Dan Gardner

With more than a decade of experience designing cross-platform products and brand experiences for clients in North America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, Gardner and Code and Theory Co-Founder Brandon Ralph have led the agency to become one of the largest independent creative agencies in the United States.

From pioneering the modern digital landscape with fifty-eight major media launches for publishers such as Bloomberg, Vogue, and the Los Angeles Times, to defining a new standard for how brands like Maybelline New York and Burger King communicate their stories, to reimagining the digital space between government and citizenry through sites like NY.gov, Code and Theory has radically redrawn the map of challenges a creative agency can confront in today’s digital world.

His efforts in growing Code and Theory have been widely recognized. In 2015, Code and Theory was named one of the “World’s Top 10 Most Innovative Companies."