Brandon Berger
Managing Partner, Beckett Layne Ventures
Brandon Berger is a Managing Partner for Beckett Layne Ventures. He was most recently the Chief Digital Officer Worldwide for Ogilvy & Mather, where he led Digital@Ogilvy across North America, Latin America, EAME and Asia Pacific. Brandon was also a member of the Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide Board. As one of the few global digital media executives in the industry, Brandon was responsible for establishing and leading the digital agenda across the network. He led the network’s global digital strategy, M&A and offer development – building new capabilities and practice areas to bring to clients.
Under Brandon’s leadership, Ogilvy built the largest global digital network. As a platform that can mobilize worldwide resources for any client regardless of location Ogilvy also made digital core to the entire business. This includes establishing key global practices around mobile, ecommerce, data and social, launching Social@Ogilvy, the largest social agency network in the world.
Prior to his role as Chief Digital Officer at Ogilvy & Mather, Brandon was head of digital for MDC Partners (MDCA) the advertising and marketing holding company. His responsibilities included digital corporate strategy, M&A, and portfolio optimization. Brandon played an instrumental role in growing the organization’s total digital revenue from 10% to over 40%.
Brandon started his career building areas of Netscape’s Netcenter. After that, he co-founded WideRay Corp a wireless technology company funded by Sequoia, Enterprise and others. Then during his first tenure at Ogilvy, Brandon created Ogilvy’s Innovation practice, leading Mobile, Social, Games, Video and emerging media.
Known for bridging Advertising, Technology, Digital Media and Capital, as well as having a global digital perspective, Brandon is a frequent industry expert in the press and conferences. Brandon is a board member, investor and advisor to some of the top digital media companies and venture funds in the industry. Brandon obtained his B.A. in Economics from Tufts University.
Content & Articles by Brandon Berger
2026 SF Tech Week Day 2: Recap of Mucker Sessions
Day 2 of our SF Tech Week programming ran out of Pilot’s office and covered two things founders tend to put off: the deck you need to raise, and the...
2026 SF Tech Week Day 1: Recap of Mucker Sessions
Mucker Capital hosted two days of programming during SF Tech Week, with two sessions each day. Day 1 covered a live vibe-coding session where four builders attacked the same product...
Most Startup Content Is Invisible: Here’s How to Fix It
In this Mucker Growth Series session, we invited Irina Maltseva, founder of Seen, to share how early-stage B2B SaaS companies get found on Google and inside LLMs. She has spent...
Setting Up A Founder-Led Organic LinkedIn Content Machine With Claude
In this Mucker Growth Series session, we invited Jonathan Martinez, founder and CEO of GrowthPair, to share how founder-led LinkedIn content took his startup from zero to $1M in annual...
Lessons From Building An AI-Native Startup with Octagos
In this Mucker Growth Series session, we invited friends from one of our portfolio companies Haley Chute, CPO & CMO, and Harpreet Marwaha, COO & CFO of Octagos, to share...
How To Craft Your Website Messaging & Positioning as a Startup
In this Mucker Growth Series session, Anthony Pierri, co-founder of FletchPMM, walks through how to craft website messaging and positioning as a startup. FletchPMM is a consultancy that has worked...