RED8 INTERACTIVE

Red8 Interactive is a team of 25 experienced interactive strategists and developers who have worked together an average of 5 years. Our team is focused on interactive production. You create the design, you have the idea and the Red8 team will see it through, adding value along the way. Randy has been an internet entrepreneur for more than 10 years and serves as Executive Producer for Red8 Interactive, which he founded in 2003. At Red8, Randy built relationships and led projects with leading international media companies, including Fox Cable Networks, Shop Channel in Tokyo and CCTV in Beijing. He has also managed key strategic initiatives for the company, including establishment of a production facility in Shanghai. Randy began his career in digital media in 1999 with CMGI in Los Angeles and Hong Kong where he led client services and business development for their online advertising business. In this role, he worked on many early stage digital initiatives, including web, mobile and video advertising. Randy received his bachelor's degree with honors from the University of California at Irvine and is a member of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences and Interactive Television Alliance. James is an inventive problem-solver and motivated team leader with creative vision and bottom-line sensibility. He brings over 25 years of multi-disciplinary experience with high-profile, global brands and B2C clients in packaged goods, durables, transportation, telecomm, and financial services. Most recently James was SVP, Managing Director - Interactive and Direct, at Hoffman|Lewis where he introduced online marketing to current clients including Toyota, McDonald's and VSP. While leading the team at Hoffman|Lewis, Red8 Interactive was his "go to" resource for interactive production. Prior to this he held the position of President and General manager of Euro RSCG's San Francisco office. In this role he led the transformation of an agency office dominated by financial services direct mail to a multi-disciplined agency, supporting clients in CPG (Nestle), consumer electronics (Apple) and online banking (Wells Fargo). He started his career in Rock and Roll working with artists such as The Rolling Stones, The Who and The Police. James graduated from Queens University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada with a B.Mus. in Music Composition and a minor in Math. Mark has had the pleasure of working with and managing some of the finest web designers and developers in the mid-west for the last 15 years. Through projects ranging in size and complexity with such companies as AT&T, McDonald's, Energizer, Monsanto, Anheuser-Busch, Microsoft, Sprint, Verizon, and other top companies, he has remained a hands-on developer continually striving to teach others more about the emerging technologies that are driving the digital domain on a global perspective. Mark has been tasked to help grow Red8s business, by building and managing a new team of developers in the greater St. Louis area. Mark provides strategic direction and support for all of Red8s clients. And continues to research emerging technologies, service offerings, and workforce capabilities, in order to maintain a competitive edge for Advertising and Marketing agencies around the globe. Mark graduated from Washington University in St. Louis with a Bachelor's of Fine Art.