AAF Houston Monthly Luncheon

Dan Hill is a recognized authority on the role of emotions and body language in consumer and employee behavior with over a decade of experience running his scientific, emotional insights consultancy: Sensory Logic, Inc. One of the company’s unique research tools is facial coding and is highlighted in Malcolm Gladwell’s best-seller Blink and is used by the CIA and FBI.

A frequent speaker at business conferences and seminars from coast to coast, as well as in Europe and Asia, Dan’s blue-chip clients have included Target, Toyota, General Motors, American Express, Capital One, Nokia, GlaxoSmithKline, among dozens of other major brands.

Dan appeared on The Today Show, FOX NEWS, CNN, and MSNBC regarding his facial coding analysis of the 2008 Presidential Election. Dan also appeared on ESPN2 regarding Alex Rodriquez’s steroid controversy as well as on CNN where he offered his analysis on Drew Peterson and Casey Anthony. Press coverage of Dan and his company include The New York Times, USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, Advertising Age, TIME.com, China Forbes, Entrepreneur, LA Times and Kiplinger’s among many others.

Dan is the author of three books, including Body of Truth: Leveraging What Consumer’s Can’t or Won’t Say (John Wiley & Sons Publishing, 2003), Face Time: How the 2008 Presidential Race Reveals the Importance of being ON-EMOTION in Politics, Business and in Life (Beaver’s Pond Press, 2008) and Emotionomics: Leveraging Emotions for Business Success (Kogan Page Publishing, 2009), which included a new foreword written by Sam Simon, co-creator of The Simpsons. Dan’s newest book on effective advertising, About Face: Ten Secrets to Emotionally Effective Marketing, will be released in September, 2010 (Kogan Page Publishing).

Dan received his Ph.D. from Rutgers University following studies at Brown University, Oxford University, and St. Olaf College. Dan and his wife, Karen Bernthal, a clothing designer, live in St. Paul, MN.