About Me

My academic background is in engineering and science, with a concentration in human factors and psychology (MS, University of Iowa). Since then, I've done research, marketing, advertising, writing, major account management, and sales, in both business-to-business and business-to-consumer environments. Since 2000, I've headed interactive advertising and marketing agency ACRO Global — the successor firm to my earlier interactive agency, Harbor Design (1995-2000); and since 2007, the Ireland Tourism Centre, representing Irish tourism organizations in New England. I'm also publisher of the electronic newsletters Tourism Marketer and Get American Tourists

I'm a member of the Ad Club of Boston, Maine Tourism Association, Maine Innkeepers Association, Boston Irish Business Association, Web Analytics Association, and Sigma Xi. I also serve on the board of the Cape Cod Hospitality Marketing Association (CCHMA).

In recent years I've spoken at conferences and seminars throughout New England, including the Boston Globe Travel Show and the HSMAI Collegiate Forum.

Here's more information about using me as a speaker, and a contact form that you can send me if you have questions or just want to talk.

I look forward to hearing from you.

- David