Andy Topkins is a Co-Founder and Managing Director of Brandgenuity LLC, a leading global trademark licensing agency.  Andy founded Brandgenuity in 2003 with 3 colleagues from a prior agency and today the agency has offices in New York, London, Munich, Hong Kong and most recently Tokyo.  Brandgenuity provides turnkey licensing services for many leading corporate brands such as BMW, MINI, Nissan, Arm & Hammer, Hawaiian Tropic, White Castle, Dr. Scholls among others.  Prior to Brandgenuity, Andy was the Director of Strategy at The Beanstalk Group, an Omnicom-owned trademark licensing agency.  Andy received his BA in History from Columbia College and is an avid Boston sports fan.  Today he lives in Connecticut with his wife Keri and his two teenage kids.