About Us

Since 1985, we’ve evolved from an event production house into a full-service corporate engagement agency. Now, working alongside our favorite brands is what we’re all about.

Across events and culture, we instill the belief necessary to match your business outcomes with your people approach.

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Creative + Collaborative = Our Process

We work as an extension of your team to deliver strategic, creative solutions with the heft of a large agency, yet the speed and agility of passionate specialists.

Here’s how we create an impact for your business and navigate the aftershocks with ongoing, engaging communications:

CPG Capabilities

Our Client Partners

We help brands transform their moment into a movement:

  • Panera Bread logo
  • Ulta Beauty logo
  • Walmart logo
  • Southwest Airlines logo
  • Bridgestone logo
  • Nissan logo
  • O'Reilly Auto Parts logo
  • Sherwin Williams logo
  • Sport Clips logo
  • Tropical Smoothie Cafe logo
  • Carnival Corporation logo
  • Matco Tools logo
  • Jimmy Johns logo
  • Nestle White Logo
  • ServiceMaster White Logo
  • Executive Leadership Council logo
  • Ameren logo
  • Amazon logo
  • Edible logo
  • Chick Fil A logo
  • Ab InBev White Logo
  • ACI Worldwide White Logo
  • AstraZeneca White Logo
  • Mendix White Logo
  • The Goddard School logo

The CPG Leadership Team

We surround ourselves with energetic, inspiring people who own their roles at CPG Agency.

KeithAlper

CEO, Co-Founder

With over 30 years of expertise in marketing, branding, business strategy and event production, Keith has produced events, video/film, broadcast and major entertainment projects across the world. His uniquely strategic, creative leadership helps steer the agency while leaving room for his love of producing large-scale projects. An active member of the entrepreneurial community, he serves as a high-level strategist, innovator, board member and consultant for many Fortune 500 companies, CEOs and executives, as well as large non-profits. He recently released his first book, “From Like to Love.”
Engaged employees outperform others by more than 20% in productivity and profitability. I love helping clients engage their people.
SharonReus

President

As president, Reus oversees the agency’s experience offerings. A 30-year veteran of the communications and events industry, Reus is passionate about using strategic content to create “belief through experience,” and brings that same passion to her leadership of the agency. As a producer, Reus created large-scale corporate events. Her expertise encompasses experience design and strategy, content creation, audience engagement, and technical support.
I love collaborating with clients and the CPG team to create experiences that move and motivate employees, franchisees or customers.
MichaelTaylor

VP, Sales & Marketing

Michael has more than 15 years of experience in marketing, communication and business development, having spent the majority of that time with CPG. Throughout his tenure with CPG, he has led the agency's marketing and business development efforts, and spent several years leading account teams for event production and experiential programs for Fortune 1000 brands across retail, healthcare, travel, franchising, national nonprofits and many others.
JamyeMann

Director, Agency Operations

Jamye’s almost 20-year agency background spans experiential production, process development and account management for both live events and digital marketing. As Director of Agency Operations, Jamye leads our Production Team and is a champion across the entire agency for our processes and culture. Refining and training on "The CPG Way," she strives to continuously improve our work with internal teams, partners, and clients.
MattEres

Manager, Client Services

Matt brings more than 15 years of live event, sales, marketing, and sponsorship experience to CPG. His expertise spans a wide spectrum, including executive positions in sports, sponsorship and entertainment at the team, league and agency levels, as well as across multiple departments in Live Events, Business Leadership, Corporate Sales, Marketing, Communications, and Business Development.
TomKiehl

Director of Creative Services and Business Operations Manager

For over 35 years, Tom has been an operational leader with experience cultivating value through strategic planning, analytical reasoning, team-building, streamlining execution, removing roadblocks and creative problem-solving. He excels at identifying problems and maximizing opportunities. Tom is highly skilled at engaging and collaborating with cross-functional teams to realize strategic imperatives.
Our values steer the path to success for each project and partnership:
  • Resolute
    Integrity

  • Open
    Communication

  • Constant
    Curiosity

  • Purposeful
    Growth

  • Innate
    Passion

And it’s not just our clients who see the results:

CPG Award Winning Event Agency