Upon completing his MBA at the University of Chicago in 1986, Tim launched into his marketing career at Tatham Euro-RSCG Advertising where he worked on such fun and interesting brands as Flintstones and Bugs Bunny Vitamins, Lucky Dog, and Chex Snack Mix. Two years later, Tim moved to the client side where he managed and led new product development with such big name brands as Pizza Hut and Sealy Posturepedic. One of his biggest new product successes came with the development and introduction of Pizza Hut's Stuffed Crust Pizza, which grew to $1 billion in annual sales and single-handedly drove 20 percent company growth in its first year. Most recently, Tim served as senior vice president at KeyCorp, a super-regional financial services company, where he built and managed several groups specializing in such disciplines as marketing research, direct marketing, e-commerce strategy, and new product development.