Multiple award-winning brand professional offering 17+ years of experience leading key growth initiatives with a passion for the technology industry. Known as an expert in connecting brands with customers by creating content and experiences that shatter the norms of quality, impact and effectiveness. Collaborative, flexible, consistent, and hands-on with a proven track record reflecting strong leadership and building diverse cross-cultural teams. Highly praised for being a big-picture thought leader and brand evangelist, groundbreaking and news-making creative output, work ethic and ability to influence and inspire.
I am passionate about rapidly and vividly conveying how brand can drive business revenue, growth and transformation through equity in campaigns, programs, communications, and creative, with measurable data -supported results and ROI.
Named “40 under 40” by AdAge.
Named on AdWeek’s Creative 100 list as “one of 11 branded content masterminds who are elevating the art of marketing.”
Multiple award-winning leader including 5 Cannes Gold Lions
Yogi currently serves as CEO at the John Locke Institute.
Most recently, Yogi served as VP of Brand at Brex, leading brand strategy, media and brand creative. Prior to that Yogi served as Global Head of Brand and Creative at Autodesk where he oversaw a group of 55+ around the globe in brand, creative, experiential and design.
Before joining Autodesk, Yogi served as Global Director for Intel’s Creative Content Labs, part of Intel’s in-house creative group, Agency Inside. With studios in Santa Clara HQ, San Francisco, Los Angeles and London, Yogi’s group was at the front of some of Intel’s most notable brand partnerships and experiences, including Lady Gaga’s David Bowie tribute at the Grammys, the Intel drone light shows during the 2018 Winter Olympics, and the Royal Shakespeare Company’s tech-inspired staging of The Tempest. At Intel, Yogi’s group was instrumental in launching and steering Intel’s award-winning content series, Meet the Makers and Social Impact, which tell personal and emotive stories at the intersection of technology and everyday life. His work has garnered multiple awards, including numerous Cannes Gold Lions and others.
Yogi’s career began in feature-length documentary and short-form TV journalism and he has worked in advertising at Goodby Silverstein and Partners, 72andSunny and Crispin, Porter & Bogusky.
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