People – Left Off Madison

We Are Expats of Big, New York Ad Agencies Who Are Entrepreneurial Unicorns

Our team is composed of seasoned, senior-level advertising experts with big ad agency pedigree who are versatile across multiple skill sets. In baseball terms, we’ve got a bunch of phenomenal utility players.

Call us unicorns, renowned generalists, or polymaths devoted to our clients’ success and our craft. Our credentials and capabilities back-up our claims.

We left Madison Avenue—the big ad agency hamster wheel of New York City—so that we could be more immersed and hands-on with our clients. This is the most fun and inspiring part of the business to us. This is what we love and makes us jump out of bed in the morning.

Original artwork by Greg Gennaro select photos by Alexander McMichael.

Robert Douglas

Chief Executive Officer

Boris Litvinov

President

Mike Persaud

Finance Director

Mike Persaud

Finance Director

Born in Guyana and a New Yorker for more than 30 years, Mike is an alumnus of both Dentsu and Publicis. While he brings more than 25 years of financial and operational excellence to Left Off Madison, Mike has worked directly with Boris and Rob since early-2015. Mike’s experience includes financial, operations and human resource leadership in a range of advertising-related companies, including DoubleClick (Google), Leo Burnett, Publicis, Saatchi and Saatchi, and McFrank and Williams. His financial expertise includes client finance, P and L, and payroll to forecasting, cash flow management, and FP and A– to name a few. Interesting fact: Mike stewarded the finances of the prior agency in which he, Boris, and Rob worked together as well a weathered the notoriously rigorous financial assessments when the company got acquired by a global advertising holding company. A devout New York Yankees fan, Mike and his wife have prioritized traveling with their three kids and extended family from the Caribbean to the Middle East and America’s National Parks.