Leadership

Sam Rand
Managing Partner, Group Director

started his career as an Account Assistant with Ketchum Communications and rose to be president of the Philadelphia office.

is a seasoned marketing pro with brand experience across a broad range of industries from technology, software and internet to athletic apparel, recreation, sports marketing, hospitality, technology, and financial services.

at age forty, studied Gracie jiu-jitsu full-time in L.A. for a year.

co-founded Gracie Gear™, an athletic apparel company.

brings a deep understanding of retail, travel, restaurant and hospitality, and B2B marketing, earned by serving clients including Four Seasons Hotels, Pizza Hut, Bell Atlantic, Verizon, Dell Computer, H.J. Heinz, and Stouffer's Foods, Wachovia, CARQUEST, and EMBARQ.

former Director of the Institute of Advanced Advertising Studies for the 4A's.

ENTREPRENEUR

earned his undergraduate degree in advertising from Penn State University, and did post-graduate work in statistics and probability at the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Melon

likes to spend his free time with his 10-year-old son, Rex.