About Micaela

I built my point of view by owning the outcome.

Founder · operator · educator · systems strategist
Hi, I'm

Micaela
Brown.

I do not approach a business as a collection of departments. I see the experience customers are trying to have—and the system people need in order to deliver it.

That perspective began in event production, where the audience, creative promise, vendors, timing, logistics, and contingency all had to move as one. It deepened through marketing and ecommerce, where every decision eventually met a real customer.

Blush & Whimsy was the defining operator chapter. From 2016 to 2025, I built and led the award-winning cosmetics company across product, brand, digital growth, partnerships, customer experience, and operations. It became a multimillion-dollar business and earned national visibility.

Today, I bring that experience to business systems and practical AI. I help leaders decide what must change, what should stay human, and what has to be true for a new way of working to hold.

The practitioner behind the strategy

Founder & CEOBlush & Whimsy · 2016—2025
FounderAI Discovery Group · Chatworthy
BuilderPlanidex · Phrasekin · The Chihuahua Company
Adjunct professorDigital marketing · New Mexico State University

The story so far

Every chapter built the next.

01

Produce

Live experiences

The Whiskey Classic, Santa Fe Foodie Festival, Running of the Chihuahuas, StartupABQ, and Christmas at Hogwarts—produced with permission from J.K. Rowling.

02

Build

Blush & Whimsy

Founded and operated an award-winning, multimillion-dollar cosmetics company featured on QVC and connected to the Oscars, Grammys, Cannes Film Festival, and Real Housewives of New York City.

03

Move

Brands and customers

More than a decade of work across digital marketing, ecommerce, customer acquisition, brand development, conversion, and the operating systems behind growth.

04

Connect

Technology integrations

Enterprise platforms made workflow, data, adoption, governance, and ownership visible—and showed what happens when a process is designed without the people using it.

05

Advance

Practical AI

Founder of AI Discovery Group and Chatworthy, with Planidex and Phrasekin extending the portfolio into event intelligence and naming systems.

Recognition & affiliations

Authority built beyond the portfolio.

Faculty & fellowships

Adjunct Professor of Digital Marketing — New Mexico State University

Fellow — Royal Society of Arts

Fellow — Windsor Castle Society of Leadership Fellows

Fellow — British American Project

Advisory & mentorship

UT Dallas Institute for Innovation & Entrepreneurship

NMSU Arrowhead Center

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

The DEC

Founder — StartupABQ

Public & international work

U.S. Commercial Service

U.S. Department of State

USAID contractor

Work and brands featured by

ABC News
Marie Claire
Harper's Bazaar
USA Today
Forbes
Daily Mail
Cosmopolitan
Refinery29
PopSugar
InTouch
OK!

Put the experience to work

Bring me the part that does not move the way it should.

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