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Brett Malden
Chief Executive Officer

FRANK. is the culmination of Brett’s 20+ years as a successful businessman and entrepreneur.
A “marketeer” at heart with strong core competencies in strategic analysis, branding and
advertising, his unique and extremely diversified industry experience makes him the ideal
professional to lead FRANK.

After graduating from the University of Miami with a Bachelor’s of Science Degree in Mechanical
Engineering, Brett was employed as a Development Manager for Motorola. He also went on to
pursue an MBA from Harvard University while engaged in numerous highly publicized tech and
dot-com ventures including NetCreations and Postmaster Direct.

Having forged successful relationships with such business icons as LVMH, The Walt Disney
Company, Universal Studios, Motorola and Centex Rooney among others, Brett founded 2B
Worldwide, Inc. in 2001 to service these and other multi-billion dollar organizations in their
domestic and international business development efforts.

In February of 2007, Brett successfully completed a merger of equals between 2B Worldwide
(Marketing), Frank Design (Creative) and Plus Media (Interactive) into Frank Worldwide or
simply FRANK.

FRANK. represents Brett’s ultimate vision of integrating spot-on creative and design with strong
strategic messaging and storytelling in both offline and online media content that compels the
target audience to think outside of the box.

Todd Houser
Chief Creative Officer

While studying Communication Arts at East Carolina University, Todd managed to earn himself
7 Addy’s, including a Best in Show, in addition to being featured in both How and Print Magazines.
After graduating from ECU with a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree, Todd joined Miami ‘hot-shop’
Pinkhaus in June 1993 and worked on many high-profile accounts including Mercedes Benz,
Pepsi, Burger King, Bacardi and RCCL. His work was recognized and awarded in The 100 Show,
Graphis, Graphic Design USA, How Magazine, Print Magazine Annuals, a handful of design books,
the 1998 Addy Best of Show, two prestigious Potlatch Context 1 contests, and in Creativity and
American Graphic Design.

At Pinkhaus, Todd launched the motion graphics and interactive departments and advanced to
Creative Director. In 2002, he left Pinkhaus and co-founded Frank Design, a boutique design firm
focused on smart creative and memorable brand building. He formally established a strategic
alliance with Alex Bogusky and CP+B and FRANK. soon became their “go-to” design source for
print and collateral on such brands as Volkswagen and Geek Squad.

In early 2007, Frank Design merged with 2B Worldwide (an international marketing and business
development firm) and created a completely integrated, full-service advertising agency simply
known as FRANK. As Chief Creative Officer, Todd leads an eclectic and talented team of some of
the best creative’s in the business to produce award-winning campaigns for their select group of
coveted clients that seek out their signature style of “FRANK.ness.”

Stefan Kosel
Chief Technology Officer

Born, raised and educated in Germany, Stefan has been involved in interactive multimedia
development for over 15 years. He studied Graphic and New Media Design for several years
in Germany and at the Art Institute of Southern California. Since the infancy of the Web,
Stefan has been working as a Creative Director + Programmer on a variety of award-winning
multimedia projects for the entertainment industry.

Stefan has developed Internet and CD-ROM projects such as Paramount Pictures’ ‘Star Trek’
Enhanced CD series, Sony’s ‘Godzilla’ website, and Threshold’s ‘Mortal Kombat’ website.
Additionally, Stefan has been involved in the conception and development of several startup
tech-companies such as Trafficstation (a traffic information service) and Proxity Digital
Networks (a now publicly traded company).

After Proxity, he focused his resources on his own new media-consulting studio, Plus Media, Inc.
In June of 2007, PMI was acquired by FRANK. and now he serves as the CTO for this Miami-
based advertising agency. His responsibilities include the creative and technical oversight of the
company’s interactive division.

Divina Bach
Account Director

After graduating from the European Business School in London with a degree in International
Business Management and Marketing, Divina started her professional career in Paris conducting
stock exchange filings. Shortly realizing the Bourse was not her calling she decided to pursue
a career that would cater to her love for travel and the opportunity to use her gift of languages
that include fluency in German, French, Filipino, Indonesian and English.

Divina spent the next 5 years as a Management Consultant specializing in Total Working
Capital Management for Fortune 500 companies throughout Europe with a diverse range of
clients including Tyco, BP, Chubb, Bayer, Arcelor and Cable & Wireless. She predominantly
managed projects throughout Germany, France, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. Still
feeling like she was missing some excitement in her business life, Divina changed industries
and spent one year working at Schlumberger as a Business Management Consultant assigned
to a project in Kuwait at Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) followed by an assignment in the North
Sea for Conoco Phillips and Statoil.

After much reflection, Divina decided to redirect her career path back towards her first love
and true passion– Marketing. As Account Director for FRANK., she now has the opportunity to
apply her strong managerial skills to the “art” of Client Relationship Management. Her
complete skill set is fully utilized by integrating her proficiencies in best practices and business
strategy into the creative process thus providing FRANK. clients with a total communications
solution that delivers high-performance results.

Comments

Comment from Marie Rowley
Date: March 12, 2008, 12:54 pm

Hi There,

We came across your site today and love the music on it…..can you tell me what your music line-up is….it is fantastic!!!! I would like to pick up the CD’s of these artists.

Thanks, Marie

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