Todd is a marketing and brand management veteran whose career includes work in the entertainment industry as well as in financial services. After graduating from the University of Southern California with a bachelor’s degree in Humanities & Theater, he began his career as a professional musician and entrepreneur, composing music and managing his own record company in Nashville, Tenn. Tood later served as the General Manager for San Diego-based record-label PC Music and as Marketing Director for BMG Music Publishing, a subsidiary of BMG Entertainment. Mr. Kern’s creativity and ability to build brands has helped reshape and turn around several companies focused on the Next Generation market.
In times of disruption, branding matters more. Between the pandemic and new competition, financial institutions face a branding challenge.
We wanted to continue our proud history with the Marines while telling the entire community that we were open for business.