Title: President and chief creative officer, BBDO Minneapolis

Age: 62

Hometown: Cincinnati

Residence now: Minnetonka

Family: Wife, Catherine, three sons

College: University of Cincinnati, English major, 1971

First job after college: High school English teacher

First advertising job: Norlich Stolley in Cincinnati, working on the Procter & Gamble account

Minneapolis résumé: Carmichael Lynch, 1980-82; Campbell Mithun, 1982-88; editor and publisher of Daddy-O, a magazine for fathers, 1988-90; BBDO 1990-present

Favorite movies: "O Lucky Man," "Into the Wild," "Into the West"