Global Leaders
Colin Kinsella, CEO, North America
As CEO of Digitas North America, Colin drives growth, innovation and collaboration across the agency's largest region. He joins Digitas with an extensive background of more than 20 years of experience in traditional and digital advertising.
Most recently, Colin served as Global Chief Innovation Officer for Razorfish, a role he was appointed to in May 2009. Previously, he was President of the agency's West region where he led all of the agency's discipline areas, including analytics, strategy, delivery, media and technology to drive the development of customer experiences for clients such as Visa, Singapore Airlines, Genentech, Sony, Williams Sonoma and Westfield. Prior to this role, Colin served as general manager of both the agency's California offices, a position he'd held since joining Razorfish in 2004.
Previously, Colin led the creative, strategy and business-to-business efforts at QuinStreet, a start up specializing in online marketing and technology. Prior to that, he spent 14 years at Foote Cone and Belding serving in several leadership roles in Chicago, San Francisco and London—where he led FCB's efforts to establish a network throughout Europe, Africa and the Middle East.
Colin holds an MBA from University of Chicago and a B.A. and B.S. from University of Dayton. He has also served as Vice Chairman for the Northern California American Association of Advertising Agencies (AAAA); Chairman of the AAAA Western Region Interactive and New Media Committee; and an Advisor to the Board of Animated Speech—a company which produces software that builds speech and language skills for children with autism and other language difficulties.
Stephan Beringer, CEO, Digitas International
Stephan Beringer, CEO, Digitas International, is widely regarded as a true pioneer of the interactive space. He offers a career of international experience and understanding of business creativity and innovation from which he draws to bolster Digitas' key position in the market. As President, Digitas International, Stephan drives organic and new business in all non- U.S. markets— including EMEA, LatAm, and Asia-Pac—while continuing to strengthen Digitas' global footprint, and growing the Agency's global client relationships. He is also the head of International for Razorfish, where he oversees all of the brands' offices, drives the expansion of the network, and steers the strategic consultancy on key clients.
While Stephan's experience began with media-neutral roots, he forged beyond more traditional advertising and marketing spaces, and in the nineties set up and eventually led one of the first integrated agency units in the German market: Tribal DDB Munich. A founding member of Tribal DDB Worldwide, Stephan was responsible for launching the German operation in 1995 and the Austrian office in 1999. Through his role as CEO of Tribal Germany and Tribal Austria, he became a member of Tribal DDB's European Board in 2000, took over as President of the EMEA region in 2005, and effectively tripled the area of Tribal DDB's footprint. Stephan was ultimately responsible for TribalDDB in the EMEA region with its 24 offices and led the agency in winning Cannes Agency of the Year, Cannes Grand Prix (Cyber and Film), Adweek's Interactive Agency of the Year, Advertising Age's Global Agency Network of the Year, and more.
Stephan holds a master's degree in law and has previously worked in the music, television and film industries.
Mark Beeching, Worldwide Chief Creative Strategy Officer
As Chief Creative Officer, Mark leads Digitas creative work throughout the agency's network across Asia, Europe, The Americas, and Australasia. He brings to the role a background that spans children's theater, Cold War broadcasting to the former Eastern bloc, general advertising, film production, and digital media.
Mark says he feels just "relieved and lucky" that the very unplanned messiness of his career has equipped him so well for these times of rapid change in the media and marketing landscape. His vision for change, leadership, and influence have helped produce award-winning campaigns that unleash the powerful interaction of brands and people. During his tenure at Digitas, Mark has led innovative digital work for clients including American Express, Delta, Samsung, and P&G.
Mark's creative impetus and his championing of Digitas colleagues have resulted in top industry honors, including Cyber Lions silver and bronze and Lions Direct gold and bronze, Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival, and Adweek IQ Independent Agency of the Year.
Prior to joining Digitas in 1999, Mark was executive creative director of Circle.com and co-founder of the London Beechwood Agency. Mark holds a B.A., cum laude, and a Master of Arts from Corpus Christi College, Oxford.
Seth Solomons, CEO, CRM365
Seth Solomons, CEO of CRM365, has been at Digitas for 10 years. He is a member of the Digitas Global Executive Board. He drives the agency's growth efforts across both core client upsell and net new business. He also is responsible for the agency's offering strategy, leading the Marketing, Media, Technology, and Strategy and Analytics capabilities.
Seth is a seasoned integrated marketing professional, having led a broad range of client engagements. Currently, Seth is the global relationship lead on both the Samsung and Delta accounts, and has built much of the infrastructure and operations needed to enable Digitas to manage global client business. He has led work with clients such as Nike, American Express, AOL, and Pfizer. Seth has traditional advertising, digital, direct, and partnership marketing experience.
