Critical Mass Overview
Number of Employees
500 - 999
Minimal Budget
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Average Hourly Rate
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Year Founded
1996
Critical Mass was founded when a design visionary and a successful entrepreneur came together with a focus on digital experiences in a rapidly evolving space. Over the next 23 years, we helped global brands reimagine digital and transform their businesses through strategic consulting, innovative creative ideas, and cutting-edge technology thinking.
Today, we are 950 employees across 12 global offices. Even though we’re much bigger than when we started out in Calgary, we remain true to our roots—we’re transparent, honest, passionate, and have a can-do attitude that our clients notice and appreciate. Our executive and global leadership team use an open and accessible management style to drive our success on all fronts: innovating our services, mentoring our talent, and ensuring we deliver industry-leading work. We believe this is core to our success as a digital leader.
We are now majority-owned (99%) by Omnicom Group Inc. (NYSE: OMC). Omnicom is one of the largest holding companies for global advertising, marketing, digital and communications services firms. Their global revenue is over $15 billion, and they have more than 5,000 clients in over 100 countries.
Critical Mass Services
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360° Digital Agency Services
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Website Design
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E-Commerce Design & Development
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Mobile App Design
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Digital Marketing
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Integrated Marketing
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Marketing Analytics & Big Data
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Software Development
Critical Mass Team Bios
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Dianne WilkinsCEOAs CEO of Critical Mass, Dianne’s passion is doing extraordinary work that transforms clients’ businesses by improving customers’ lives. In her 19 years with Critical Mass, Dianne has held many influential positions—managing director, coach, entrepreneur and leader for teams and clients. -
Chris GokiertPresidentChris Gokiert is the President of Critical Mass, overseeing key client relationships, the development of service offerings and the operations of the company. He came onboard in 1998 when the company had only 35 people and has led key global client relationships ever since.
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Conor BradyChief Creative OfficerConor Brady is a passionate believer in the power of design craft, great storytelling and experience design to solve our client’s business problems. In his role as Chief Creative Officer at Critical Mass, he oversees all the agency’s work and drives creative excellence on a global scale.
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Grant OwensChief Strategy OfficerGrant Owens is the Chief Strategy Officer at Critical Mass. His role at the agency is to lead strategy teams across the globe to ensure the agency is relentlessly focused on designing meaningful experiences that improve customers’ lives.
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John McLaughlinChief Operating OfficerAs Chief Operations Officer, John is charged with overseeing the efficiency of the Agency’s process and quality of its work product. John has developed a great understanding of the challenges facing complex organizations and enjoys identifying and capitalizing on opportunities for improvement.
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Lee TamkeeChief Financial OfficerWith over 20 years of experience in entrepreneurial, start up, turnaround and corporate environments, Lee is well-equipped to lead Critical Mass’s pursuit of operational excellence.
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Sara AnhornSVP, TalentSara has over 15 years of experience in Digital Marketing, Project Management and People Development on both national and international scales. As the SVP of Talent, Sara oversees HR and Recruiting.
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Mark AshbaughSVP, General Manager, TorontoMark Ashbaugh is the SVP, General Manager of the Toronto office responsible for driving the office growth, strategy, and operational excellence.
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Darryl BraunmillerSVP, General Manager, New YorkDarryl leads our key B2B clients and NYC office, including SAP and Citibank. His roots in eCommerce, website and digital solutions lend the experience and expertise our clients seek when taking on complex platform and digital challenges.
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Bob EmamianChief Executive Officer, Prolific InteractiveBobak Emamian is the CEO of Prolific Interactive, a mobile product agency based in Brooklyn and San Francisco. Founded in 2009, Bobak’s mix of technical capabilities and business acumen has been integral in Prolific’s rapid growth.
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Jaime EscobarSVP, General Manager, Costa RicaJaime is an experienced Internet professional with a passion for the synergy created by business, creative and technology. He has been primarily responsible for delivering business results by managing geographically distributed teams creating, developing and implementing large scale solutions.
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André FrancoManaging Director, BrazilAndré leads our Brazilian office, in São Paulo and has spent the last 20 years building a career in communications and digital marketing, with a strong focus on leading tech and creative teams to create meaningful experiences for companies such as Unilever, PepsiCo and Visa.
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Diane HeunSVP, Business DevelopmentDiane Heun is a seasoned business development professional with a strong focus on the digital space. For 15 years, she’s been a key driver of growth for Critical Mass, whose client list includes Citi, Nissan, Apple, Marriott, J&J, Luxottica and more.
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Andrea LennonSVP, Managing Director, London & Hong KongAndrea Lennon is SVP, Managing Director responsible for agency operations, leadership on existing client relationships and new business development throughout the APAC and EMEA regions. Andrea joined Critical Mass from WPP, where she served as Executive Vice President, Consumer Brand Lead.
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Jocelyn LoriaSVP, FinanceAs the SVP of Finance, Jocelyn oversees CM’s Canadian business operations as well as global planning and reporting for Critical Mass. She manages a dedicated team of finance professionals in four continents.
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Deb PasqualeSVP, Client PartnerDeb Pasquale is Senior Vice President, Client Partner of our Nashville office with responsibility for Nissan North America, which is headquartered there. She joined Critical Mass in 2012 as VP Client Partner on Nissan and has since led the team in launching a diverse portfolio of product experiences
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Lisa PeneltonSVP, Marketing ScienceLisa has more than 25 years’ experience in modeling, analysis and optimization – 20 years of that in marketing with the last 15 blending online and offline. Today she manages a global team of data scientists, optimization experts and tracking savants all focused on brand growth & program efficiency.
Critical Mass Clients
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Citigroup
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AT&T
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Nissan
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Apple
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BMW USA
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Blizzard Entertainment
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McDonald's
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SAP
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Marriott
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McKinsey & Company
