Originally from Ecuador, Ricardo has lived in New York since 2008. He started his marketing career working as an account executive in DDB Ecuador, later moving to Barcelona to pursue a masters degree. After finishing his studies, he moved to New York for an advertising job - leading Hispanic efforts for clients like Heineken, Kraft and Johnson & Johnson. A few years later, landing a job to work on the Verizon account at McGarryBowen was his first foot on the door to the role he currently holds at Verizon. He is now the Executive Director of Creative Marketing responsible for making people know and love Verizon by creating compelling marketing experiences between our brand and consumers to drive growth.