About
PROFESSIONAL
I am a founder, comms planner, brand strategist & management consultant connecting brands & people.
Innovative, results-oriented media & marketing executive with cross-functional expertise in digital, emerging, and traditional media, product marketing, organizational development, digital business transformation, and business analytics.
A passionate leader with a zeal for collaboration and building high-performance teams and entrepreneurial endeavors managing groups large and small with enthusiasm for creating an exciting and progressive work environment resulting in greater employee & client satisfaction, development, and performance.
Ability to effectively articulate & define strategies for senior-level executives, combining a strong creative sensibility with astute business acumen, consistently tackling new challenges with an eye for creating value-based ventures & businesses.
PERSONAL
I am a husband, father, brother, son, Scorpio, and utopian with a passion for creativity & seeing my kids smile.
Living in Westchester County outside of New York City with my fantastic wife Maggie and beautiful children - Dylan Emma and Hudson Jack.
I love building cardboard rockets, cars, and houses with my kids when we aren't getting into some epic ping pong tournaments. Keep in mind they are just barely above the table. When I am not helping them with school work, teaching them to ride bikes, shooting baskets, or getting quizzed by my son on all things sports, I am immersing myself in all things digital; it is a passion, not just a job, and getting lost in music & popular culture.
Ever since I was a kid, I have been wildly curious and have traded reading encyclopedias for white papers and research briefs, but I also find time to run, hit the heavy bag, and BBQ.
SKILLS
Complex Problem Solving. Critical Thinking. Holistic Media Planning and Negotiations. Defining Business, Marketing and Communications Goal/KPI setting. Data-Driven Audience and Planning Insights. Ad & Marketing Tech Ecosystem. Campaign Analytics, Attribution and Optimization. Direct Response, Brand Advertising & Programmatic. Operations & Project Management. P&L Management and Budgeting.
PASSIONS
Lego Builder. Box Robot Creator. Homemade Pancakes. Discovering a Better Way. Writing - Witty Recaps of My Kids Games, Prose, Poetry, Short Stories. Make Things Beautiful. Optimist. Backyard Games. Cooking a Perfect Burger. Changing Lightbulbs (probably the extent of my handiness). Stortytime. Golf (20+ handicap). Dressing Myself. Organizing the Dishwasher. Creative Problem Solving. Business Ideas.
Innovation. Building. Challenges. Transformation. Emerging Technology. Data.
Music. Art. Magazine Junky. Drawing. Early Morning Runs. Politics. Dallas Cowboys.
EDUCATION
University of Pittsburgh – B.A. Film Studies, Minor in Economics & East Asian Studies
Continuing Education
New School of Social Research (New York) - Poetry, Museum as Medium
International Center of Photography (New York) - B/W Photography
London School of Business (Coursea) - Managing the Company of the Future