Seth was named as one of the Top 40 Under 40 by Ad Age in July 2007.
Prior to joining Digitas, Seth spent eight years at Wunderman Worldwide. He worked with several established brands, including Diners Club, Clairol Professional, Nabisco, AstraZeneca, and Philip Morris, developing customer-centric marketing programs against acquisition, retention, cross-sell, win-back, and new product development goals.
Seth is a graduate of Syracuse University. He, his wife Laura, and their two daughters live in Rye Brook, New York.
Joe Tomasulo, Chief Financial Officer
As CFO, Joe is responsible for all financial affairs of Digitas globally, including overseeing financial operations and all accounting and finance functions.
Joe most recently served as senior vice president of mergers and acquisitions/real estate for Publicis Groupe, S.A, based in New York. In this role, Joe played an integral role in the Groupe's expansion and in supporting the infrastructure needs in the U.S. market. He was formerly senior vice president of corporate finance/mergers and acquisitions for BCOM3 Group, Inc. in New York (formerly McManus Group) and has extensive international experience in the financial and legal issues facing the advertising industry for the past 17 years. He began his career with Price Waterhouse as a senior accountant.
Joe holds a B.B.A. in Accounting from Iona College, a J.D. from New York Law School, and an LL.M. from New York University School of Law. He is a member of the New York and New Jersey Bar Associations and is a Certified Public Accountant.
Tony Weisman, President, Digitas Boston-Chicago-Detroit Region
As President of the Digitas Boston-Chicago-Detroit Region, Tony is responsible for leading the strategy and execution of Digitas services across the region's client base, and for the growth and development of the office and its people. And, as Global Client Leader, he partners with the agency's worldwide CEO, Laura Lang, to organize resources and talent against global client initiatives and foster senior level global relationships.
Tony joined Digitas in 2007 as president of the Digitas Chicago Region. Since joining the agency, the Chicago region has more than tripled in size adding numerous new clients including MillerCoors, Walgreens, and Kaiser Permanente, and growing existing relationships with Whirlpool, P&G, Kraft, General Motors and Mars. Tony has also attracted a variety of innovative professionals to help lead the continued growth of the agency.
The offices in the Digitas Boston-Chicago-Detroit region have received numerous accolades for fostering a unique and innovative workplace, receiving honors from the Boston Business Journal, the Best Companies Group, Brill Street + Company, Crain's Chicago, Crain's Detroit, Detroit Free Press, Fusion Detroit, the Michigan Business and Professional Association, and the National Association for Business Resources.
Tony came to Digitas with more than 22 years of advertising industry experience. He was most recently chief marketing officer at Draft Chicago, where he spearheaded one of the most dramatic growth trajectories in the business's history. Prior, he held various management positions at Leo Burnett.
Tony holds a B. A. from Brown University (Phi Beta Kappa). He is a Chairman of the Board of Chicago Public Radio and a member of the boards of the American Association of Advertising Agencies (Chicago Chapter) and the Off The Street Club.
Judy Jackson, Chief Talent Officer
As the Chief Talent Officer for Digitas worldwide, Judy leads all human resources efforts with a focus on strengthening opportunities for Digitas talent. Under her leadership, the agency has received more than 20 Best Places to Work accolades in a little over two years, a reflection of the engaging, innovative, and rewarding workplace that Judy has helped create. Judy is also at the helm of Digitas' Diversity & Inclusion program, working to ensure that every employee's experience in the organization is positive and valuable.
A respected industry thought leader, Judy has contributed to a number of books on human resources management, including The Coaching Connection: A Manager's Guide to Developing Individual Potential in the Context of the Organization, Career GPS: Strategies for Women Navigating the New Corporate Landscape, and Learning & Development Leadership Strategies: Top Human Resources Executives on Hiring the Right People, Building a Strong Workforce, and Impacting the Bottom Line (Inside the Minds).
Judy returned to Digitas in 2005 after serving as Vice President, Human Resources at Essence Communications Inc., a media division of Time Inc. Previously, she led Human Resources for Digitas New York, developing human resources processes, standards and practices across all stages of the employee life cycle. Judy also held human resource leadership positions with Wunderman Worldwide, BBDO Advertising, and Planned Parenthood of New York City. Prior to that, Judy was a pioneer in the diversity space at ABC-TV by assuming the first ever role of Diversity Manager.
Judy holds a B.A. in Communications from City University of New York. She is a long standing advisor for the Harlem YMCA Black Achiever's Program and is the former President of BRAINY, an organization of African Americans in the communications industry.