Armed with a business degree from Ivey, Brent took an unconventional path to CEO where he spent his first 20 years focusing on creative. 

Today as the CEO at Angry Butterfly, Brent partners with his two co-founders to lead a high-performance agency team across strategy, creative, and delivery. 

Before AB, as CEO/Chief Creative Officer of DDB Canada, Brent used his unique left-brain/right-brain approach to lead DDB’s total creative product and agency’s overall strategic direction across all offices. He also spent 3 years in the big apple in charge of J. Walter Thompson’s flagship office as well as the other 11 North American offices, where he helped transform the old school agency into the #5 Cannes Cyber Agency in the World, while also leading a number of global accounts.

In Canada, Brent helped four different agencies transform into the Agency of the Year or runner-up and helped two different clients being named Marketer of the Year. In 2013, he was ranked the #2 Digital CCO in the World, has over 30 Cannes Lions to his name, plus has won best of show in every major award show in Canada - twice.

At home Brent transforms back to a proud dad, insane NFL fan, and loving husband. His wife would add “In that order.”

Erin is a creative director who understands that everything is digital.

And everything is human.

Her work has been recognized at Cannes, the One Show, Communication Arts, London International Awards, The Effies, and by Ad Age as one the top ‘viral’ campaigns in the world (back when you could use that word without getting punched in the face). 

The most exciting part of her job is looking at a problem from different angles and figuring out how to engage people in new ways – whether it’s a 2-second video or a bubble-wrapped parking space.

At AB, Erin oversees integrated work with the knowledge that effectiveness and creativity go hand-in-hand. 

With a career that spans independent start-ups and big multinationals, her work across the category and size spectrum has taught her to be scrappy, while fostering the unrealistic belief that big things are always possible.

As a mom to three young kids, there is – literally - nothing you can’t throw at her.

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Graham has over a decade of marketing and research experience, and has led insights and strategy at two 100+ person agencies.

Graham found his way into advertising after doing his PhD studies at the University of Toronto in Cultural Anthropology. His research focus was on understanding how culture and technology come together to change human experiences, looking specifically at social media and the emergence of online vigilantes. His PhD studies built on his Masters work where he developed new models for how people build networks of trust through online games.

After leaving the world of academia, Graham spent several years at a research consultancy firm working in the CPG and Pharmaceutical categories. There he lead research projects ranging from local focus groups to international (USA, Brazil, Russia, China), multi-staged discovery and positioning work. 

From research Graham transitioned to agency side, where he developed teams of brand planners, social and influencer specialists, as well as communications planning teams to develop strategy for clients such as TD Bank, General Mills, Hershey’s, IKEA, and Pepsi.

Graham is also a grand prix winner at the Canadian Magazine awards, a cited academic author and has been an invited speaker at UC Berkeley. If that didn’t already suggest how much of a nerd he is, he is also an avid online gamer and fan of WW1 literature.