The agency serves clients that have included Zippo Manufacturing Company, H.J. Heinz Company, DeVry University, and GlaxoSmithKline. Chairman and CEO Michael Brunner, who helped found the agency in 1989, has been its controlling shareholder since 2003. Independent ad agency Brunner, formerly known as Blattner Brunner, provides advertising, design, marketing, and public relations services. Its Brunner Digital unit (formerly bbdigital) offers services such as Web site design and development, digital marketing, and media planning.