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Rob Gaedtke Learned Every Side of the Table - Then Took the Head Seat
The KPS3 chief came up through design, technology, accounts and strategy. His real operating system is simpler: show people the numbers, trust them with the work, and keep moving.
From Climbing Copywriter to AI-Era Operator: Jen Rapp Keeps Creative Close to the Business
She learned brand storytelling at Patagonia, performance discipline at DoorDash and public-company theater at Klaviyo. Now Superside's Chief Customer Officer is trying to make creative work faster without sanding away the human judgment that makes it worth seeing.
Eliza Chiang Is Making Proof of Humanity Feel Human
The operator behind playful World campaigns has built a career around a stubborn idea: complicated systems become useful only when real people can feel what they mean.
Sehan Sanjula Turned the Overnight Shift Into a Design Company
Zyner began with two laptops, months without a client and midnight calls from Colombo. Sehan Sanjula’s real product was not another design package - it was a way to make creative work arrive without the chase.
Ravid Razak Turned a GoPro Editing Problem Into a Global Video Company
A post-trip editing headache gave Ravid Razak the idea for DreamItReel. More than a decade later, he is still applying a consultant's eye to the unruly business of making video at scale.
Drew Carroll
Drew Carroll is a Georgia-based Fractional CMO and creative director who helps founders, leaders, and teams turn fuzzy brand ideas into clear marketing systems and growth-driving content. He has led marketing and creative for the leadership community Catalyst for six-plus years and serves as creative director for Student Led Worship and First City Church, with campaign work spanning Barna, Orange, Convoy of Hope, and Erwin McManus.