i've been a strategist in fast growing wildly crestive ad agencies my whole career and made major contributions to accelerating that growth for the agency & clients. most notably at chiat day nyc for 7 years in the 80's/early '90s, at kirshenbaum bond & partners nyc & sf for 13 years in rhe 90s/early 00s & most recently at tombras knoxville & nyc for 8 1/2 years, . i was promoted into that role at chiat & hired into it thereafter. have worked on some highly insightful campaigns that drove brand success & won awards for both business effectiveness & communications creativity. i really enjoy advisory board work at start ups, & have had great success there. most famously, nest, from 8 people in a garage in palo alto in 2011 to the sale to googe for $3.2 billion in 2014. full experience here: http://linkedin.com/in/nigelcarr