John is the latest addition to RTC and the executive leadership team. He has spent his career creating integrated campaigns for clients such as Microsoft, X-Box, Windows Live, HP, Nike, MSN Music, and Visa. His marketing experience and insight combined with a passion for design has fueled a desire to innovate and promote progressive methods of marketing. Testing the limits of what is possible with current technologies, and finding ways to push in new directions.
John is the latest addition to RTC and the executive leadership team. He has spent his career creating integrated campaigns for clients such as Microsoft, X-Box, Windows Live, HP, Nike, MSN Music, and Visa. His marketing experience and insight combined with a passion for design has fueled a desire to innovate and promote progressive methods of marketing. Testing the limits of what is possible with current technologies, and finding ways to push in new directions.
When asked “What's the difference between “traditional” and “digital” advertising?” His answer is simply “nothing”. His philosophy is that it’s all about having a great idea and figuring out how it works everywhere and blend it all into one seamless customer experience.
Previously, John was the Creative Director of Attik in San Francisco working on clients like Lexus, TiVo, Lucas Arts, OnLive and many others. He has also done time at Crispin Porter + Bogusky in Boulder and McCann Erickson and AKQA in San Francisco.
- Simple Art of Greatness
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by James X. Mullen
- Outliers: The Story of Success
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by Malcolm Gladwell
- In Pursuit of the Common Good: 25 Years of Improving the World, One Bottle of Salad Dressing at a Time
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by Paul Newman and A.E. Hotchner
- Movie
- Cool Hand Luke (actually, any Paul Newman film. He’s amazing. The Sting. Slapshot. The Hustler. They just don’t make ‘em like that anymore…)
- Obsession
- Playing guitar until my fingers bleed (just to realize I’ll never learn the solo in “Stairway to Heaven”).
- Place
- The Marin Headlands @ 6am on a bike
- Song/Band
- Wow, I don’t even know where to start. Which decade? Which genre? I’m a huge music fan.
- Book
- The Alchemist A Fable About Following Your Dream by Paulo Coelho
- State
- I may live in Washington DC (is this even a state?), but will always love SF and California. I hope to never stop saying the word “dude”.
