
Managing Director at Magnet 360, LLC
Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Managing Director at Magnet 360, LLC
Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
Over the past 20 years, I've had the good fortune to have been involved in building some extremely successful businesses from start-up to successful exit events and along the way, work with some of the world most amazing companies in solving their marketing & technology challenges.
As entrepreneurs, my partner Dan & I have been proud of our work from building Imaginet Inc., selling the business to 3M spin-off Imation, partnering with Skip Gage and buying the business back in 1998, relaunching Imaginet LLC, selling the business to JWT / WPP Group plc, running one of the worlds largest digital marketing agencies (connect@jwt) and then last year selling our Spot Buy Spot business to Comcast.
Through Imaginet and later connect@jwt, we've worked with some of the worlds largest organizations from local leaders 3M, Cargill, Lawson, RBC Dain Rauscher, Thomson West, Travelers Insurance, United Healthcare and more to national / international leaders such as DTC, Ford, HSBC, J&J, NASDAQ, Orkin, Unilever, United States Marine Corp, White Castle, Xerox and more. With these organizations, we've worked with some amazing leaders to determine digital / online strategies to help them build their businesses and achieve their sales, marketing and / or operating goals. We've also been extremely fortunate to be surrounded by talented teams that deliver so well on these programs.
Since leaving JWT, my partner Dan & I have created the Minnesota Cup, helped create the Minnesotans' Military Appreciation Fund and joined the boards of several great companies.
Most recently, we have launched Magnet 360 (See below).
3rd Place, Apple Design the Computer of the Year 2000 (1987)
The Business Journal 40 Under 40 (1997)
Finalist Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year (2001)
Finalist Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year (2004)