Our Team

My role here at DTC is to develop, implement and consistently evaluate new systems and processes to help us work more efficiently and productively. I oversee the sales, financial, technology and utilization aspects of the company, which allows us to integrate new processes, services and tools in a nimble and agile manner. By taking a data-driven, closed-loop marketing approach to our own business, this helps our team produce better quality results for our clients.

What do you do when you’re not at DTC?

Outside of my time at the office, I spend a lot of my time with my daughter, Eloise, and my wife, Jen. On the weekends you can find me traveling while I compete as a professional disc golfer. I love being outdoors and when I’m not competing, I enjoy going to my cabin in Michigan and working on my rooftop garden here in Chicago.

What are your favorite things about Chicago?

My favorite thing about Chicago is definitely the vast array of restaurants and cuisines available. Being able to try foods and experience new things from around the world within a few miles of home is a pretty awesome thing to have available. I also greatly enjoy the people that focus on improving those around them and the random acts of kindness that can be seen.

As Director of Paid Search at Digital Third Coast, I split my time between two roles: 1. Working with our Paid Search team to improve our internal process and streamline operations 2. Working with our paid search clients to improve results while ensuring these results are aligned with our client’s goals.

I’ve been working in paid search since 2006 and what I really love about my job is the human insight I gain by sifting through results – understanding how people search for answers to their questions and learning how to elicit the desired response can feel magical.

Name 3 facts most people don’t know about you:

1. I studied linguistics and Derrida at Oxford.
2. I had a very enjoyable dinner with Peter Weller a few years ago.
3. I used to play in a rock band.

What do you do when you’re not at DTC?

I read, work out, write, play and listen to music.

As Outreach Team Lead at Digital Third Coast, my role is to coordinate and oversee our promotional strategy for all digital content for all of our clients at Digital Third Coast. I also work with our content team to help create and coordinate the digital content that I help to promote.  I’m completely hands on for the entire process from ideation to developing and promoting the digital content for our clients. My role also includes developing on-going relationships with journalists and high authority industry publications to secure placements and digital visibility for the content we develop for our clients.  I take a lot of pride in my role and in my work to help ensure the success of every content project that we work on.

Name 3 facts most people don’t know about you:

1. I’ve seen roughly 130 live shows of the rock band Phish, although if you know me well this will not surprise you. I stopped keeping track years ago, as to not think about the money I’ve spent, although the memories make it all worth it.
2. I used to be really good at bowling. 289 being my high game with 11 strikes at the young age of 17.
3. I’ve seen a baseball game in nearly every Major League Baseball stadium. I was lucky enough to get to travel around with the Detroit Tigers when I was younger.

What do you do when you’re not at DTC?

I’m a very active person who enjoys the outdoors. I love biking, hiking, camping, disc golf, traveling to see live music and most importantly spending time with my two cats.

As a Content Strategist, I work with clients and our team to ideate and execute wildly creative and thoughtful content. With data as our foundation and excellence as our standard, we’re able to create highly-shareable pieces that speak to vast and varied audiences. Over the last 8+ years, I have been fortunate enough to share my mixed design and business background with world-class brands across the globe. I’ve held strategic, marketing and branding roles in New York, Tokyo, and Paris. I'm thrilled to now be a part of the most talented team in Chicago!

What is your favorite thing about Chicago?

Chicago is a treat! As a new member of the city, I’m in awe of the kindness extended to me by all the lovely new people I meet. While I’m dreading the winter, the last few months have taught me that Chicago is truly one of the most magical cities to be in during the summer… I can’t wait to experience it again next year!

Name 3 facts most people don’t know about you.

1.  I take pride in being able to sing the names of all 50 states in alphabetical order
2.  I appeared as an extra in the major motion picture, The Parent Trap, starring Lindsay Lohan.
3.  I am a Tetris master (Preferred mode of play: Nintendo NES).

I'm a bit of a jack of all trades here at DTC. I worked with the SEO team for years and recently transitioned over to a spot on the PPC side of things. I felt drawn by numbers, data and spreadsheets that PPC gets to work with every day. I also do a lot of behind the scenes things.. I'm the guy that takes a lot of the boring and repetitive tasks and with the help of a little code automates them so our team can spend more time being creative and growing our client's brands.

What do you do when you’re not at DTC?

When I'm not busy at DTC I spend time with my wife Niki and our new child Lincoln. Teaching him and learning new things from his point of view has really changed my perspective on a lot of things. In my shrinking free time, I am also a professional disc golfer. I've competed all over the country and hope to see more great courses and improve my craft in the years to come.

What are your favorite things about Chicago?

There are a lot of good things about Chicago, but I think my favorite has to be the food. It's hard to walk down any street without having a couple great options available. I love trying new types of food and Chicago is perfect since it is home to so many cultures and great flavors!

As outreach manager, I work to find the right placements for Digital Third Coast’s clients and campaigns. I collaborate with the content team to ideate upcoming pieces and develop strategies for promoting that content to build links online. As a former television reporter, I try to pitch Digital Third Coast’s content in a way that I know journalists will be able to use in their stories.

WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU’RE NOT AT DTC?

When I’m not working at DTC you can find me running along the lakefront or taking my new bike for a spin outside. Then afterwards there’s a decent chance I’m cooking or baking something to balance it all out.

NAME 3 FACTS MOST PEOPLE DON’T KNOW ABOUT YOU:

1. I can sing (yes, sing) all the countries of the world…At least the ones that were written into the 1993 Animaniacs song.
2. I’ve jumped into not one, but two freezing cold bodies of water on live television when I was a T.V. reporter. On one of those occasions, I wore a tiara and pink feather boa.
3. I was gifted an official Secret Service pin by a presidential primary candidate’s detail while interning for CBS News in Washington D.C. I have never worn it because I was told it was a federal offense and I could be arrested for impersonating an agent. Not sure how true it is, but I don’t want to find out.

DTC has assured me that I’m a valued member of the team and much more than a token Irishman here to bulk up diversity statistics. As a PPC account manager, I take clients business objectives and develop high-performing PPC strategies to help them reach their targets. I love my job because it is so data-driven. There’s very little room for speculation because we get instant performance metrics.

What I love most about working at DTC is there’s a constant effort to share knowledge and ideas so we can improve as a collective. I also really appreciate that to date, no one has asked me to quote the Lucky Charms guy!

What is your favorite thing about Chicago?

Coming from Ireland I just can’t get over the sheer scale of this place. There’s always somewhere new to explore.

Name 3 facts most people don’t know about you.

1. If I could eat cereal for every meal of the day I would. Sometimes I do.
2. I’m a Texas State champion at an obscure Irish sport no one in the US has heard of….still counts!
3. I once traveled across Europe by train for free by sleeping in bag storage unit.