Material ConneXion competitors

Kim Getty is at the helm of Deutsch LA, one of the nation’s leading creative shops. As CEO, she leads a team of world-class creative thinkers who help businesses thrive. Since joining Deutsch in 2003, she’s helped build the company into what Fast Company has recognized as one of the industry’s most innovative agencies and landed Deutsch top spots on the Ad Age Agency A-List numerous times. During her tenure, Kim has driven the development of new practice areas and spearheaded breakthrough campaigns for its clients including Taco Bell, H&R Block, Patagonia, Mattel, Georgia-Pacific, Nintendo, Dr Pepper, Snapple, 7-Eleven, among others. After serving as COO and then President, Kim was named CEO in 2020. Kim is an advocate for inclusion and diversity in the marketing industry and has spoken at leading conferences such as Cannes and Advertising Week on the role advertising plays in gender equality. She’s been a force at driving the conversation on media’s impact on gender bias and has been frequently featured in Fast Company, Adweek, Los Angeles Magazine, Ad Age, among many others, and was named to Adweek’s 2019 Trailblazer list for her work in this space. In 2018, she was honored by She Runs It as one of the top Working Mothers of the Year. Kim has made progressive parenting policies a priority, championing all parents in the workplace. She has also advocated for unlimited PTO, flexible work schedules, remote years and sabbaticals. Committed to nurturing young talent, Kim serves on the faculty at USC’s Annenberg School and also sits on the Board of Directors for ADCOLOR, The Paley Center for Media and The Grady College at the University of Georgia. She’s passionate about creating change in our industry and has been recognized as one of the most powerful women in advertising by Business Insider, a top LA executive by the Los Angeles Business Journal and has earned the American Advertising Federation’s Mosaic Award for Industry Career Achievement. Kim is a proud mother of two daughters, a struggling surfer and an SF native turned Angeleno.

Darrell's passion is creating and building mission driven businesses. He sees technology and education as the fulcrum which human experiences, businesses, and communities can become better. As a driven and tireless leader, he believes that values and a compelling vision steeped in relentless execution will lead to achievement and happiness. Some of Darrell's favorite quotes are: \'Try not to become a man of success. Rather become a man of value.\' -- Albert Einstein \'It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things.\' -- Theodore Roosevelt \'Happiness is something final and complete in itself, As being the aim and end of practical activities whatever... Happiness then we define as the active exercise of the mind In conformity with perfect goodness or virtue\' -- Aristotle \'Customers will never love a company until the employees love it first” -- Simon Sinek In addition to being a successful entrepreneur, Darrell served in various executive leadership and general management roles with P&L responsibilities of over $300M in revenue and staff of 180 people for 10 years at Reed Elsevier RELX (LexisNexis), a $9.5 billion information services company. Prior to Reed Elsevier, he worked at Bain & Company. He engaged on strategy and operational improvement efforts with companies in software, manufacturing, retail and services. He also loved his 3 years with 3M Company (NYSE: MMM) in its prestigious Optimized Operations program working as a chemical engineer and manufacturing engineer on manufacturing improvement projects across the globe. Darrell holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from Brigham Young University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

Michael Houston is a Mng Dir:Grey Newyork at Grey Group, Global CEO:Grey at WPP, and Exec VP/Director:Marketing at Grey Group. He has experience at Chiat Day Inc., Landor, and Young & Rubicam and has worked as CEO:North America at Grey Group, Chief Operating Officer at Grey Group, and President at Grey Group. Michael studied at University of Kansas.

Charles Trevail is a Board Member at FINCA International, Founder and Director at Promise Communispace, and Chief Executive Officer at Interbrand and is based in City Metropolitan Area, New York City, New York. He has worked as Exec VP:Global at Communispace Corporation; Chief Executive Officer at Communispace Corporation; and CEO| Europe, Middle East and Africa at FutureBrand. Charles works or has worked as Mng Dir/Founding Member at Superunion and Chief Executive Officer at Enterprise IG. He attended Durham University between 1979 and 1982 and Plymouth between 1970 and 1978.

Andrew is CEO of Publicis Groupe Creative U.S., The Leo Burnett Group, and the co-founder of Abundant Venture Partners. Andrew has been involved in incubating 19 companies, founding nine, and exiting seven companies through Abundant Ventures. He also served as president of Starcom MediaVest Group, worked in brand management at Procter & Gamble, and attended the Wharton School of Business.