OTIS D. GIBSON - FOUNDER, CHIEF CREATIVE OFFICER
Otis leads the way at GERTRUDE, INC.™, OZ MFG. COMPANY™, RAYE™, and THE BRNDHAUS PL-ZEN™, drawing on over 25 years of creative leadership in all facets of advertising for some of the biggest, best, and most innovative companies worldwide including Adidas, Coca-Cola, DIAGEO, Google, Kellogg’s, Mars Wrigley, McDonald’s, PepsiCo, Quaker, Smoothie King, Singha Beer, The U.S. Army, and Virgin. Before founding GERTRUDE, Otis worked across the US and Europe at Interbrand, Leagas Delany, Leo Burnett, Mullen, and Quaker City Mercantile. Otis holds an MBA from Steinbeis School of Management + Innovation at Steinbeis-Hochschule-Berlin.
HEATHER KNAPP - PRESIDENT
As GERTRUDE, INC., OZ MFG. COMPANY, RAYE, and THE BRNDHAUS PL-ZEN’s Operations and Account Management front line, Heather brings 20 years of brand guidance and strategic business leadership, backed by time-tested experience in nurturing relationships, maximizing budgets, developing strategic plans, and implementing them with a tireless eye to flawless, on-time execution, and results. Her top notch brand experience includes Coca-Cola, DIAGEO, Disney, Google, The Hershey Company, Mars Wrigley, PepsiCo, Procter & Gamble, Quaker, Red Bull, and Smoothie King. Heather holds a B.A., Magna Cum Laude from Colgate University.