agency A-List. In her six-year tenure at The Martin Agency, the agency was one of the fastest growing agencies in the country, named to the Ad Age A-List five consecutive years, and in 2010, Adweek named them Agency of the Year.

Greg Andersen is a Chief Executive Officer at Bailey Lauerman. He has experience at GOOGLE INC., Toyota Motor, and HAVAS and has worked as Chief Executive Officer at Bartle Bogle Hegarty and President at Rapp Collins Worldwide.

After five years as an educator, Dave entered the world of marketing as a music composer/ producer for radio and TV commercials. After creating over one hundred jingles, Dave began developing complete creative concepts to help drive his clients’ business.Dave founded his first advertising agency, Thomas Phillips Clawson, in 1982. In 1989 he sold the agency to Evans Group, and served as president and CEO of their Salt Lake, Los Angeles and Denver operations during the next several years. When Evans Group was sold to Publicis in 1998, Dave became president of the Salt Lake office. After a run for the U.S. Congress, he founded ThomasARTS in 2003 with his three sons, Troy, Matt and Brett. Relevant experience during Dave’s career includes the branding of the 2002 Winter Olympic Games, working with Zions Bank, Wells Fargo Bank, Iomega, First Security Bank, UnitedHealthcare, FHP Healthcare, Utah Travel Council, Coventry Health Care, SelectHealth, Insphere Insurance Solutions, Mozy, Deseret Media Companies, The Deseret News, KSL Television, Garff Automotive Group, Gus Paulos Chevrolet and dozens of other local and national brands.He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Weber State University and a master’s from Brigham Young University. In 2010 the Utah Advertising Federation honored Dave with the prestigious Silver Medal Award. He is also a recipient of the annual Doris S. Melich Founders’ Award from the Utah/Idaho Arthritis Association and received an Honorary Doctorate from Salt Lake Community College.