Brandon Bingham

Starting Date At Bing Bang: January 1, 2014

Description of your job in your words:I think I can say confidently I have done every role within Bing Bang except make coffee. I can’t do it, that thing scares me. Bing Bang has been a labor of love. I started out creating the chaos. Now I have turned into the guy trying to figure out what’s going on. With great people all around I can embrace my full visionary self to bring 1 of my 21 daily ideas to life. Now if any of them are any good.

Drink of Choice: Mt Dew ”Bingham Bed Wetter”

Dogs/Animals Names: Jake, Jimmy

Where’s somewhere you’ve always wanted to travel to: Hawaii

What are you most likely to binge watch: Sports

What are you most proud of? My Family

Lori Gelhaar

Starting Date At Bing Bang: October 26, 2020

Description of your job in your words:Informal short version… keeping the business rocking and rolling, challenging, fun, meaningful, and successful.

Formal long version… Collaborating with leadership in setting and driving organizational vision, operational strategy, and hiring needs.  Setting organization-wide goals, performance management, and annual operating planning.  Overseeing company operations and employee productivity, while building a highly inclusive culture to ensure team members thrive and organizational outcomes are met.  Ensuring effective recruiting, on-boarding, professional development, performance management, and retention.  Analyzing internal operations and identifying areas of process enhancement.  Overseeing Sales, HR, and Accounting to achieve growth targets.  Managing revenue and expenses to ensure the company achieves growth and profitability.  Monitoring performance with detailed reporting, both current and forecasting.

Drink of Choice: Crown Royal Whiskey

Dogs/Animals Names: Lab- Ally; Golden Retriever- Charlie; Cat- Ninja, Gecko – Geo, Chicken #1 – Buffalo, Chicken #2- Nugget, Chicken #3 Sir Clucks A Lot, Chicken #4-Chick-fil-A

Where’s somewhere you’ve always wanted to travel to: Bora Bora

What are you most likely to binge-watch: Football or Dateline

What are you most proud of? My family.

Dana Kennedy

Starting Date At Bing Bang:  November 6, 2023 (but I have had the pleasure of working with Brandon and Bing Bang in different capacities for more years than I’m willing to admit!)

Description of your job in your words: Communicate and work alongside our internal team and client partners to provide marketing strategies and solutions, for the purpose of helping them acheive their business goals.

Drink of Choice: Tart Cherry Juice before bed (little secret: helps you sleep)

Dogs/Animals Names: Rosie (dog) & Cash (cat)

Where’s somewhere you’ve always wanted to travel to: Copenhagen, Australia, Okinawa

What are you most likely to binge-watch: Ted Lasso and The Great British Baking Show

What are you most proud of? My funny, generous, strong and independent son, Street.

David Bingham

Starting Date At Bing Bang: Hmm, that is a blur?  Sometime around my birthday? 2023.

Description of your job in your words: Can someone ask our owner?  I’m unsure at this time.

Drink of Choice: Fountain Dr. Pepper

Dogs/Animals Names: Dog “Bubba” 17 years, he was my guy RIP

Where’s somewhere you’ve always wanted to travel to: Checkerboard Pizza Shack, Pleasantville, Iowa

What are you most likely to binge-watch: NFL FILMS, HUDL, & DOME DYNASTY!!!

What are you most proud of? My wife Kim and our girls Cathlin, Gabi, and Josie.

Melanie Lane

Starting Date At Bing Bang: April 19, 2021

Description of your job in your words:I get to tell the world about Bing Bang and the cool stuff we can create.  I am able to meet some of the coolest people and companies with the coolest stories.  It’s always a good time listening to someone speak with passion in their eyes; especially if it’s over coffee or a drink. I then collaborate with our Creative Strategist team to find and present the best solutions to meet our client’s goals and needs.

Drink of Choice: Red Wine or a Hazy IPA

Dogs/Animals Names: N/A

Where’s somewhere you’ve always wanted to travel to: Anywhere in a chartered plane. But preferably an island in the South Pacific. Or an island off of Greece. Or just a quick lap above Iowa.

What are you most likely to binge-watch: My library is filled with volleyball matches and Law and Order SVU.

What are you most proud of? Well, this is a loaded question. Some days it will be my daughter, coaching volleyball in the State Finals, having the best people surrounding me, and my ability to love what I do most of the days. Other days it will be the fact that I got dressed, brushed my hair, and kept my child alive.

Aarik Evanson

Starting Date At Bing Bang: Oct 12, 2023

Description of your job in your words: It’s my job to make sure our clients are well taken care of and to make sure my team has everything they need to be successful.

