Alex Duplan,
Chief Creative Officer
A native of Mexico City, Alex has over two decades of experience with leading agencies, such as Ogilvy Mexico City, Dieste, and Lerma, as well as directing for Los Angeles-based production companies. Alex’s experience in developing immersive and entertaining integrated campaigns for global and multinational brands has garnered award-winning international accolades from Cannes, FIAP, Clio, New York Festival, and London International Awards, as well as being nominated best creative director in the U.S. This stems from a breadth of proven mastery across all aspects of marketing from original and branded content, Hispanic and multicultural marketing, integrated digital and social, to traditional marketing.
A devout husband and father who's been married for over 20 years with three wonderful children, Alex draws strength from his faith, family, and creativity.
Brandon Barker,
Chief Operating Officer
Brandon is best summarized as a visionary entrepreneur with an interest in starting and building brands across a wide range of interests including for-profit and nonprofit. Born and raised in Northeast Texas with a background in business, marketing, and real estate, Brandon was raised in a multigenerational family of business owners. Competitive by nature, his keen interest in business strategy is what drives him to give meaning and context to the small day to day activities of running a business, providing an intentional overview. A natural problem solver who loves to help people accomplish their goals and dreams is what makes him a proven leader who builds communities of people. As comfortable in Jackson Square New Orleans or the shores of the Sea of Galilee, Brandon’s never-ending desire to experience diverse cultures is insatiable.
Joyfully married for fifteen years, with six children, Brandon leads with a strong sense of virtues driven by his enduring faith.
Benji Vega,
Chief Executive Officer
As a proven marketing leader with an emphasis on brand strategy, cultural insights, and directing original/branded content, Benji’s endless curiosity with communications has evolved into a love of brand storytelling across all media. He’s as comfortable helping position a startup seeking VC funding to landing global campaigns for multinational brands. His talent for drawing out the best from C-level executives provides the critical link to fully understand the needs of a brand, and how to turn that into actionable results which help provide insurmountable value. Driven to create sound strategic positioning, he prides himself on helping brands stand apart through distinct and captivating ideas, which net increased share of voice in order to propel business growth. As an accomplished director he sees video as the bridge that marries entertainment and the limitless storytelling potential of social, digital, broadcast, and branded content. Benji prides himself on being a people person whose bilingual abilities–English and Spanish–come into play the more our country’s cultural landscape evolves.
There’s never a dull moment at the Vega home for Benji, his wife of 27 years, and their eight incredible children. The sacrament of marriage, and the responsibility of fatherhood is a true vocation and one which fills him with profound meaning, purpose, and joy.
