Dave Schneider

Dave Schneider leads the marketing practice of Apollo Global, the international division of the world-leading higher education company Apollo Group, as Vice President/Global Marketing. In this capacity, Dave is responsible for managing the Apollo Global brand, and consulting with their leading, local market business units to identify and deploy scalable marketing practices.

Prior to Apollo Global, Dave spent nearly 20 years in various marketing/advertising firms. Most recently, Dave led the account management practice of the highly acclaimed, Advertising Age A-list Agency, Tribal DDB, as Director of Client Services in Chicago. While there, he was responsible for a wide array of assignments related to marketing consulting, digital program development/deployment, agency performance, and ultimate client satisfaction from a roster of Fortune 100 brands from McDonald’s, Lowe’s, State Farm, OfficeMax and AT&T, while helping manage the Chicago office P/L.

Prior to his appointment to Tribal DDB, Dave held various senior integrated marcomm leadership roles at DDB Chicago on some of the office’s most significant pieces of business, including Dell & State Farm. Dave's category experience runs the spectrum from financial services, CPG, technology, retail, and household durables, across both B2B and B2C.

Previously, Mr. Schneider held a variety of agency management, account management and media positions at several Minneapolis agencies, including Martin-Williams, and BBDO where he was Vice President/Director of Business Development. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Luther College (Decorah, IA) with a double major in Economics & Business Management and has completed graduate course work in Business Philosophy, certified as an MBA-equivalent.