An expert in brand strategy, integrated marketing communications and marketing management, R.J. is founder and principal strategist at Murray Brand Communications, Inc., a San Francisco based brand strategy and design agency. Prior to establishing Murray Brand Communications, R.J. served in senior marketing, brand management, sales and operations positions at IBM, The TIMEC Group and Telescan Systems. Since its founding, Murray Brand Communications has earned an international reputation for its work in brand strategy, design and integrated marketing communications. As a result, the company has earned more than 100 national and international brand strategy and designs awards and assisted clients by increasing revenues by more than one billion dollars. R.J. earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Cal Poly University, and as an IBM Golden Circle award winner attended IBM’s Advanced Business Institute at Harvard Business School. In 2006 R.J. was selected by Harvard’s Graduate School of Design to lecture on brand strategy and in 2007 he was selected by the UC Davis, Graduate School of Management to lecture on marketing management. In his spare time, R.J. enjoys golf, weight lifting, mountain biking, backpacking, reading and playing guitar.