Advertising and Marketing, Nashville, TN

Brian founded and served as the first CEO of Magazines.com Inc., the online subscription agency that was ultimately sold to Anderson News, AOL Time Warner, and Meredith Corporation. Before his entrepreneurial success, Brian spent ten years in advertising as Executive Vice President of SBC Advertising in Columbus, OH, directing business development and brands including Frigidaire, Sherwin-Williams, Macmillan McGraw-Hill, Domino’s Pizza, Thompson’s Water Seal, Big Lots, KeyBank and SuperAmerica-Speedway. Brian started his career as an agency copywriter then moved to Buckeye Financial Corporation where he was VP of Marketing for six years. There, he helped launch the first real-time online ATM network in the U.S. owned by a savings and loan and the first multi-thrift ATM network (JEANIE) in the Central Ohio market.