Felix Rhymes, President

After graduating from Louisiana Tech University, Felix Rhymes began his career as an Art Director at Baeurline Advertising in New Orleans. Realizing the lack of opportunity available, he left New Orleans. He was hired by Leslie & Assoc (Shreveport, Louisiana) to handle local clients and political campaigns. In three years, they won 43 of the 55 races for their candidates. Despite this success, politics was not his calling. He was recruited by Bozell & Jacobs and was assigned to the Houston office. He worked on large B to B and B to C local and regional clients and quickly gained recognition for his marketing and creative skills. His entrepreneurial leanings made him leave his career at large agencies. In 1981, he started his own creative boutique. Rhymes’ first clients were advertising agencies that outsourced creative. During the company’s first year in business, Rhymes placed third in total number of AAF awards, competing with the largest agencies in Houston. The shop won two Clios for broadcast work and several national ADDYs for print work. The work appeared in the New York One Show, Communication Arts and Print magazine. Companies who realized the benefits of working with a smaller, results-oriented shop became direct clients. As the client base grew, Rhymes added full services. Today, Rhymes Marketing and Advertising consistently ranks among the top local agencies in an audited billings survey conducted by the Houston Business Journal.  The company produces superior marketing communication strategies and creative executions. Regardless of the medium, Rhymes’ emphasis has always been, and will continue to be, sound marketing principals and results.

Christine Schneider, Account Executive

Christine has a passion for developing and executing business strategies and marketing initiatives, from inception to completion, through intense research and study of consumer behavior. Christine joined Rhymes with over a decade of big ad agency experience and considers herself a thriving social entrepreneur with the ability to develop strong client relationships merely by adding the 'human' element through basic conversation - it's all about your personality, attitude and knowledge. 

To Christine a positive outlook yields a positive outcome and sometimes it's hard to stay on track, but staying focused and keeping concentration on the matter at hand will get you the best results possible.

Associates

Bao Huynh, Founding Partner - Publik Monarch

Bao Huynh is a founding partner of Publik Monarch. His background includes over a decade of marketing and advertising experience for some of the largest agencies in the south and east coast region. Bao has developed countless successful marketing strategies and attained distinctive awards for high profile clients including American Eagle Outfitters, Best Western, Emirates Airline, Capital One, Nickelodeon, Dell, American Greetings, ConocoPhillips and Heinz.

Bao regularly participates in leading speaking engagements on the topics of digital communication, creativity, and the evolution of a changed audience. As a champion of digital and creative marketing, he is also a regular active participant of TED, a small nonprofit devoted to the concept of Ideas Worth Spreading. 

Stewart Severino, Founding Partner - Publik Monarch

As a founding partner of Publik Monarch, Stewart focuses on channeling his big agency experience into delivering insightful marketing solutions for small businesses. His expertise yields results by increasing consumer loyalty, reducing defection rates, operating expenses, and impacting the bottom lines positively. 

Stewart has over a decade of integrated marketing knowledge in a variety of major industry sectors such as finance, retail, travel & leisure, hospitality, environmental, oil & gas, and fast food. In addition, he has countless experience marketing for fortune 500/100 brands. Most recently, Stewart has helped lead the growth and development of digital marketing for two of the south's largest ad agencies.

Stewart is an active participant of the Houston Interactive Marketing Association (HIMA) and previously served as a board member. He regularly participates in speaking engagements to share his expertise at both the academic and professional level in regards to the progressive trends and innovations in marketing.