About David
The Experience Behind the Approach
Marketing executive and growth strategist focused on helping companies find clarity and build systems that support long-term performance. Experience leading large digital, creative, and production teams with a grounded, practical approach to modern marketing and brand building.
Work is shaped by early years in music, culture, and creative direction. Time at HitPredictor provided firsthand experience with trend forecasting, audience insight, and data-driven creative decisions in the early days of digital music. Mainline Nation added large-scale brand development, talent partnerships, and culturally rooted campaigns with organizations such as Nike, UFC, Bourgeois Farmer Productions, and Abrams Artists Agency. These experiences built a deep understanding of culture, identity, storytelling, and the aesthetic work behind brands that resonate.
Known for building trust quickly and forming strong relationships with teams and leaders. Creates an environment where people feel comfortable sharing the information that matters, which allows organizations to move with confidence and alignment. Approach blends strategic clarity with creative instinct, shaped by years in both the agency world and culture-driven industries.
Served as President and Chief Marketing Officer at Elevation Ten Thousand and helped grow the agency from a small team into a multi-million dollar organization with a strong creative and digital presence. Built the operating structure, measurement frameworks, and leadership systems that supported stable, sustainable growth.
Partnered with national brands, high-growth companies, and regional organizations across home services, automotive, higher education, music, and technology. Work focuses on helping leaders make clear decisions, align their teams, and turn strategy into results that last.
Creative interests continue to influence the work. Streetwear, fashion, lifestyle apparel, music production, artist development, design, and visual storytelling remain core elements of both personal and professional identity. Strength and nutrition add discipline, consistency, and structure to the way the work gets done.
Advises executives, founders, and leadership teams on AI-driven marketing, growth strategy, and organizational alignment. The goal is simple. Help companies move with clarity and build structures that support consistent, meaningful growth.
What Shapes the Approach
The Principles that Guide the Approach
The work starts with clarity.
Every message, every idea, every move.
Culture matters.
People respond to what feels real and grounded in truth.
Simplicity wins.
Strong ideas survive because they are understood.
Momentum comes from trust.
Teams go further when the room feels open and aligned.
Good brands tell the truth.
The story only works when it matches the experience.
Discipline shapes results.
Habits and structure carry the weight of big goals.
Connection is at the center of the work. People open up quickly, and that trust creates access to the information that matters. Better decisions follow. Stronger teams form. Connecting people, ideas, and opportunities is a natural part of the work. Alignment comes faster when trust is real, and organizations move with confidence when they feel understood.
Inside The CMO Playbook
How the Approach Takes Shape
Practical thinking on brand, teams, and systems that scale.
