Chandler Villacruz has spent nearly two decades building a successful career as a marketing professional. Laying the foundation for his future endeavors, he earned a bachelor of business administration in marketing, with a focus on advertising strategy, from Texas A&M University. In his final year of college, Chandler Villacruz gained early experience as a marketing intern at Texas Home Security. Chandler Villacruz subsequently relocated to California, where he pursued a master of science in marketing at the University of Southern California (USC) . After graduating in 2002 , he accepted the role of a marketing assistant with the Los Angeles-based firm Healthy Living. There, Mr. Villacruz worked alongside a team of professionals on both print and digital marketing projects. One of his biggest contributions to the firm was developing a marketing campaign that increased sales by 10 percent in a single year. In 2006 , he assumed the position of marketing director at Healthy Living's headquarters, located in San Francisco. 2008 to Till , Chandler Villacruz has served as a senior marketing manager at Food Rates, an online restaurant review platform. Having joined the company in its startup phase, he has facilitated the growth of its marketing department and now leads a team of five employees. Among his many achievements at Food Rates, Mr. Villacruz devised a customer rewards program that garnered 10 ,000 new signups within the first month of its implementation.