# Kailynn Bowling

> Kailynn Bowling is the co-founder of ChicExecs PR + Retail Agency, working with longtime business partner Nikki Carlson. Her experience building chicBuds, a fashion-focused electronics brand, informed an agency combining public relations, retail strategy and digital marketing. Based professionally in San Marcos, California, she also writes about branding and advocates employee mentorship.

- **Role:** Co-founder and Co-CEO at ChicExecs PR + Retail Agency
- **Organizations:** ChicExecs PR + Retail Agency, ChicBlvd Inc. / CB Agency Group, chicBuds, Fashion Audio LLC, BackHouse Digital Agency, ExPR
- **Education:** Mt. San Antonio College
- **Known for:** Co-founded ChicExecs after building her own consumer electronics brand with Nikki Carlson., Co-developed chicBuds, later acquired by Incipio according to CB Agency Group., ChicExecs reported 20 percent overall growth and over $20 million in client retail orders for 2021.

## Career timeline

- **Before entrepreneurship** — Worked in finance and management, including mortgage-industry roles.
- **2004** — Began an early online venture with her business partner, according to her 2018 account.
- **Mid-2000s** — Co-developed chicBuds and co-founded ChicExecs with Nikki Carlson.
- **2011** — chicBuds partnered with Innovate Partners to create Fashion Audio LLC, according to her LinkedIn project description.
- **2017** — ChicExecs introduced a new San Marcos office designed for varied work styles.
- **2021** — Bowling and Carlson were named San Diego Business Journal Business Women of the Year finalists; the agency reported over $20 million in client retail orders.
- **2024** — Co-launched BackHouse Digital Agency, according to CB Agency Group.
- **2025** — ChicExecs issued a statement addressing business reputation amid AI-generated content and anonymous reviews.

## Achievements

- Co-founded ChicExecs after building her own consumer electronics brand with Nikki Carlson.
- Co-developed chicBuds, later acquired by Incipio according to CB Agency Group.
- ChicExecs reported 20 percent overall growth and over $20 million in client retail orders for 2021.
- Named a 2021 Business Women of the Year finalist by San Diego Business Journal, as reported in the agency’s February 2022 release.
- Contributed business advice to Forbes through YEC and wrote for CEOWORLD.

## Latest updates

- **2025-06** — ChicExecs publicly addressed reputation management and online review culture in an agency-issued statement.
- **2024-08** — Extra covered the founders and the expansion of the agency family to include ExPR and Backhouse Agency.

## Links

- Website: https://www.chicexecs.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kailynnbowling/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/founderchicbuds

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Last updated: 2026-10-22