Drink of Choice: Mt. Dew and Bud Light.

Dogs/Animals Names: Frankie, our Yorkshire Terrier. He’s 6.5 lbs. of fury.

Where’s somewhere you’ve always wanted to travel to: Anywhere with a beach works for me.

What are you most likely to binge-watch: Cobra Kai or Saved By The Bell.

What are you most proud of? Helping raise my kids to be decent adults… so far so good!

Jon Schaeffer

Starting Date At Bing Bang: January 3, 2022

Description of your job in your words:A storyteller in all of the best ways, taking what our clients are about and showcasing that in a way that can captivate and energize.

Drink of Choice: Old Fashioned

Dogs/Animals Names: Pet-Free

Where’s somewhere you’ve always wanted to travel to: Ireland. Castles, golf courses, and loads of history!

What are you most likely to binge-watch: The Office or Ted Lasso

What are you most proud of? Proud to be a dad of two beautiful daughters who certainly keep every day interesting

Grace Mohr

Starting Date At Bing Bang: May 31, 2022

Description of your job in your words Designing amazing content for our clients.

Drink of Choice: Diet Coke

Dogs/Animals Names: Lucie – Mini Goldendoodle

Where’s somewhere you’ve always wanted to travel to: Australia

What are you most likely to binge-watch: Succession

What are you most proud of? My three amazing kids!

Shelby Stites

Starting Date At Bing Bang: September 22, 2021

Description of your job in your words: Creating content for Bing Bang social accounts, putting out episodes of the Jealous podcast, and helping to give our clients exactly what they need. Basically, I can wear whatever hat you want me to on any given day.

Drink of Choice: Coffee or Water (either flat or mixed with a shot of vodka)

Dogs/Animals Names: Brady and Chief

Where’s somewhere you’ve always wanted to travel to: Italy, Ireland, and Maine

What are you most likely to binge-watch: The Office or Friends

What are you most proud of? Staying true to who I am and creating a life that I love (which includes lots of laughs).

Mark Neyens

Starting Date At Bing Bang: September 21, 2020

Description of your job in your words:I help individuals and companies tell their stories. Every day is different and that is what makes this job exciting. From meeting with clients, creating yearly marketing plans, directing photoshoots, strategizing digital campaigns, and interviewing some of the greatest clients!

Drink of Choice: Guinness in Ireland. Craft beer or a Sprite stateside.

Dogs/Animals Names: Soon!

Where’s somewhere you’ve always wanted to travel to: Thailand, Vietnam & Laos

What are you most likely to binge-watch: Documentaries

What are you most proud of? Solo backpacked around Europe for multiple weeks every year for a decade. Also, getting my master’s was pretty challenging and fun. Most of my grade school and high school teachers wouldn’t believe I could achieve that. Slow class to that MBA degree 😉  I haven’t missed a home Iowa State football game in 10 years and ran loads of races and a couple of marathons.

Dani Kohut-Lynch

Starting Date At Bing Bang: March 6, 2023

Description of your job in your words: I have the absolute pleasure of forming relationships with our clients, getting to know the “why” behind their businesses, and helping make their ideas come to life through the help of our amazing creative teams.

Drink of Choice: Coffee

Dogs/Animals Names: 13-year-old dog named Jack

Where’s somewhere you’ve always wanted to travel to: Hawaii

What are you most likely to binge-watch: Anything on Bravo or Parks and Rec

What are you most proud of? Raising two wild and wonderful girls with my husband, Jeff. And getting to coach amazing young women over the past 15 years as a college and high school volleyball coach.

Parker Czipar

Starting Date At Bing Bang: June 19, 2023

Description of your job in your words: Creating content and solving problems.

Drink of Choice: Yellow Gatorade

Dogs/Animals Names: None

Where’s somewhere you’ve always wanted to travel to: Thailand

What are you most likely to binge-watch: Narcos

What are you most proud of? Being self-taught.

Erin Uhlmeyer

Starting Date At Bing Bang: May 10, 2021

Description of your job in your words:On a daily basis, I am working on invoicing our clients, keeping the office running smoothly, and managing expenses and budgets.

Drink of Choice: Energy Drinks or if we’re talking about alcohol, beer, and seltzers 🙂

Dogs/Animals Names: Golden Retriever named Chevy

Where’s somewhere you’ve always wanted to travel to: Next trip: Zion National Park!

What are you most likely to binge-watch: I’m either binge-watching a murder documentary or Greys Anatomy

What are you most proud of? Putting the time and work into my athletic ability and getting the opportunity to play collegiate basketball and as an adult compete in CrossFit Competitions.