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Client Start Year End Year
Abbott 1985 Current
Eaton Vance 2019 Current
James Hardie Building Products 2018 Current
elanco 2020 Current
Voya 2020 Current
VillageMD 2022 Current
AIG 2009 Current
Marley Coffee 2016 2020
B Braun 2020 Current
Sidecar Health 2021 Current

About

We merge storytelling with technology to promote health, wealth and happiness in the world.

Today, consumers are suffering from a decline in attention and trust. Growth companies recognize the importance of developing brand ecosystems that merge the powerful forces of storytelling and technology.

Our unique approach draws upon analytics and omnichannel strategies that integrate primary data, targeted media, web and CRM to create closed-loop performance marketing systems.

People

  • Jon Ianelli

    Jon Ianelli

    EVP, Managing Director

    Jon Ianelli oversees the Financial Services offering at MERGE. He brings a strong client-focus and do-the-right-thing attitude to the agency's relationships with such brands as AMG, Fidelity, HarborOne Bank, Eaton Vance, Calvert, Nuveen, UNUM, Wellington Management and others. He also led the agency’s relationship as MINI’s digital AOR for several years. Prior to joining MERGE, Jon spent 18 years at Publicis Sapient, where he oversaw financial services client relationships focused on digital strategy and transformation, experience design and enterprise marketing technology. Outside of work, Jon is known for having founded a well-known Boston charity run that has raised over $2M for Boston children’s charities.
  • Keith Turco

    Keith Turco

    Chief Growth Officer

    An expert in digital transformation with more than 25 years’ experience in marketing and technology, Keith brings world-class leadership in business growth, and he has a proven track record with some of the world’s most recognized brands. As Chief Growth Officer at MERGE, Keith's primary responsibility is net new business, but his experience with M&A and key clients is often tapped. Prior to MERGE, Keith served as Chief Commercial Officer and America's President of EVRYTHNG, Ltd (acquired by Digimarc, Nasdaq: DMRC). Keith has also held executive positions at Ogilvy, Gyro (acquired by Dentsu, TYO: 4324) and CA Technologies. Keith's extensive agency- and client-side experience provides a unique perspective on business landscapes that is greatly valued by many Fortune 500 clients.
  • Cindy Brown

    Cindy Brown

    Chief Performance Officer

    Cindy Brown is the Chief Performance Officer at MERGE and is the founder and former CEO of Blue Moon Digital. Cindy’s extensive knowledge of digital marketing strategy, direct marketing, product management, and development in both domestic and international markets make her an indispensable leader. She is well known for her expertise in developing high-tech software for predictive database solutions in the retail, finance, and healthcare industries and leading clients successfully through their digital transformation journey. She has worked with brands such as Tapestry, VF Corporation, Giant Eagle, and more.
  • Kerry Griffin

    Kerry Griffin

    Chief Talent Officer

    Kerry leads the network’s People & Culture. She oversees learning & development, recruiting, performance management and benefits. Kerry is passionate about identifying talented people across diverse skillsets and growing careers. Her background in client service means she understands how work gets done. She partners with teams to find the right talent to deliver the best possible results. She also drives our processes and employee programs so that workdays run smoothly and our culture bonds us, yet reflects each office’s unique personality.
  • Troy Mastin

    Troy Mastin

    Chief Financial Officer

    Troy oversees finance and operations across the network and works closely with the Chicago leadership team. This former Wall St. analyst knows how to tell a story with numbers. He is hands-on and collaborative, helping our agency teams across disciplines and clients strategically drive businesses forward. Troy has led the transformation of companies across categories and is especially at home in the digital space. He also has been a C-suite advisor to private equity firms, corporations and boards, and was one of the original equity analysts associated with the Google IPO.
  • Mark Goble

    Mark Goble

    Chief Operating Officer

    Mark brings his 25+ years of entrepreneurship to the day to day oversight of operations and corporate growth at MERGE. His passion for people has guided his approach on combining more than 20 marketing businesses as a leader at GA Communications, Sandbox and MERGE. Starting early in his career in technology sales he found himself becoming involved in his father’s Chicago based healthcare marketing firm. This began his quest in building a one of a kind independent marketing service business that is client-centric and people-focused.
  • Rob Powers

