About the Team
Marieke Hensel
(@hensel)
Marieke (pronounce like Eureka) lived and worked in Brazil, Romania, the US, and in the Netherlands – where she was born and raised. She got started in Search Engine Optimization in 1998, Pay Per Click Campaigns in 2005 and social networking in 2004.
Marieke is an internationally published co-author of BusinessWise, a collaborative book for small companies with large ambitions. BusinessWise was the #2 bestselling business book on Amazon.co.uk in May 2007. Her latest book is – ‘Next Up: Essential Social Media Strategies for Auto Dealerships’ that she co-authored with Kathi Kruse. She is listed in the VIVA400 for 2009 & 2010 in the Netherlands. A ranking, like the Forbes500 that lists the 400 most successful women in the Netherlands, compiled by Viva magazine.
In the rare moments when she’s not developing winning strategies for her clients or speaking at events, she is playing Settlers of Catan at her weekly-hosted board game nights.
Rutger Hensel (@rutger)
A former 747-400 pilot for the Dutch airline KLM, is now Chief Operations Officer at Branding Personality. His favorite part of working for Branding Personality is overseeing all the geeks and helping them make a positive impact for clients and generating great results. He also enjoys GeekBeerNight where we wrap up the week as a team on Friday’s after work sampling new beers each time. When Rutger isn’t overseeing operations, he is playing games on his Xbox or plays Flight Control on his iPhone.
Nick
Nick graduated from UC San Diego and is Branding Personality’s in house Pay per Click advertising and Search Engine Optimization expert. His favorite part of the job are the awesome co-workers and the Starbucks machine. The hardest part is scoring a goal against Rutger in foosball. If Nick wasn’t optimizing web pages, he would be an international pop star, or a professional YouTube sensation, or maybe both. When he’s not styling his hair like The Bieb’s he’s watching Entourage or playing memory on his smart phone.
Adam Temple (@adamctemple)
Adam is the web developer at Branding Personality. He loves being able to create awesome things every day and seeing them used in the real world by real people. He is passionate about the web, programming and open source. While the job is stimulating, the bigger challenge is resisting the amazing restaurants near the office in Downtown Fullerton. When Adam isn’t working, he’s watching football, basketball or hockey games on TV or producing electronic music, or doing both simultaneously.
Anisha Vasani (@anishavasani)
Anisha attended UCLA and pursued a degree in psychology. Shortly after she completed her education, she moved to New York to produce and host her own international television show for a channel on Dish Network. She is passionate about creating authentic social connections, strategizing to aid others and producing/hosting television shows. She combines her passions at Branding Personality as a Social Media Strategist by engaging audiences online, creating strategies for clients and producing web television. When she is not at the office, you can find her painting, travelling, writing and pursuing humanitarian efforts.
Robert Gembarski (@robertgembarski) 
Robert is our Social Media Strategist here at Branding Personality. He is originally from New Jersey, but moved out west to pursue a degree from Chapman University. He graduated with a degree in business administration with an emphasis in Marketing. He is passionate about helping small businesses grow by creating remarkable content to attract new customers, as well as reward their loyal existing ones. On the weekends you can find him at the beach surfing, or hanging out with his friends watching sports or Entourage. If Robert weren’t here at the office, he’d be traveling the world, documenting his fishing, surfing and scuba diving adventures.
Miguel Aguilar
Miguel Aguilar is a web developer working for Branding Personality. He was born in Nezahualcóyotl, Mexico and came over to the States when he was 11 years old. Ever since he was a kid he was always fascinated by computers. His first official job as a web developer was working with a start up company which would organize music events. While working there, he realized how much he loves programming. In the evening hours he is attending Fullerton College and wants to attend UCLA to finish his Bachelors Degree in Computer Science. When he’s not programming, Miguel is playing or watching soccer which he is very passionate about, relaxing at home listening to alternative rock, or spending time with his two beautiful children.