• Lead large agency teams to deliver exceptional solutions and partnerships to our clients by overseeing the execution of projects from start to finish.• Ensure the highest quality deliverables and client satisfaction. • Drive business growth while fostering strong relationships with our clients and internal teams.Focused Accounts: MetLife, Experian, Chick-fil-A, Starbucks, Elevance Health

• Led strategy, growth, and operations for the Experience Studio at The Mill, driving innovation and excellence.• Managed a multi-faceted team overseeing organizational strategy, talent development, and production partner relationships.• Developed cross-site alignment across geographically dispersed locationsFocused Accounts: Meta, L'Oreal, Netflix, Amazon, Qualcomm

Focused Accounts: Harrah’s, Andis, Travel Wifi

Focused Accounts: Gatorade, McDonalds, Nissan, Airbnb, Intuit, Blue Diamond• Oversee the agency’s digital & social production teams to ensure we deliver the smartest version of everything we create, including: strategy briefs, content and communication roadmaps, concept decks, production plans, business and operations proposals, rfps and brand experiences.• Collaborate closely with all brand teams to build strategic and executional roadmaps for the successful delivery of integrated marketing activations.• Manage and build relationships with social technology platforms YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Snap, Spotify, Pandora and others.• Identify tools and procedures to optimize process efficiencies across the agency• Pursue growth opportunities for the agency including strategic media or production partnerships, new business prospects as well as agency competencies and staffing• Manage the digital/social/technology department’s p&l including financial performance, staffing retained, and project based resources, account revenue, project revenue and investments, media and production partner collaborations• Regularly evaluate and optimize the tools and processes we leverage to improve agency and per project workflow• Socialize new technologies, platforms and partners to help us elevate our work and cultural aptitude• Develop, challenge, optimize and execute the agency’s business and operational strategies in pursuit of balancing opportunity, success and financial gain• Lead empower and challenge a team of integrated brand teams to support their professional and personal evolution

Focused Accounts: Taco Bell, PlayStation, Nintendo, Pop Secret• Played a strategic leadership role in growing the Taco Bell business from spec work to DAOR within 12 months• Key contributor to the growth and evolution of DLA's Digital Production Team & Capabilities• Responsible for leading and managing digital production for multiple brands including Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, Nintendo, Pop Secret, Dr Pepper and Zillow• Partnered closely with data, strategy, creative and technology directors and their respective teams to deliver on our collective creative vision• Solved complex problems with simple solutions• Managed complex digital products, desktop and mobile websites, social platform firsts on twitter and slack, campaign microsites, social content, crm and digital media campaigns.• Collaborated with Account, Creative, Technology, Broadcast and Media Directors to employ integrated campaign production best practices.• Ensured creative and technology teams employ the most innovative delivery methods.• Motivated production, creative and technology teams to step outside their comfort zones and to be thought leaders within the digital space.ensure creative and technology teams employ the most innovative delivery methods.• Contributed to the definition of usability and user interface standards for all projects.• Lead and launched the first QSR e-commerce site (ta.co)• Lead and launched a first of its kind Twitter feature (#TacoEmojiEngine) in collaboration with Twitter and Taco Bell. The feature has since turned into a Twitter Media feature - Case Study: http://bit.ly/2DJu5vC• Lead and launched a first of its kind Popcorn Popping App in collaboration with Pop Secret. The app received over 1 mil downloads and was ranked as the #1 free app in the App Store for over two months. Case Study: http://bit.ly/2FRt7mQ

In partnership with my wife (Rachel) we launched, grew and sold an events and social community for moms, moms-to-be and families company.• Planned and launched over 400 events of all sizes in partnership with over 100 brands• Concepted and launched four signature, 500+ attendee events that included celebrity mom panelists, 20+ vendor booths, demonstration areas, dad caves, musical acts, along with food & beverage vendors• CM hosted brand launches for Chobani, Bugaboo, Orbitbaby / Ergobaby, Britax and many others, created mom ambassador programs and hosted book launches for Trista Sutter, Scary Mommy and Mama Glow’s Latham Thomas.

• Produced annual positive revenue growth while increasing operating profit margin; up 7% year over year from 2009 to 2011.• Orchestrated the successful development of new client partnerships including: Northern Trust, Alberto Culver Brands and Marquette University along with numerous ad agencies.• Identified and established representation from Lunch Incorporated as a growth and business development opportunity for DS. The relationship lead to a new, consistent revenue stream, positive PR for DS’ work with Addidas and opened doors to new agency relationships.• Responsible for hiring, retaining, leading and growing cross discipline studio staff• Cultivated positive client relationships in complex situations, resolving client challenges while increasing client engagement and manufacturing strategic opportunities for DS

• Lead client relationships, collaborating to identify & execute strategic interactive solutions across multiple channels to fulfill brand objectives.•Scope and Manage all digital initiatives including site development, social & emerging media campaigns, rich-media ad buys, viral branding & mobile campaigns.•Build and motivate internal teams that are appropriate to project objectives.•Own the overall solution and delivery schedule as well as the budget and resources•Pursue link of creative vision to reality while managing change effectively and democratically•Prepare and present status reports and accurately asses risks.•Assist client partners in proposal writing, creative briefs and change orders as needed.•Foster vendor, client, media partner and individual agency business groups relationships.•Bid, negotiate and contract third party vendors on an individual project basis as needed.•Provide guidance, leadership and constructive feedback to project team members.

Managed digital initiatives including large scale site development, social & emerging media campaigns, promotional microsites, rich-media ad development, viral branding & mobile campaigns.• Administered project budgets, timelines, scope, execution and deliverables.• Guided project lifecycle during discovery, design, development & deployment.• Mentored Associate Producer through his projects, teaching him Project Management best practices while serving as a leadership resource.• Brainstormed strategic & innovative solutions against project goals with internal creative team and strategists in collaboration with third party vendor & media partners.• Fostered vendor, client, media partner and individual agency business groups relationships.• Bid, negotiate & contract third party vendors on an individual project basis as needed.• Coordinated weekly status meetings with all business groups as I feel required on larger scale projects. Presented status reports to upper management & clients

Lead digital initiatives including site promotional microsites, rich-media advertising buys, viral branding campaigns and more.