David Kelbaugh is the founder of Tacklebox Brand Partners, a Chicago-based branding firm. In the course of his 20-year career, he has helped develop brand strategies and advertising campaigns for Allstate, Sprint, BP, Kaiser Permanente, Marlboro, and others. After spending his career at global ad agencies Leo Burnett, Ogilvy & Mather, and DraftFCB, David took the leap and founded Tacklebox in 2014. David is an adjunct faculty member at Tribeca Flashpoint College where he teaches entrepreneurship, and an instructor at The Startup Institute. He lives in Chicago with his wife and two sons. He is proud to have finished more than 20 triathlons, is a graduate of The Voyageur Outward Bound School, is horrible at basketball, and only talks about his reality-show past when asked.

Advertising, Brand Strategy