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Geoff Bremner
President & CEO

Geoff Bremner is President and CEO of Modern Climate. He joined the consumer-centric advertising agency in 2001.

As President and CEO, Bremner fosters strong relationships with the agency’s clients and works with them to define revenue-producing strategies. He understands client opportunities and challenges on both a daily and long-term basis.

He joined Modern Climate to lead business development, and in his first year signed five major accounts, including United Health Group, General Mills, and Best Buy. Bremner is also proud to have evolved the agency’s St. Jude Medical business into an Agency of Record partnership in just over three years. In 2008, after helping to substantially grow the client and employee rosters, Bremner was asked to lead Modern Climate.

Bremner is known as a hard-working leader who won’t settle and can’t rest until objectives are met. He’s proud that Modern Climate provides jobs for great people while creating progress for great clients.

Prior to Modern Climate, Bremner earned a variety of impressive stripes. At Camworks, a technical web agency, he was VP Client Services. When Zamba Solutions acquired Camworks, Bremner assumed a senior business development role. Prior to both companies, he worked at St. Louis-based Emerson Process Management, and led the interactive marketing team.

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Keith

Keith Wolf
Chief Creative Officer

Keith Wolf is Chief Creative Officer and Co-Founder of Modern Climate. He helped start the consumer-centric advertising agency in 1998.

In his role as Chief Creative Officer, Wolf brings strategic vision to life through creative development. He doesn’t maintain a strict process for the creative group, as he feels a wide-open working environment enables collaborative opportunities for all. The two base ideologies he sees in advertising—brand and delivery—are rooted in his belief that he and his team must connect to the product they deliver.

Over the past decade, Wolf’s team has become savvy at marrying creative with technology, and vice versa. Everyone involved has a rich understanding of customer targets, which leads to more purposeful and worthwhile creative as well as a positive customer experience.

Wolf brings his upbeat and optimistic style to the local art scene as well. He and Modern Climate President Geoff Bremner started the Brick by Brick program, which celebrates local artists and brings their work to the community through gallery shows and unique promotions.

Prior to Modern Climate, Wolf worked at Tripp Agency, R.E.D. Design Organization, and most recently, Martin Williams – Fame. He specialized in creative development for local and national brands, including brand/logo design, packaging, and outdoor marketing.

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Jason

Jason Tell
Chief Knowledge Officer

Jason Tell is Co-Founder and Chief Knowledge Officer at Modern Climate. He helped start the consumer-centric advertising agency in 1998.

In his role as Chief Knowledge Officer, Tell is responsible for the research, performance measurement, and media practices that support the agency. The insights, analysis, and planning he provides enhance Modern Climate’s service to its clients.

On behalf of client projects, Tell oversees strategic development. He uses analytic, detail-oriented, and pragmatic methods to make sure that Modern Climate’s creative ideas achieve their goals and prove a return on investment. Much searching, listening, modeling, and qualifying help to predict the target audience’s behavior and ensure that the correct message is delivered.

Tell likes exploring new ideas and getting to the bottom of the “why.” His logical and not-so-linear thinking has even earned patents for user interface and interaction design.

Prior to Modern Climate, Tell worked at John Ryan Company. He started as an intern and in just six years climbed to Director of Interactive, before he left to start Modern Climate. Tell’s early career was driven by his knowledge of software and an aptitude to learn, and he found a calling in information architecture.

John

John Moberg
COO,CTO

John Moberg is Chief Operating Officer, Chief Technology Officer, and Co-Founder of Modern Climate. He helped start the consumer-centric advertising agency in 1998.

As COO, John is responsible for internal technology solutions, financials, human capital, legal, and supplier relationships. As CTO and an experienced technologist, John applies his expertise in systems and software architecture to ensure effective and innovative marketing technology solutions. He is continuously involved in research and development efforts ranging from how to apply advances in neuroscience and psychology to emerging technology platforms and development methodologies.

Prior to Modern Climate, John was Director of Interactive Media at John Ryan, a global marketing firm, where he developed satellite-fed, interactive kiosk systems.

John is a member of the International Association of Software Architects and is a Certified Scrum Master from the Scrum Alliance. He holds a bachelor’s degree in graphic design with a computer science minor from Bemidji State University and has completed marketing and IT programs from the University of Saint Thomas.

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John Biondi
Executive Creative Director

As Executive Creative Director, John is responsible for providing inspiration and leadership across the entire creative department.

John has a tremendous passion for delivering innovative and strategic solutions that engage audiences and achieve business objectives. In his 11 years in the industry John has worked for some of the world’s largest brands including Target, 3M, Mayo Clinic, Victory Motorcycles and Best Buy. His work has been recognized both locally and nationally, including awards from Communication Arts, HOW Magazine, The Show, Adobe Systems, and the Addy Awards.

Prior to joining Modern Climate, John was Executive Creative Director and Partner at Atomic Playpen. John’s creative leadership was instrumental in transforming Atomic Playpen into a more consumer-centric digital agency, as well as fostering agency growth as the number of employees more than doubled while he was there.

John has been a featured speaker at industry events, colleges & universities including the University of Minnesota, St. Thomas University, Miami Ad School, College of Visual Arts (CVA), Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD), Advertising Federation of Minnesota (AdFed) and the American Advertising Federation (AAF.)

Brant

Brant Haenel
EVP, Client Services

Leading the Client Services group at Modern Climate, Brant continues his 15+ year career and quest to foster genuine customer connection to drive business results.

Blurring the definition of ‘traditional account guy,’ Brant has led watershed digital projects and developed CRM foundations for notable national accounts.

Most recently Brant was Account Director at Carmichael Lynch setting the strategic foundation for Subaru of America, helping the brand achieve MediaPost’s Automotive Marketer of the Year and nearly doubling market share in just over one year. Prior to his work with Subaru, Brant led the Porsche Cars of North America business at Carmichael Lynch and the BMW interactive business at Fallon, most notably bmwusa.com and bmwfilms.com.

Other brand experience includes: Porsche Financial Services, BMW Financial Services, BMW Motorcycles, Buell Motorcycles, Firstar Bank, Nunn-Bush, Amity/Rolfs, National Marine Manufacturer’s Association, and The Milwaukee Ballet.

Brant received his bachelor’s degree in Public Communication from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. Along with a wife, two sons, dog and his perpetual curiosity, Brant lives in Edina, MN.

Jim

Jim Toth
Technical Director

As Technical Director, Jim is responsible for integrating digital into all the interactive projects delivered by Modern Climate.

Jim’s instincts and advanced technical knowledge are key in his development of effective and innovative solutions which accelerate our clients. Whether the job requires cutting-edge or mainstream technology, Jim ensures his team leverages the appropriate mix of technology to meet the business and marketing objectives of each project.

Jim has over 15 years experience in information technology working on high-visibility projects for companies like Target, OptumHealth, and Best Buy. He thoroughly enjoys helping companies thrive with tech-savvy business solutions.

Jim earned his Bachelor of Arts in Math-Computer Science from Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin. He has a background in enterprise architecture and is a member of the Minneapolis Chapter of the International Association of Software Architects (IASA). When not spending time at Modern Climate, you can find him biking, playing squash, or enjoying family time with his wife, three daughters, and two dogs in Edina, MN.