Before GN+P:
Creative Director at Ammirati Puris Lintas New York
CEO/CD, Ammirati & Puris, Toronto
Group CD, Ogilvy & Mather Chicago
Copywriter, D'Arcy MacManus & Masius, Detroit

My favorite advertising stories:
Pulling a baby elephant from a lagoon in Thailand
Trying to get Mariel Hemingway to be funny
Winning Labatt Canada on the day our fifth employee started

Hometown:
Detroit, Michigan

Alma Mater:
Michigan State

Recommends:
Jeff Beck, Robertson Davies, unsalted butter

Dislikes:
Status meetings, birthdays

Significant influences:
Going to a Jesuit high school, and working for Joel Raphaelson and Ralph Ammirati

Favorite non-compensated activities:
Playing guitar in two bands

Significant others:
Lisa and our kids, David, Steven, and Sarah