I grew up on the mean streets of Burlington, Iowa. The youngest of 7, my father ran his own electrical contracting business for over 34 years, but since I found changing light bulbs challenging, following in Dad’s footsteps was not an option.

After all, I did grow up on Madison Avenue. And even in Burlington, Iowa, that pretty much meant a career in advertising was most likely in my future. That and the fact that I thought advertising might be a fun career after seeing how easy Darren Stevens made it look on reruns of “Bewitched”. Of course, after seeing how difficult it appeared to be
for Michael and Elliott on “thirtysomething” I thought about reconsidering. 

After 4 years of pitching baseballs in college, I gave up dream #1, which consisted of pitching for the St. Louis Cardinals and moved on to dream #2, pitching big ideas in even bigger corporate boardrooms. 

Ironically, throughout childhood, my family and friends continually asked me, “Where on earth will watching all that TV get you in life?” Little did they know it would lay the groundwork for me to create memorable ad campaigns for some of the most well known brands on earth, on the biggest stages in pop culture, such as The Super Bowl,
The Olympics, The Grammys, The Oscars — and in the pages of the favorite magazine issue of every 12-year-old boy in America — the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.

When I’m not losing sleep searching for that elusive big idea, or trying to find the perfect font, you can find me at home with my wife Shelli, daughter Lexie, family cat Friday, (Black Cat)  and rescues Quentin, (Bullboxer Pit) Babs, (Black Lab), Matilda, (Corgi), Clementine, (Beagle) and Kippy (Terrier).

In those rare times I have to myself I enjoy watching TV, (duh) obsessing over my beloved St. Louis Cardinals and salivating at the nearest Apple store.