In February of 2007, Dan was named an EVP/ECD of Publicis West in Seattle. He concentrates on the T-Mobile business. Before that, he was Creative Director on Bud Light at DDB Chicago. He also worked on Dell. Before that, he was Creative Director on Sears and Jim Beam at Y&R Chicago. Before that, he bounced around Chicago between O&M, Leo Burnett and an early stint at DDB working on Dewars, Nintendo, True Value and Honey Gold Wheaties. And before that, he did all the normal dumb Midwestern kid stuff growing up in Southern Illinois like playing with illegal firecrackers and jumping bicycles over metal trash cans in the middle of the street. His work for the above clients has been recognized by The One Show, Communication Arts, Cannes, Archive and other reputable industry award shows.