⁠Brendan Shields-Shimizu⁠ - Chief Innovation Officer - Crispin Porter + Bogusky

Brendan Shields-Shimizu is the Chief Innovation Officer at Crispin Porter + Bogusky a role he took on when CPB announced an expansion of services and integrated new capabilities under the agency banner. Prior to this role, Brendan served as CEO at Observatory by Crispin, one of Fast Company’s “World’s Most Innovative Companies” for three years in a row in 2020, 2021 and 2022.   He had been with Observatory and its predecessor, CAA Marketing, since 2011, leading a 4x Emmy, 4x Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity Lions Grand Prix and Sundance Institute-winning agency for the content era – a global full-service creative ad agency with deep roots in entertainment.