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{ Ask a BUSY PERSON }

Describe your morning routine.
What leisure activities occupy your
When the clock strikes 7 a.m. I’m time away from the oice?

usually inishing up a call with our I enjoy listening to live music,
team in London. Afterward it’s
screening independent movies, attend-

a quick stop at the gym
ing Seton Hall basketball games in
followed by a the winter, and Lakewood Blue Claws

cup of joe at
baseball games in the summer.
the local cofee

shop before Finish the sentence: Most people
diving into the don’t know that I ...

morning emails.
... studied communication arts and
3D design at Seton Hall University.

How do you
wind down at the If you could learn any skill,

end of a busy day or what would it be?

week?
BRYAN MESZAROS
Suring.
I like getting together

with a few close friends to enjoy some Founder and Managing Partner
of New Jersey’s inest hand-crafted
OpenEye
brew.
Formed in 2003, OpenEye is

What is your favorite part a digital media consultancy,
of your job and why?
which looks to redeine how brands

I love to travel. It has always and retailers engage with consumers
been my passion to explore the through a strategic digital in-store ex-

world and to have that perience. With studios in New Jersey,
opportunity through
New York, San Diego, London, and

my job is both Moscow, OpenEye has worked with
rewarding
brands including The Nuance Group,

and invigorating.
The Corcoran Group, Apple, and
Penske. In 2000, while working as

What is a the director of new media initiatives
for MarketSource, Meszaros helped
perfect day?
Stranded on a desert island, name
OpenEye was
lead the development of the irst the three items you need to survive.
university-based digital out-of-home
a small company
iPhone
that I started in my mother’s basement network in the United States called Gummy Bears
Campus Central. At the age of 23, he
without honestly having a thought it Dunkin Donuts cofee
would grow into the size it is today. went on to form OpenEye and was
awarded one of the irst ever DIGI
Everyday that we have a project to If you could start over, what
work on, a client meeting to attend,
Awards for his work with Regency profession would you pursue?
Duty Free (The Nuance Group) in
or an opportunity to present to a new New Zealand. OpenEye’s success I would be an architect.
audience represents a perfect day. It’s a
continued as it worked with organiza-
humbling experience to wake up in the tions like FITCH, Apple, Santander What is the most valuable lesson
morning knowing that I am working your have learned in business?
US & UK, McDonald’s New Zealand,
for myself, surrounded by some of the and Vodafone. Meszaros serves
Always trust your own instincts.
most talented people I know.
on the board of directors for SEGD
and is also part of the advisory
Describe the traits of a successful

Biggest pet peeve.
board for DSE & CETW. As an active professional in your industry.
People who believe they know speaker and contributing author he Someone who thinks outside the box,

what makes the world spin.
is featured in publications and often is relentless in pursuing success, and is
invited to speak at conferences.
always assertive.

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