    Rob Powers

    Practice Area Lead - Financial Servicers

    Rob leads our Financial Service practice across several sectors including Asst Management, Banking, Credit Card, Insurance and Retirement. Working with some of the largest Financial Services brands including American Express, Comenity Direct, KeyBank, Morgan Stanley, Nationwide, TIAA, Voya Investment Management, he is a motivated, executive level sales and marketing professional with over 35 years of cross–functional traditional, direct, and interactive/digital marketing experience. Rob has a track record of leveraging insights to deliver relevant multi-disciplinary communications solutions. He is a decisive but passionate innovative leader with a diverse consumer and business-to-business experience driving results for Fortune 500 companies. Known to clients and colleagues as “the accelerator”, based on a track record of rapid delivery of innovative strategic thinking to drive relationships, business, and results.
  • Mindy Phillips

    Mindy Phillips

    Practice Area Lead - Retailers

    Mindy Phillips is the EVP, Managing Director who leads our team of talented digital marketers, analysts, SEO strategists, and client services experts. She was one of the original co-founders of Blue Moon Digital, Inc. and brings more than 18 years of agency management and performance marketing experience. She supports teams in the development of business-elevating strategies aligned to achieve brands’ ecommerce and retail business goals. She loves brainstorming creative client solutions and effectively solves business challenges and opportunities. She has collaborated with many brands at all stages of digital transformation such as: VF Corporation, including Smartwool and Icebreaker, Tapestry, Eileen Fisher, AM Retail Group, Giant Eagle & GetGo, and Full Beauty Brands.
  • Toby Smalley

    Toby Smalley

    Practice Area Lead - Consumer

    As the Consumer & Commerce Practice co-lead, Toby oversees a portfolio of brands that ranges from CPG brands to quick service restaurants to consumer durable goods and professional services. With over 30 years of experience in all of these categories, Toby combines cross-industry thinking with marketing discipline to help drive business results. More importantly, Toby understands how to harness the power of collaboration, be it working within one agency across all the disciplines of MERGE, or leading an Integrated Marketing Communications model across many diverse agencies for one Client. This spirit of collaboration also fuels MERGE’s ability to dig deep into a Client’s business- working with Clients, and understanding their business needs, not just marketing needs, allows Toby to bring the right solutions to MERGE’s Clients in the Consumer and Commerce space.
  • Nicole Turner

    Nicole Turner

    Practice Area Lead - Consumer

    Nicole co-leads the MERGE consumer and commerce practice area to achieve brand goals, inspire teams, guide business decisions, and develop trusted client partnerships. She brings more than 15 years of agency experience building and growing national brands, leading large-scale brand efforts, developing integrated campaigns, and serving as a champion for big ideas. Her category expertise ranges from Fortune 500 to emerging companies, with a passion for getting deep in client’s business to shape brand decisions that impact every aspect of customer experience. With a customer-centered approach, Nicole brings a unique specialty in retail and experience marketing, focusing on opportunities to create meaningful engagements along the path to purchase. Brand experience includes Abbott Nutrition, Bayer, Elanco, John Deere, LG Electronics, Sonic America’s Drive-In, Sprint, and YRCW.
  • Kellie Bliss

    Kellie Bliss

    Practice Area Lead - Health Providers

    Kellie is comfortable with complexity, significant challenges and the need for change. She oversees client service, leads new client partnerships, and maximizes team effectiveness. Kellie is known for transforming something strong into something superb. She identifies the right approach and creates a collaborative environment that delivers results and client growth. Her 20+ years of experience in integrated marketing communications, strategic planning and brand development infuses high-performing solutions across industries and consumer segments.
  • Jim Porter

    Jim Porter

    Practice Area Lead - Health Plans

    Jim started his career in the beverage industry working in sales and product management positions for Gallo Wine in California and Brown-Forman in Kentucky. Since moving to Boston, Jim has worked exclusively in life science and healthcare advertising, helping his clients develop competitive positioning and selling strategies. His life science clients have included Boston Scientific, Johnson & Johnson, Smith & Nephew, and Genzyme. In the healthcare space, Jim has worked with a variety of Blue Cross Blue Shield plans, SelectHealth/Intermountain, Capital District Physicians Health Plan and Lahey Hospital. Jim believes in the power of strong relationships coupled with deep “vertical intelligence”. Jim and his team help clients solve a number of complex communications challenges in areas such as payer/provider partnerships, hospital contract negotiations, digital transformation and member experience.
  • Tom Brand

