Biography

A glance at my resume would show that I studied media production as an undergraduate and wrote a thesis on communication ethics for my master’s degree, followed by years of experience leading projects, writing for peers and executives, and producing a host of materials at several large companies.

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All of this is true, but a resume doesn’t accommodate the fact that I’ve been voraciously creating art and communications without a break since early childhood. While the methods of production have radically changed, my creative drive runs as consistently and furiously as ever. Crayon editions of bedroom newspapers have developed into corporate newsletters; mix tape radio shows have grown into departmental podcasts; basement recordings metamorphosed into albums, posters, and tours; portable watercolor sets led to oils on personally-stretched canvases; and a black and white, A/V cable, VCR-powered camera has given way to video production techniques I couldn’t have imagined then, at the very least not coming from my phone.

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Now, these decades of practical experience and dedicated study make the important distinction between being a Jack-of-All-Trades or a Renaissance Man. I eschew buzzwords, flash-in-the-pan trends, hollow platitudes, and other forms of unoriginal thought. I am in my element in front of an audience. I’ve gotten to meet, perform, and create with many of the people I looked up to back in those earliest days. There’s no reason why you shouldn’t let me help bring your visions to life, too.

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My philosophical underpinning reads artistic disciplines as interrelated communicative acts. Nonverbal elements, including everything from body language to environmental aesthetics, contribute profoundly to the authority and adoption of messaging. Every act, choice, focus or downplay directly communicates to others, especially within an organization.

 

This kind of communicative power is the very stuff through which cultures are fostered. It should not be dismissed as mere "content."

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