I was born and raised in Manhattan and found my way into the ad world via a stint at an e-commerce start-up. Since then, I’ve been at some stellar agencies, including Dentsu Creative, for about seven years, focusing on Reebok, Chase, Viagra, and the pitches that won Ad Age's Agency of the Year twice. Our only loss was Aflac. I blame the duck. I've been freelancing since I left Dentsu Creative, mostly at Publicis and FCB, working on everything from P&G to Novartis to Air Canada. My interests include surfing in indescribably cold Icelandic water in February and making bushels of money on Cash Cab.