What makes us who we are.

Bryan Young is CEO of BEC with over five years of experience creating award-winning digital campaigns and integrated programs for national clients. His interactive expertise ranges from online advertising and interactive websites to social media, blogs and mobile experiences. His creative approach has always factored in consumer insights, creating smart marketing and consumer relationships. Bryan has been nationally recognized for his accomplishments in digital marketing; he often gives speeches on digital marketing and has been featured in Under30CEO and Young Money Magazine. Bryan is the youngest individual to receive the Triangle Business Journal’s 40 Under 40 Leadership award. And, most recently, Bryan has been named one of the best young entrepreneurs in America under 25 by Bloomberg Businessweek in 2011.

As co-founder and Chief Information Officer, Matt Laster’s technical expertise and foresight drive BEC’s technological innovations and strategies. Matt has developed proprietary technologies that monitor and analyze each interconnected aspect of our clients’ digital marketing campaigns across all media channels. This insight allows the BEC team to holistically manage each campaign’s performance, and ultimately maximize the benefit to our clients. In 2010, Matt was named Business Leader’s Mover and Shaker. Matthew has also been named one of the best young entrepreneurs in America under 25 by Bloomberg Businessweek.

Brandon Blair joined BEC in late 2009 as Chief Operations Officer with the mission of spearheading our initial expansion into new regional and national markets and ultimately taking BEC’s client roster global. As BEC has grown, Brandon’s role as shifted, and he is now the chief marketing officer. Always full of new ideas and an innate sense of know-how, Brandon plays a key role in all of BEC’s client side marketing efforts.

Prior to joining BEC, Brandon gained process engineering experience while working at DomTar and Green Bay Packaging, Inc. Brandon has over five years of experience conceptualizing and implementing large scale marketing projects. Brandon has also been named one of the best young entrepreneurs in America under 25 by Bloomberg Businessweek.

Alex Lane is chief creative officer at BEC. In this role, he oversees the agency’s robust team of digital design and development professionals, whose talents range from building mobile and social apps to crafting consumer experiences online through websites, display advertising and more.

Alex studied graphic and web design at the Raleigh School of Communication Arts. Prior to joining BEC, Alex was founder and president of 270Design, a boutique web design agency.

Steve Bader is the project manager of BEC. In this role he oversees the agency’s dynamic team of development and digital graphic design professionals, whose talents include building custom social media and mobile marketing applications, crafting consumer web experiences and much more.

Steve spent more than three years developing SaaS products, such as The Coaching Mark, along with several large scale content and data management systems. He has over 13 years of development experience using Microsoft’s .Net Framework, ASP.Net and MySQL. His project management experience spans large development teams and structured project timelines.

Autumn Teal is Chief Sales Officer for BEC.  Autumn is responsible for the management and direction of the BEC sales team.  She also collaborates with our clients to develop and promote their overall brand message through planning and executing effective integrated marketing campaigns.  Having worked as the associate director for external relations for NC State’s Entrepreneurship Initiative, Autumn built an extensive background in marketing and advertising.

Autumn has a B.S. in business management with a concentration in marketing from North Carolina State University and is a Masters of Business Administration candidate at East Carolina University.

Amanda Wilson oversees all of BEC’s user interface and user experience design as well as display advertising. Her strengths include creating visual design layouts and crafting messages that can be conveyed through color and type.

Amanda graduated in May 2010 from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a degree in communication studies with a strong focus in graphic design and visual communication. She completed an internship with News 21, an investigative journalism team funded by the Carnegie-Knight Foundation for the Future of Journalism before joining BEC.

Mike Davila specializes in landing page optimization and banner ad creation for both mobile and online campaigns. Mike is one of BEC’s most knowledgeable mobile application graphic designers. With more than three years of graphic design experience, Mike oversees many of BEC’s social media and mobile designs.

Aside from graphic design, Mike is an avid fan of video games and art; he lives and breathes the world every day. Mike’s lifelong dream is to return to the gaming industry as an environmental artist and be at the core of creation for the entertainment industry.

As BEC’s community manager, Tracie Brannon oversees BEC’s engagement with its online community. She spearheads the agency’s social media strategy and works to develop social media strategies for clients. She also manages internal communications and company public relations. With more than three years of experience in public relations and marketing, she is well-versed in social media marketing trends. She also conducts client research to develop effective campaign strategies. Tracie has a B.A. in journalism and mass communication from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Sam Chambers is BEC’s interactive media manager. With vast experience in various multimedia disciplines, she is responsible for production of video, audio, text and animation content. Her specialties as a videographer are with stop-motion animation and regular film. Sam is currently a senior at Elon University.