Leadership Team

John is the founder of BTP Unite and oversees all client engagements. He is a Chicago agency veteran, serving in several executive leadership roles: President at Y&R, Element 79, and Secret Fort. He also served as Chief Operating Officer for mcgarrybowen Chicago. He is an account guy at heart, leading global client engagements for several Fortune 500 companies.

Danny oversees all creative engagements at BTP Unite in addition to plying his writing craft on many projects. He is also Founder & President of Twist Your Thinking and is an author, mentor, and speaker. He’s an award-winning creative director who served in senior roles at FCB and Element 79.

David oversees all design and art direction at BTP Unite. He is also the proprietor of his own creative side-gig, WorkBoensch. His agency experience includes MSK, VML, Digitas, Element 79, FCB, and Valentine Radford. He has extensive experience across B2C, B2B and all creative disciplines.

Neal leads all brand and message strategy across BTP and BTP Unite. Previously, he held senior roles at national agencies Edelman, Element79, FCB, and Leo Burnett. He has particularly enjoyed leading Brand Promise work for clients like the Chicago History Museum, Habitat for Humanity, University of Chicago and The Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital.

Jess is a social-first, big-idea thinker with a penchant for building highly-engaged communities. She has 13+ years of experience in advertising, art direction, social strategy and community management. She’s worked with e-commerce, packaged goods, banking and electronics brands to create compelling campaigns that drive interaction, sales and loyalty. Her passion is finding creative solutions, no matter the medium.

Matt plays a key project management role for the agency. His experience includes data-driven consumer engagement programs, executed via Email campaigns, press releases, blogs, social, display, SEO/SEM, websites, and events. He earned his Masters of Integrated Marketing Communications from Medill School at Northwestern University.

Karen has 25+ years of experience at some of the world’s top PR firms. She has extensive experience across several categories: CPG, food/beverage, sports/sports science, health and wellness/nutrition. She has created numerous lifestyle marketing programs leveraging sports, fashion, entertainment, and charitable causes.

Dave has 20+ yrs experience and at several multi-national agencies. He’s an award winning creative with experience across multiple categories & channels. He is also an entrepreneur, establishing a holding company structure to work with government clients.

Jenn leads project management at the agency. She has extensive production experience and is fluent in several project management platforms and systems. Her 15+ years of experience teaching High School Math prepared her well for creating serious project management systems (as well as wrangling busy people).