Jim is a 2nd generation San Francisco ad professional, now living in Bernal Heights with his wife and their delightful deaf cattle dog. Earning an MBA from the University of Virginia’s Darden School before entering the family trade, Jim made his mark on both the agency and the client side. Kicking off his career at Ogilvy & Mather, San Francisco, Jim worked alongside Hal Riney on clients as diverse as California First Bank, Henry Weinhard’s Beer, the Oakland A’s and Swanson Foods. He also opened Riney’s Chicago office to service AB, before running Y&R’s Heileman and Bond Brewing business. Jim has managed a range of clients and projects like Union Bank, Dolby, Yahoo, Linksys, Lenovo, Disney, Premise Heath, Virgin Charter and Subaru Asia. When steering the digital marketing services practice for Sapient in the West, he recognized the need to put the focus on better customer experiences and left to establish Cibo as a partner.