Tim Brunelle is a writer and creative director. And a drummer. He's keen on solving business problems with more than words and images. Tim grew up in Minneapolis. Got a degree in Jazz. Stumbled into advertising in 1993. Lived on the east coast from 1995-2006. Learned a lot about how ad agencies work (and don't). Got heavily involved in interactive. The highlight was nine years spent helping lead and evolve the Volkswagen "Drivers wanted." campaign at Arnold Worldwide, including helping launch the New Beetle Convertible, Touareg and Phaeton as well as numerous digital initiatives, including turbonium.com, RadioVW.com and four redesigns of vw.com. He moved back to Minneapolis in 2006 to help lead Carmichael Lynch into a new era. Now Tim is part of creating a new advertising entity: Hello Viking. Hello Viking believes in harnessing the digital base. Its what underscores any relationship today between any brand and its customers. Its the data, technology and functionality that dictate corporate leadership, product design, manufacturing, pricing strategy, distribution and customer service are, by default, elements of marketing and advertising. Its reassuringly analytical, yet stubbornly radical. Its definitely not business as usual. The partners of Hello Viking cut their teeth creating and producing hundreds of internationally award-winning brand and retail TV commercials, print ads, design systems, websites, banner ads, events and radio spots for Volkswagen, Goodyear, Yahoo!, McDonalds, Hewlett Packard and Anheuser-Busch, among others. But they know their best work is yet to come.