Doug is President of Rucker & Co, a creative branding firm that Rucker says, “…has absolutely no allegiance to any specific channel of communication. We like solving problems and placing communications in new and unexpected ways.”

Prior to Rucker & Co, Doug honed his chops as one of the top Creative Group Heads at The Richards Group. His experience has drawn brands to R&C like UT Health in Texas, Hines Real Estate and Hines Securities, Texas Trees Foundation, Vogel Alcove, one of Dallas’s premiere non-profits working to help the homeless community through education, and the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, among others.

While at Richards, Doug led the creative breakthrough for Chick-fil-A, the fastest-growing chain in the fast-food segment, which many experts consider to be the toughest category in which to compete. Twenty-four years later, Chick-fil-A’s Cow campaign and its mantra “Eat Mor Chikin” have become the envy of the industry.

His broad category experience includes Higher Education and University-related institutions, retail, banking, restaurant, telecommunications, healthcare, legal, consumer goods, home improvement, automotive and CPG. Doug’s work has been recognized by the CLIO Awards, Communication Arts Annual, The One Show, The New York Art Director’s Club, Cannes Festivals, Lüerzer’s Archive, Graphis, ADWEEK Best Spots and Doug has garnered many other business accolades and distinctions throughout his career.

An avid collector of a broad range of music (including 78s, 45s, cassettes, 8-Tracks, LPs, CDs and MP3s), Doug also devotes leisure time to an ever-expanding collection of vintage Beatles memorabilia. He is reticent to discuss it in front of his wife GiGi, however, as she hasn’t any idea how much is invested in it. (Shhh…please keep it on the down-low).