Brady Brim DeForest

Co-founder, Monk

Brady Brim-DeForest is a serial entrepreneur, author, and technologist with over two decades of experience in product design, organisational transformation, and startup management. He currently serves as the CEO of Formula.Monks, the technology solutions division of Monks, a global marketing and technology services firm. In this role, Brady leads a fully distributed team across 42 countries, focusing on driving transformation within enterprises through the integration of people, process, culture, and AI.

As a co-founder of Monks, formerly known as Media.Monks, Brady has been instrumental in shaping the company’s evolution into a digital-first marketing and technology services powerhouse. His leadership has contributed to the firm’s growth to over 9,000 employees worldwide, delivering innovative solutions that connect content, data, digital media, and technology services. ​

Throughout his career, Brady has been a pioneer in applying lean product design, Agile development, and autonomous, self-empowered teams within large enterprises. He has guided numerous Fortune 500 companies in implementing transformative processes, enabling them to design, build, and deploy competitive products at startup speeds. His extensive experience spans platform and product architecture for enterprise-scale technology solutions across various industries, including finance, telecom, media, and healthcare.