Thunderhouse is the personal blog of Doug Chavez.

Doug is a brand marketing and media expert with over 10 years of traditional and digital media experience. Doug has worked with brands such as McDonald’s, Kodak, Visa, and Yahoo to strengthen their brand presence and positioning. He has received a number of industry awards including a Cannes Cyber Lion, Yahoo!’s Purple Chair, London International Award and a PROMO Magazine award.

Most recently, Doug was Director of Ad Solutions at Yahoo, where he led the monetization strategy for for Yahoo!’s Communication and Communities properties (Mail, Flickr, Messenger and Groups).  Prior to Yahoo!, Doug lead the McDonald’s digital media advertising business at Tribal DDB Worldwide. He is credited with double digit growth to the agency’s retained McDonald’s business and spearheading McDonald’s international business development efforts. While at Tribal DDB, Doug led the team that won a Cyber Lion at Cannes — a first for the agency — for the Lincoln Fry campaign.