Mr. Canaan brings nearly 30 years experience in brand identity and image development in a wide variety of industries. For the eleven years prior to forming the independent Laurel Group, he was Senior Managing Partner at Enterprise IG, San Francisco managing a staff of 50 and leading the brand strategy practice. Previously, he was the senior creative officer of Addison Design in San Francisco and has operated his own advertising agency in Provo, Utah. His imagery and brand positioning work is recognized around the world for clients such as Motel 6, La Quinta Inns, Baymont Inns, Denny’s Restaurants, Burger King, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, Universal Studios, Sundance Film Institute, Ski Utah, 3M, Northwest Airlines, USAir, Kodak, Citibank, Whirlpool, Johnson & Johnson, Merck Pharmaceuticals, Bristol Meyers, Sun Microsystems, Hewlett-Packard, Apple Computers, Pacific Gas & Electric, US West, Pacific Bell, Chevron, British Petroleum, Emirates Petroleum, Bare Escentuals, Mitsukoshi Department Stores, Kikkomann and the Mitsubishi’s Future Port 21 development in Yokohama, Japan.In addition to consulting work, he has served on the design faculties of Brigham Young University and the University of Utah, as an academic advisor to the Academy of Art, San Francisco, a member of the Board of Trustees for the Santa Fe College of Design, a guest lecturer at Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles and a member of the national marketing advisory board for United Way of America.Specialties: • Consumer brand identity expert• Corporate identity consultant and designer• Consumer research• Direct and coordinate internal and consulting teams• Communications positioning advisor• National and international brand image management