David is passionate about inspiring teams to embrace new marketing, media and digital innovations. He has put this passion to work for some of world’s best-known companies, including Ford, Land Rover, The Coca-Cola Company, Sony, Dell, P&G, Mattel, United Airlines, Hilton, Callaway Golf and Applied Materials. He is President - USA of WPP's Team Detroit, the new model for the full-service advertising agency, giving marketers access to the breadth of WPP’s talent, ideas and tools. David’s career spans entrepreneurial start-ups, leadership roles at global agencies and client-side marketing management. He co-founded Barrie D'Rozario Murphy, subsequently named “Best Small Agency in the U.S.” by the American Association of Advertising Agencies. Before BD’M, David’s leadership experience included serving as President of Saatchi & Saatchi in Los Angeles, President/North American Managing Partner for Y&R in Irvine, and Worldwide Client Service Director at Ogilvy New York. He also led marketing communications at Aetna Healthcare. David has earned numerous EFFIE awards from the American Marketing Association, as well as the “Anthony Bucci Award for Excellence in Communication Ethics” from Duquesne University. He serves on the Dean’s Advisory Board for the University of California Irvine's Merage School of Business and is a frequent lecturer at Chapman University’s Internet Communications Program. David was born in Pakistan, lived in Ireland, and has journeyed to more than 35 countries. He is a graduate of Duquesne University. His passions include mountain biking, running, scuba diving and any moment he can steal away on his boat, Murchu. David’s greatest accomplishment has been helping raise two wonderful young ladies.