Jessica Krewson
CEO, Creative Director | Closet Jingle Singer
Jessica’s passion for art started at a very young age as she was obsessed with color and pens and anything that had to do with stationery. It was a miracle when she realized after graduating from California State University, Northridge with a degree in business marketing and then diving back into art with the graphic design department at the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising that there was a way to combine her delight for creation paired with her love of business and desire to help others. A natural self-starter and not one to sit on her laurels, Jessica created designKREW in 2007 after realizing that her life’s purpose is to help businesses find their way through their ideas and manifest them into concrete, visual and sharable information. With a deep-rooted spirit in everything she does, you will experience a very direct but conscious company culture that Jessica prides herself in.
She understands the challenges that arise when working through the creative process no matter if you’re at the beginning of your business development or deep into your marketing. She takes that compassion and molds it into your next big idea! When Jessica isn’t busy creating ideas and helping her clients you might find her at delicious restaurants around Los Angeles, looking up her next travel destination, thinking about how to fit more plants into her home, with loved ones or on her beloved yoga mat!
Todd Fishback
CFO | Techy Gadget Guy
Todd Fishback is CFO a.k.a. financial master of dK headquarters. We love this guy! Even though he is a heavy left brainer to balance us all out, Todd has no lack of creativity!
He helps designKREW strategize its operations, finances, and business development. Are you ready for this list of experience: Todd has a B.S.B.A. from the University of Nebraska at Omaha. He worked with the public accounting firms of Ernst & Young and Deloitte & Touche from July of 1985 through June of 1989. From July of 1989 through May of 1997, Todd worked for Borman and Baas and Baas, Bruce, Todd and Associates. In June of 1997 Todd formed his own public accounting firm Todd, P.C. Todd served as the founder and President of DOCenter, Inc., d.b.a. DOCCENTER, a SaaS-based document management company. Todd grew DOCCENTER from a concept to a business that supports over 4,000 internet users. Yes he’s ours ladies and gents…you can’t steal him! In his off time he loves playing with techy gadgets, looking out for the next big thing, shopping and working on his fitness!
Angela Bakke
Project Manager | Curious George
Angela graduated from Louisiana State University with a Communications degree and has stayed tried and true to that passion. Having spent time in a high-tech public relations agency during the dot-com boom, reporting from the red carpet in Hollywood and managing the marketing initiatives for world-class raw food chefs, Angela has a crush on all things fun and exciting and is delighted to be onboard as Jessica’s “wing-man” to help see DesignKREW fulfill its vision. Angela also enjoys interviewing inspired individuals, yoga, and beautiful people, places and things.
Sara Pastrana
Designer | Jelly Bean Junkie
Sara is a 2007 Graphic Design graduate from The Art Institute of Los Angeles- Santa Monica. She can’t imagine her life not working in a creative environment. She enjoys talking about the latest fonts and design trends but gets excited most about learning and sharing new features, short cuts and techniques for Adobe’s Creative Suite. When not working and thinking about design she spends every possible minute with her husband and her little boy.
Caitlin Baunach
Designer | Connoisseur of Crafty-ness
Caitlin is most passionate about using the power of design as a universal communicator to make a difference in the world. After graduating from Loyola Marymount University she jumped into the design industry to see out this vision of hers. While her main inspiration comes from the Swiss Period, it is typography that truly makes her tick. Aside from design, Caitlin loves hiking, eating sushi, and exploring new places.
V Simonian
Web Designer & Developer | Internet Aficionado
V is a web designer and front-end developer who’s been wandering the Internets since the late 90s. His passion for web design began during the geocities days when Internet Explorer 5 was the recommended browser (yuck) and free hosting reigned. He is passionate about modern web standards, design trends and making sure your website is with the times. When he’s not designing, he is either writing music, doing kundalini yoga, painting or reading tarot cards.
