Kevin Briody

Kevin Briody serves as Senior Vice President & Chief Strategy Officer for Pace, the largest independent brand content agency in North America. Within the agency, Kevin leads a number of key functional teams that serve the entire client portfolio: digital, social, content strategy, analytics, interactive design, and digital development. He concurrently serves as the executive client lead for the agency’s work on several major brands and is responsible for client satisfaction, financial management, and overall account leadership. Kevin’s 20-year career in marketing spans both agency and brand roles, with deep roots in the technology sector. His experience includes marketing leadership at several venture-funded startups, at a nonprofit, and across multiple product teams over an eight-year run at Microsoft. Just prior to joining Pace, Kevin drove innovation and strategy for global brands—including Chrysler, Samsung, Microsoft, and Verizon—while at one of the original pure-play enterprise social media agencies. Kevin is a graduate of the University of Oregon and holds an MBA from the University of Washington.