Tom Meyer was named president of Davie Brown Entertainment (DBE) in January 2005. A full-service entertainment marketing consultancy firm with unparalleled outreach, Davie Brown specializes in strategic marketing, product placement and integration, branded entertainment, promotions, and celebrity marketing, buzz marketing for a number of global brands, including State Farm, Aquafina, HP, AT&T, Chrysler, Pepsi, Sauza, and PlayStation.
An entertainment marketing veteran, Meyer has continuously been at the forefront of the hugely popular and successful branded entertainment business having created and implemented significant marketing opportunities and campaigns for dozens of multi-million dollar consumer companies within the various platforms of the industry. His most recent successful deals include a Pepsi and Frito-Lay tie-in with "Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith" and telecommunication giant SBC's tie-in with "The Incredibles."
As President, Meyer manages DBE's day-to-day business, as well as charting overall entertainment strategy for clients and the agency. Specifically, he oversees entertainment marketing opportunities in film, television, video gaming and other ancillary markets for the company's roster of top-notch clients, including Pepsi, Hewlett-Packard, Cisco, and PlayStation, among others.
Meyer , who began his career in TV news, joined Davie Brown after seven years at Paramount Pictures where he quickly rose through the ranks, culminating as director of theatrical marketing for the company's worldwide marketing partnerships group. In this position, Mr. Meyer was responsible for securing, coordinating and managing major corporate tie-ins for Paramount's filmed entertainment properties. During his stint, he also developed the groundbreaking Rugrats/Mercury Villager campaign, which featured the first-ever automotive animated commercial.
An expert on entertainment marketing and a respected source for insight into the industry, Meyer has been quoted in a number of major publications, including The Los Angeles Times, BusinessWeek, Forbes, The Hollywood Reporter, and San Francisco Examiner.
Meyer earned a bachelor's degree in speech communications and an MBA with a concentration in marketing from Colorado State University.