Meet the Team

A DEDICATED TEAM FOCUSED ON YOUR SUCCESS

Brushmarks offers a varied scope of services designed to make it easy for you to use us as a single place for successful visual marketing solutions. We've assembled a team of design professionals with years of experience working on the marketing needs of small businesses. Meet the crew!

How we got here:

Founder Mark Olsen opened Brushmarks Signs 33 years ago. His love of cars had him detailing letters and graphics onto the sides of derby cars. It wasn't long after, he received requests for graphics on snowmobiles, farm machinery and other vehicles. Over the last 3 decades, he's watched the sign industry transition from hand painted signs to digital. Olsen's philosophy is still of that of Brushmarks today - "If you take care of your customers, your customers will take care of you."

New owners:

Dave and Tim started their friendship early on when Dave moved to Detroit Lakes in 6th grade. The two remained in the lakes area but went their own ways and eventually crossed paths again after several years. They soon realized that they were meant to go into business together. Dave had been working at Brushmarks for 18.5 years and saw an opportunity to buy into the business while Tim had finished his venture at his own tiling company. The timing was perfect - the two are now co-owners of Brushmarks Signs and building a business with their combined skills and work ethic

Dave Keena Co-Owner

Free Time Fun:

Playing Texas Hold'em
Family time
Camping/Hunting with family
Teaching my daughters about life
Breakfast with Tim "work meetings" 😉
Dreaming about the next business/investment
Wednesday Date Night with my wife (town supper on the couch while we watch our TV shows)