    Tom Brand

    President

    Tom oversees MERGE Atlanta's business strategy and growth, client relationships, finance and operations. He helps healthcare organizations define their digital strategy and deliver the tactical experience and resources to succeed online. Tom is always looking for ways to develop intuitive digital design and innovative technology that work as one. He founded AVID Design in 1996, which combined with Dodge Communications, and is now part of the MERGE network.
  • Andrew Pelosi

    Andrew Pelosi

    President

    As President, Andrew is responsible for business operations at MERGE while working closely with other members of the leadership team to keep ahead of the rapidly evolving creative, media and technology landscape—in order to provide clients with insightful strategic guidance and thoughtful brand experiences.
  • Nick Jones

    Nick Jones

    Chief Client Officer

    Nick brings more than 25 years of experience building brands through cross-channel marketing. As Chief Client Officer, Nick is responsible for leading and accelerating MERGE’s strategic organic business growth to bring health, wealth and happiness to the world. He provides best practices for successfully integrating new technologies into marketing initiatives to create immersive and engaging brand experiences. Prior to MERGE, Nick served as Chief Growth Officer at Geometry, leading strategic growth and business development for North America, and was a member of Geometry’s executive committee. Nick’s expertise includes advertising, CRM/direct, digital, promotions, retail/shopper marketing, e-commerce and omnichannel integration for numerous brands including Bose, Coca-Cola, Comcast, Electrolux, Embassy Suites Hotels, HP, IBM, Intel, Lego, MolsonCoors, Nokia, P&G, Samsung, Sony, Sprint and Unilever. He is widely recognized as a global leader in marketing innovation. A highly regarded speaker on this topic, Jones has delivered keynotes at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, The National Retail Federation’s “Big Show,” Path-to-Purchase Expo, SPECs, GlobalShop and EuroShop.
  • Pat McGloin

    Pat McGloin

    Chief Client Officer/ Life Sciences

    Pat has been with MERGE for 9 years and is currently the Chief Growth Officer and Life Science Practice Practice Lead. Pat has extensive experience building and executing commercial strategies as a client and began his career leading US Sales Training for Johnson & Johnson. He brings an MBA and over 25 years of marketing leadership experience to the agency having spent decades growing life science organizations in both biotech and medtech. Just prior to joining MERGE, Pat was Chief Commercial Officer for a global life sciences company and had responsibility for North America leading strategy while running sales, marketing, distribution and customer service. At MERGE, Pat helped lead and launch commercial strategies for Roche, Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Flexion Therapeutics, Momenta Pharmaceuticals, Boston Scientific, Medtronic, B. Braun and Cardinal Health among others.
  • Jean May

    Jean May

    President

    As president of MERGE West, Jean leads the business operations in the market and oversees client growth and success by setting business strategies, providing motivational leadership and managing the day-to-day operations of the region while partnering with the other regional presidents to help MERGE emerge in the industry as the leading independent agency. Jean is a passionate, results-driven leader with expertise in building and fostering strong client relationships and exceptional team performance. She enjoys mentoring rising stars and finding new and challenging opportunities for them to develop and grow. Her background stretches across Client Service, Operations and Project Management, with multichannel category experience ranging from life sciences to animal health, agriculture and finance.
  • Patrick Venetucci

    Patrick Venetucci

    CEO

    Patrick is an entrepreneurial and transformational executive who has been leading courageous leaps in the marketing services industry for nearly 30 years. As a c-level business leader at companies such as Leo Burnett Worldwide and Dentsu Aegis Network, Patrick sparked growth and innovation by modernizing capabilities, creating novel operating models and repositioning big iconic brands for Fortune 500 brands such as Samsung. Having managed marketing, operations and HR at $1B in scale, as well as having worked on the ground in 30+ countries, Patrick has an uncommon multifunctional and global perspective. Several years ago, Patrick set off on an entrepreneurial path with the vision of bending the industry in a new direction. Partnering with private equity companies, he led a number of buyout attempts valued at hundreds of millions of dollars. Additionally, Patrick has served on the boards of innovative public and private technology companies and has advised many private equity firms. Patrick holds an MBA in Finance, Marketing & Entrepreneurship from the University of Chicago and a BA in Communications Studies from the University of Iowa.
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