Dan Ashby
Producer
Hired: November 2005
Life Before Risdall:
Prior to Risdall, Dan provided flash/design consulting for Allen Interactions, Intel and ADC, as well as event concepting and online marketing consulting with various promoters for events such as We Fest, 10,000 Lakes Festival, Street Jam and more.
Dan also owns what he describes as “a Golf Club with out real estate.” “We organize tournaments, training and get our members perks at various courses throughout Minnesota.”
Mad Skillz:
Dan is highly accomplished at Concept Creation, Project Management, Design, Marketing and Flash Development, among others.
Pride...
A fairly dangerous man, Dan has achieved 2nd degree black belt status in Northern Shoalin Kung fu (no, he never met David Carradine). He also went undefeated for two years in tournament point fighting and took 2nd place in the Wheaties Gold Cup Nationals (BMX racing). If that’s not enough excitement, Dan also survived running out of air 100 feet down in a cave while Conch hunting in Playa del Carmen and jumping out of a perfectly good airplane.
...and Joy
Watching my kids grow and spending a few years spent traveling through Latin America.
Favorite candy at RAA:
Whataya got?
Down Time:
When not amazing clients at work, Dan enjoys karate, scuba, downhill mountain biking (free riding; i.e. totally out of control), art (painting & drawing), fine cuisine (eating and cooking) and the list goes on.
Son of the Soil:
The one thing that most people don’t know about Dan is his love for gardening.
What’s the Big Deal?
As Assistant Marketing Director at World Class Resources in Ixtapa, Mexico, Dan headed a guerilla marketing team that created and used a network of local contacts to funnel leads to the first full time ownership real estate development by a non-Mexican entity within 30 miles of the coast. “We sold 150 units at an average of $50k before one brick was laid.”