joined cadre of creatives holed up in plain sight right next to Euclid Records. (yes, that's the equivalent of dropping a freshly diagnosed diabetic off at Donut Drive-In.) among the WE clients i'm allowed to mention are Pedal the Cause, Metro Transit and AVID Health At Home. however, lately there's been quite a steady influx of clients whose names must remain confidential for any number of reasons, and some of those projects have made me glad i'm still in this kooky-nutty-wild… Show more joined cadre of creatives holed up in plain sight right next to Euclid Records. (yes, that's the equivalent of dropping a freshly diagnosed diabetic off at Donut Drive-In.) among the WE clients i'm allowed to mention are Pedal the Cause, Metro Transit and AVID Health At Home. however, lately there's been quite a steady influx of clients whose names must remain confidential for any number of reasons, and some of those projects have made me glad i'm still in this kooky-nutty-wild insanity-infused business. Show less

free-range, free-thinking freelance creative+strategic resource always available for agencies and B2C/B2B clients around the world, providing solutions across traditional, digital and social media for clients of every size -- Sony, Budweiser, Anheuser-Busch New Products, McDonald's, St. Louis Convention & Visitors Commission, Mercy Healthcare, Missouri Tourism, Ralston Purina, Central Bancompany, St. Louis Community Credit Union, Belleville Boots, Caleres (formerly Brown Shoe), Del Monte Foods,… Show more free-range, free-thinking freelance creative+strategic resource always available for agencies and B2C/B2B clients around the world, providing solutions across traditional, digital and social media for clients of every size -- Sony, Budweiser, Anheuser-Busch New Products, McDonald's, St. Louis Convention & Visitors Commission, Mercy Healthcare, Missouri Tourism, Ralston Purina, Central Bancompany, St. Louis Community Credit Union, Belleville Boots, Caleres (formerly Brown Shoe), Del Monte Foods, BiState Development, Seagate Technology, Microsoft, St. Louis Cardinals, San Jose Sharks and at least 2 others. Show less

from the city that gave the world Rawlings and The Sporting News comes an exciting new player in the world of sports marketing: Dream Season Sports Ventures.at DSSV, we're currently developing a fan & multi-brand platform built around America's most valuable sports championship, the men's and women's college basketball tournament. we're are currently co-developing a patented tech solution which increases, retains and extends consumer engagement in contests related to any sports… Show more from the city that gave the world Rawlings and The Sporting News comes an exciting new player in the world of sports marketing: Dream Season Sports Ventures.at DSSV, we're currently developing a fan & multi-brand platform built around America's most valuable sports championship, the men's and women's college basketball tournament. we're are currently co-developing a patented tech solution which increases, retains and extends consumer engagement in contests related to any sports tournament using a bracket format. also in the DSSV pipeline is a proprietary gaming methodology for fans of team sports such as the NFL, NBA and MLB.so, yes, we're pretty busy. but always looking for potential team members, consumer brand partners and media partners. Show less

part of a team tasked with steering the strategy and creative for a number of clients who face the daunting challenge of how to feed 9 billion people by 2050. (and i thought writing a decent headline was difficult.) kudos while at OBP included regional/national NAMA awards, local/regional Addys and various other ag-industry-specific accolades.

founded marketing organization created to promote market-driven environmentalism, or as we liked to say, environmentalism en masse. we had very little to do with tree-hugging. we had even less to do with greenwashing. our goal was to help 161 million americans take one step at a time.

launched campaign for AT&T Digital Media Solutions. lead writer for Ameren-Lockheed statewide Uefficiency initiative, handling mass and online creative responsibilities (from strategy up to online production). also completed various print and broadcast assignments for AmerenUE, Energizer and Gold Class Cinemas -- partnering with at least seven different art directors along the way. looking back, it was a quiet joy to be a mere three cubicles away from the one and only (!) tom townsend, a… Show more launched campaign for AT&T Digital Media Solutions. lead writer for Ameren-Lockheed statewide Uefficiency initiative, handling mass and online creative responsibilities (from strategy up to online production). also completed various print and broadcast assignments for AmerenUE, Energizer and Gold Class Cinemas -- partnering with at least seven different art directors along the way. looking back, it was a quiet joy to be a mere three cubicles away from the one and only (!) tom townsend, a phenomenal person the world still misses. Show less

creative boutique [previously known as HAVOC] attempting to be creative from one of the five slowest cities in the world, according to FAST COMPANY (specifically, st. louis, missouri).

worked on wide variety of projects for the St. Louis Cardinals (Baseball Heaven), Busch Gardens, Anheuser-Busch Employees Credit Union and various A-B product campaigns, most notably their neo-retro Budweiser advertising blitz, Budweiser racing radio, Clydesdales Across America initiative and the fantasy football series airing on the beer giant's equally infamous and legendary platform for what we now call branded content (BudTV...RIP.).

co-owned second best agency in sausalito for approximately 14 minutes during 2002 and 2003 (butler, shine & stern being first). in retrospect, we partners should've accepted omnicom's more-than-fair offer of $384 million. but isn't hindsight always 20/20? accounts we had the pleasure to serve over during that exciting time include Sterling Vineyards, Restoration Hardware, Meyer Sound Labs, Corte Madera Mall and Friends of the Urban Forest.

serviced the $250MM AT&T Wireless business; creating traditional and emerging media solutions at the local, regional and national levels; managed four wtr/a.d. teams; produced campaigns for Quicken.com, amazon.com, the USS Pampanito exhibit and the AT&T Wireless IPO (which, at the time, was the biggest IPO in history).

worked on Pillsbury and Seagate Technology for FCB/SF. Yakima Racks & Fairmont Hotels at Gardner Geary & Coll/SF. Intel at Dahlin Smith & White/Salt Lake City. Storehouse Furniture at Hughes Creative/ATL.

traditional and emerging media creative agency, servicing Eidos Interactive, Hewlett-Packard, Sony VAIO, Oakland Ballet and other accounts. spearheaded national launch of Sony VAIO convergence consumer technology products. Launched Tomb Raider for Eidos.

worked on Microsoft at Anderson & Lembke, Del Monte and Oracle at McCann-Erickson and John Deere Tractors for Hal Riney + Partners/Chicago, among others.

creative lead on two account wins for the agency (Monterey Pasta and San Jose Sharks), as well as writer/producer for agency's award-winning creative for Namco videogames, Togo's Eateries and the United States Tennis Association of Northern California.

first real job in the biz. working on great accounts like Six Flags, Famous-Barr, McDonald's, Missouri Tourism and the American Association of Orthodontists.

one of 8 students selected to serve as teaching assistants at the School of Journalism's entry-level advertising course, Advertising Principles. co-led coursework and copywriting assignments, graded half of all lab assignments for both undergrad and graduate students.

evening shifts of encoded daily business and personal checking account transactions at the largest bank in Columbia, which is also part of Central Bancompany, one of the most highly regarded regional financial institutions in America, year after year.further processed batches of encoded transactions through the bank's reader-sorter, producing the data summary that would passed along to one more department supervisor for final balancing of batch check runs.to this day, my adding… Show more evening shifts of encoded daily business and personal checking account transactions at the largest bank in Columbia, which is also part of Central Bancompany, one of the most highly regarded regional financial institutions in America, year after year.further processed batches of encoded transactions through the bank's reader-sorter, producing the data summary that would passed along to one more department supervisor for final balancing of batch check runs.to this day, my adding machine keyboarding skills are impressive for someone who last worked at a bank during the first Bush administration. Show less