Phil Battat
Partner
Twenty plus years as a marketer with agencies including, CKS, Landor Associates and Razorfish for top clients including, Microsoft, San Diego Zoo and William Blair. Phil brings an ability to listen, define the problems that need solving, and develop the right brand strategy and creative approach to achieve results. Phil has a strong consumer packaged goods background along with technology and business-to-business credentials. At Landor, he was responsible for Miller Coors, Chevron and Waste Management business. As Partner, he leads client engagements and brand strategy.
Courtney Reeser
Partner
Multi-disciplined designer and creative director with over 20 years experience. Courtney has been the Executive Creative Director for Landor Associates and Interbrand. He has led design efforts for Identity, packaging, web, print, advertising and architectural projects. Multi-category experience including consumer goods, financial services, fashion, technology, petroleum and industrial services, with clients as diverse as BP, Citi, Tommy Hilfiger, John Deere, Taco Bell, ProActiv, FedEx, Heinz, British Airways, Union Bank, and Sea World.
Bill Chiaravalle
Creative Director / Designer
Bill leads brand strategy and brand development for a broad range of global, national and regional clients. His experience includes working in B2B, consumer and nonprofit sectors. Bill was with Landor Associates most recently as creative director. Bill led and was an essential team member working on global brand programs clients including Microsoft, Sunkist, FedEx, Bacardi, Smucker’s and Four Seasons. Bill is also co-author of Branding for Dummies.
Stan Feinberg
Head of Business Development
Stan is a seasoned business development professional passionate about empowering brands to reach their full potential. Over two decades of experience in various industries, Stan has found his niche in the branding sector. Before joining Brand Zoo, Stan has held significant roles with financial services and marketing firms where he led cross-functional teams to achieve business goals while maintaining high standards of client satisfaction. Stan prides himself on being an exceptional listener that probes to understand client challenges and works with our team to craft effective program engagements.
Donata Maggipinto
Writer
Former creative director for Walmart.com, Donata established, nurtured and grew a content marketing discipline that informs, inspires and educates customers of the $500 billion retail brand with solutions that enable them to “save money, live better.”
Her success at Walmart.com, Eddie Bauer, Williams-Sonoma, Restoration Hardware and other renowned consumer brands is an expression of her experience in creating award-winning, compelling, sales-driving content and creative across a range of channels and media.
Donata’s category expertise includes food, baby, beauty, electronics, apparel, health and wellness, as well as seasonal campaigns. She has created rich media content across these categories, including textual, video, and interactive tools, as well as content across social media channels.
Bob Schettino
Writer/ Brand strategy
Robert Schettino helps companies communicate value and differentiation. And answer the question why their customers, employees, investors and others should care. Previously, he built and led marketing and communications teams for companies including Hyperion, Pramata, BuzzLogic and Ketchum Public Relations.
Kathy Battat
Operations and Program Management
Kathy has a background in advertising, branding and special events. Her background includes work for clients like Net Objects, LifeScan, Intuit and Waste Management. She is a versatile and athletic player that can jump in to manage a brand program, write a messaging platform or develop and manage a client event.
Darin Brown
Strategy
Darin is one of the few marketing veterans that has spent equal time in traditional advertising and pure-play digital. He started his career in 1990 at Leo Burnett Canada developing 360 degree campaigns for P&G, Kraft General Foods, Cadbury and Bell Canada. Darin was also an early believer in digital and, in 1995, created Leo Burnett Interactive. In 1997, he moved to the US. Riding the dot com boom and bust, Darin and a handful of other executives first created and then consolidated the industry, ultimately building Razorfish - selling it first to Microsoft in 2007 as part of a $6.6B deal and then to Publicis in 2009. After a four-year stint at Crispin Porter & Bogusky, where he founded their London office, he joined POSSIBLE to run and build the EMEA business. He restructured the London and Polish operations and found & acquired a digital agency in Germany to further expand POSSIBLE’s footprint; and lead & won pitches for Danone, Nestle, and Adidas - the latter resulting in winning 8 Cannes Lions for their mobile ecommerce campaign and App Store for a new kind of soccer cleat called Adidas Glitch. He recently returned to the US where he is spending more time as an angel investor, branding consultant and entrepreneur.
Adam Chiaravalle
Web Developer