Experience and Execution
Christopher Kern
Principal, Operations
Christopher Kern has been producing commercial photography since 2003. He holds an MFA in Photography from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, CA. He is the Program Lead and Associate Professor of Photography at California Baptist University in Riverside, CA. His work has been featured in industry publications such as PDN, CMYK, IPA, and the APA. While his commercial work has taken him all over the United States and internationally, he calls Riverside home, where he lives with his wife Nikki and daughter Eva James.
Michael Berger
Principal, Creative
Michael started his professional creative journey in 1989, 36 years ago. He has worked in design agencies with industries in entertainment, finance, technology, and education. He authored one of the largest design programs at CBU in the country in 2008. His work has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Logo Lounge, and various other publications. He has authored two books: a fiction piece entitled The Darwin Curve and a book for creatives and leaders entitled Comedic Models for Creative Thinkers.
OUR MISSION
Compelle works with cool people doing cool things for other cool people.
Life is short. It is a gift. Why not spend it doing cool things for cool people?
Let's enjoy our work while we are here.
In the beginning we set out to build something that we would want to work for.
Compelle is it.
Not famous. We like it that way.
Compelle is where the great work gets done.
Why not just talk directly to us and forego the expensive process of paying bloated agency light bills, account execs, and window dressings?
We spent a lot of time in the backroom, please forgive us. We are nice and want to help cool people.
And it won't cost you much. Just a fair price for the value of great creative.
WHO WE ARE
Meet the Founders
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SARAH SUAREZ
CEO
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MIKE DENG
VPE
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REAY FINIGAN
CTO
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PRESS
Compelle. Wassup.
Here you will find updates, recent work and fun artifacts we find along the way.
