David Vazdauskas
Chief Brand Strategist
Fact-Finding Questionnaire:
Favorite childhood game:
Wearing a cowboy outfit, cap gun and bandana and holding up the ice cream truck.
Hometown:
Sutton, MA.
Theme song:
“Hi Ho.” (The song from the movie Snow White, NOT the rap song by Dr. Dre.)
Offbeat hobbies:
Making bathtub gin.
Surprising talent:
Levitation. It’s a nice party trick.
Nastiest injury:
I once broke a man’s kneecap
Most passionate cause:
The Lithuanian economy
Proudest moment:
Correctly spelling my name just before graduating college
If you could invite any celebrity, living or dead, over for beers who would it be?
Amy Winehouse
What gets you belly laughing?
Anything having to do with Liechtenstein.
Dream travel destination:
England during the Middle Ages. It’s just a flesh wound!
Biggest lesson learned:
Only objects on side view mirrors are closer than they appear.
Have you ever Googled yourself?
No, but I’ve Googled yo mama.
But I’m not a real person.
I’ve got a great imagination.
marketing strategy • brand strategy
media planning
David is a seasoned marketing and brand strategy veteran with over 20 years of experience. David began his career at the advertising agency Saatchi & Saatchi where he specialized in media planning in both traditional and non-traditional media for clients such as Toyota, Hanes and General Mills. He later became an account executive at Foote, Cone & Belding and was responsible for several Colgate-Palmolive brands.
After receiving his MBA from Harvard Business School, David joined the marketing strategy practice of the premier management consultancy Mercer Management Consulting (now Oliver Wyman), where he became a Partner in the firm’s media, technology and entertainment practice. He later became a partner at the New York-based brand consultancy Lippincott.
