What's my story?

When I was 10, I won $50 in a school-band contest for selling the most bottles of a cleaner called Drix.

I thought, “Hmmm, sell stuff and get paid. Not bad.” And here we are.

I’m a Group Creative Director/Senior Vice President at Cramer Krasselt in Chicago, where I’ve led creative on Porsche North America, Edward Jones Investments, the Alzheimer's Association, Heinz, Hilton Hotels and many more. Before CK, I worked at a boutique agency called Leo Burnett, where I led Morgan Stanley, Kellogg's, McDonald’s and Coca-Cola, among other world-class brands. I'm an adjunct professor at the Loyola University School of Communications, co-host the internationally acclaimed podcast "So There!", and was a key member of Barack Obama’s advertising team in his first successful presidential run in 2008.

No industry is as self-congratulatory as advertising, but what the hell, I’ll play the game: my work has been recognized by the One Show, CA Interactive, the FWA, the Webbys, the Effies, the Obies and the London International Film Festival. I’ve won awards that haven’t been invented yet. It’s unbelievable really.

I’m media-agnostic, channel-agnostic but not agnostic-agnostic. I went to Catholic schools after all.

If you’d like to take a deeper dive into me and how I think (and really, who wouldn’t), you can do that here.

I hope you enjoy my work.

PS that’s my pug George, seen enjoying my work.