Core Team
Desi Danganan
Executive Director & CO-FOUNDER
Desi is a serial entrepreneur. As the managing director of Plinth Agency, he has successfully grown businesses through strategic branding, design, and crowdfunding. He brings 15+ years of experience creating, funding, and branding unique business concepts which span the food, music, technology spaces.
As a dedicated community advocate, Desi is currently leading the strategy for the economic development of SOMA Pilipinas, a newly designated cultural district in San Francisco. He believes community consciousness and culture are the keys to developing today’s thriving commercial ecosystems.
Andre Sibayan
Creative Director
Andre has a passion for curiosity, discovery, and fun. He excels in solving problems through thoughtful design and creative strategy. Andre brings 15+ years of professional design experience creating work for clients like Target, Old Navy and the McCANN Worldgroup.
Andre brings that rare blend of artistry and business savvy. He is believes every creative decision, every design is built to move a brand forward.
When he's not working, he enjoys eating and making good food with friends, creating digital tools for artists and designers. He’s also known for having legendary living room dance parties with his wife and son.
Jy Jimmie Gabiola
Marketing MANAGER
Jimmie is a Bay Area-based interdisciplinary artist. With a Bachelor’s degree in Photography and minor in Literature from California College of Arts, Jimmie’s art practice reclaims personal & collective narratives surrounding the echoes of immigration.
His work creates dialogue centered around the multiplicity of what being an American means today – oftentimes exploring the photo collage, portraiture and visual poetics via digital, analog & alternative processes.
Jimmie’s 10+ years in the digital marketing space — helping entrepreneurs develop their brand strategies & creative campaigns bridges the duality of fine arts & media communications.