Shannon Riordan is a partner, co-founder, and creative director for Global Brand Works, a small but mighty branding agency based in San Francisco. A robust background in all facets of branding provides her with the foundation to deliver compelling, clear, creative, organized, and occasionally outlandish solutions. She has held senior management positions at Visa, BlackRock, and iShares, lived in Paris in an attempt to be an artist, and was associate producer for an independent film, called The Hot Flashes.