John Bornholdt joined Bornholdt Shivas & Friends executive recruiters on January 1, l982. Prior to that, he spent 14 years in advertising and marketing and two years in military service. He specializes in recruiting for advertising, marketing, sales, sales promotion, and computer/MIS positions. His professional training covers leadership positions with several major national advertising agencies, a Fortune 50 corporation, and an elite airborne division in Vietnam.

Following a military officer career under General William Westmoreland with the l0lst Airborne Division in South Vietnam, he joined Benton & Bowles Advertising Agency in NYC in l968 as a network television programming account executive, working with such accounts as Procter & Gamble, Texaco, Kraft-General Foods, and General Motors.

In 1976, he joined Nabisco Foods in New York as the Director of Advertising. He was responsible for managing the services of seven advertising agencies in the daily servicing of over 60 product advertising assignments. Media spending was over $100-million annually.

Subsequently, John joined BBDO Advertising Agency in NYC as Vice President, Group Media Director. He directed a staff of 20 professionals involved in the media planning and buying for such accounts as Pepsi, Pizza Hut, Chrysler, Polaroid, Gillette, and Campbell Soup.

John finished his advertising career at Ally & Gargano, where he worked on the introductory national advertising campaigns for start-up companies such as Federal Express, MCI, and Apple Computer. All of these companies are highly successful today.

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