Prior to joining Sterling-Rice Group, Brad held director positions in the Denver-based marketing departments of AT&T Broadband, Qwest, and USWest where he managed multimillion-dollar budgets and oversaw in-depth marketing research initiatives. Brad began his marketing career in 1986 at Leo Burnett Advertising in Chicago as a strategic planner and market researcher where he worked for seven years on accounts such as McDonald's, Kellogg's Cereals, Black & Decker Tools, Procter and Gamble, Miller Brewing, General Motors, StarKist Foods, and Marlboro. Brad received a master's degree in advertising from Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan, and a bachelor's degree in fine arts from Northern Michigan University in Marquette where he graduated cum laude.