Bill Brown
Chairman, Agent16
Biographical Info:
After stints at BBDO and Y&R, Bill founded Agent16 in 1991 and guided it to serve world-class clients like Disney, DuPont, Goldman Sachs and the Washington Post Company. His experience as an account guy on brands like Procter & Gamble, General Electric, Campbells Soup and Chase taught him early on that to lead is to serve.
A Colgate graduate, Bill lives in Connecticut with his wife, Jennie and two Scottish terriers. Golf is an ongoing problem.
Bob Manni
President, Agent16
Biographical Info:
Bob has deep client side experience at Nabisco and AOL and has led agency teams at Young and Rubicam, Margeotes Fertitta Partners, and Ammirati Puris Lintas. His teams produced the “Bacardi by Night” campaign and directed the repositioning and launch of Stoli flavors. Bob attended Villanova and earned his MBA at Pace University. He’s also a novelist, Reiki Master and Teacher, and an advanced clinical Master Hypnotist. He splits his time between Manhattan and at the beach in Ocean Grove, NJ.
Mark Morrissey
Managing Director, Agent16
Biographical Info:
During the past 25 years, Mark has defined and managed the identities for brands large and small. In all that time he claims to have learned only one thing; real insight rarely comes from more information or late night epiphanies but from being sensitive enough to hear the truth (and honest enough not to alter it) when it comes to your customer’s relationship with your brand. Mark has been a careful listener for clients including; AT&T, R.J. Reynolds, Chase, the New York City Department of Education, and Allied Domecq - to name a few.
Mark has an MBA from U. Mass and lives in New York with his wife and three really cool kids.
Daniel Rootenberg
Chief Financial Officer, Agent16
Biographical Info:
During the past 20 years, Daniel has helped a variety of entrepreneurial businesses grow from start-up to maturity. In his first role outside public accounting, he took Broadcasting Partners public on the NASDAQ as Corporate Controller and was involved in the successful sale of the company to Evergreen Media for $120 million in 1995. As CFO of WeightWatchers.com and its sixth employee, he helped the company grow from a start up through to its sale in 2005 to Weight Watchers International for over $600 million. At the time of the sale, the company’s annual revenues exceeded $120 million.
Daniel has a B. Acc. from the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa and is both a Chartered Accountant (S.A) and Certified Public Accountant (U.S.A.). In his spare time, he collects and deals in tribal art, with a specialty in 19th century art from southern Africa. He lives in New York with his wife, daughter and Luca, an unusually timid English Cream long-haired dachshund.
Dave Pachence
Creative Director, Agent16
Biographical Info:
Dave takes his vast knowledge of pop culture and effortlessly mixes it with the marketing message to create memorable, authentic and effective communications. Over his 16 years of experience, he’s created campaigns for Kodak, The Washington Post, DuPont, 1800 Tequila, Camel, The NY Department of Education and many more.
Chris Lenox
Creative Director, Agent16
Biographical Info:
Chris has an unmatched sense of design and style that he brings to every project big or small. His conceptual strength is only outdone by his computer wizardry. Over his 19 years of experience he’s created work for Goldman Sachs, Toshiba, Bulldog Gin, Newsweek, KOOL, The NY Board Of Elections and the list goes on.
Jim Flynn
Group Creative Director, Agent16
Biographical Info:
Jim is a thoroughly unrepentant ad man who got his start in Princeton, NJ, art directing projects for Dow Jones, Lucent, and AIG. In the 15 years since then, Jim’s crafted compelling creative for the likes of Newsweek, British Airways, J&B Scotch, Ford Motors, Goldman Sachs, and Atari.
Fully fluent in offline and online media, Jim can also manage just a smattering of Japanese. If he’s lucky.
Carlo Weinbrenner
Group Creative Director, Agent16
Biographical Info:
For over fourteen years, Carlo’s creative passion has helped him build experiences that engage, entertain, inform, and persuade — whether online, or in traditional media. He has a solid background in multimedia advertising, interactive and mobile app advertising, online/print design, broadcast, and television; skills which have been of service to such diverse clients as AOL, MGM, NBA, Mattel, Starbucks, Deutsche Bank, KOOL, Camel, McGraw-Hill and many more.
Dave Bassiri
Production Director, Agent16
Biographical Info:
Dave believes that flexibility is the most important thing a production department can provide for its clients. Throughout his 12 years of experience, he has produced campaigns in all medias from print to television to web using photography, live action, 3D animation and more. From shoe string budgets to multimillion dollar productions, Dave can help any client find the best way to deliver their message to the masses.
Jason Liberatore
Copywriter, Agent16
Biographical Info:
“Pompous.” “Pretentious.” “Arrogant.” These are but a few of the words not used to describe this graduate of New York’s School of Visual Arts. In his almost 5–year stint in the world of advertising copy, Jay has flexed his brain muscles in service of a wide range of clients including Three Olives Vodka, Zappos, Camel, and many more.
Christian Lester
Art Director, Agent16
Biographical Info:
Known by many as the Anti–Retro–Future–Superstar, this student of the arts works side-by-side with agency directors to see each pitch and campaign through to the end. Armed with nine years of experience, Christian has been trained to show no mercy and to live by one code: Learn. Adapt. Create. Expand. Repeat.
Christian’s client list includes: Remax Realty, Ernst & Young, Campbell Soup, KOOL, Camel Dip, 1800 Tequila.
Jenean Chapman
Business Development Manager & Social Media Planner, Agent16
Biographical Info:
Educated at the Newhouse School at Syracuse University, Jenean has worked in advertising and media at both traditional and digital agencies for over eight years. Her career began at Arnell Group in account management and progressed to business development at global media agency Mediaedge:cia, where she worked on successful pitches for Macy’s, AT&T, Energizer and V.F. Corporation, among others.
As the Business Development Manager and Social Media Planner at Agent16, Jenean is responsible for the creation and implementation of a comprehensive social media strategy whose goal is to increase both agency and client visibility by leveraging existing assets, managing all programs, and measuring their impact on the overall marketing efforts.
Jenean currently resides in Manhattan’s East Village
Alexandra Bissett
Account Supervisor, Agent16
Biographical Info:
Alex thrives on the complex challenges the ad world throws at her. Armed with a BA from Fordham and an MBA from Pace, she handles each client account with thoughtfulness and a meticulous attention to detail. Alex has forged successes with AT&T Wireless, Cingular, Kraft/Nabisco, Alison Raffaele Cosmetics, Polytechnic Institute of NYU, Kool, Three Olives Vodka and 1800 Tequila.
Donnie Montero
Viral Video Sensation & Office Eye Candy, Agent 16
Biographical Info:
Proud holder of over 400 nude world records for speed, Donnie’s foray into advertising/marketing is only just beginning. But if the attention garnered by his recent Zappos.com viral campaign is any indication, he won’t be a flash in the pan. His buttocks have already been glimpsed by a who’s who of socialites and cultural icons that includes Anderson Cooper and Vincent D’Onofrio. And if recent watercooler gossip is correct, you can add a certain young lady from account management to that list. Boom. Pow.
