I am a technology explorer, innovator, educator and mentor. I am a very fast reader and learner. I aim for a 1% improvement every day. I believe demonstrating 10x present value is key to adoption. I’ll try 10 different ways to solve a problem. I won’t ask anyone to do anything I haven’t already tried to do at least once. I’ll help people work through any problems they run into so that I can learn more. I can visualize complex systems and explain them to audiences at different levels of technological understanding. I inspire others to be as excited as I am about the potential of the tech they are working with so that problems seem exciting and irresistible. This is why I do the work that I do.
I am motivated in my creative and collaborative work by five traits or personae:
- As a STRATEGIST, I transform unmanageable chaos into manageable structure, and I will take necessary steps to defend the integrity of that structure over the long-term.
- As a FOCUS BUILDER, I put containment and constraints around the unmanageable idea soup that often sits at the base of profitable product or service ideas, transforming them into projects and ideas with a manageable scope and timeline.
- As an INCLUDER, I redirect and repdeploy isolated, neglected or underdeveloped elements of your creative or labor process into integrated manageable processes that flow with how you work. This often includes outside people and opinions that may be undervalued or mislaigned in terms of purpose.
- As a RELATOR, I tie together loose elements into a cohesive process, while also determining cause and effect relationships between action and the data those actions produce - the end result being a process that does not only flow, but operates in a consistent and familiar manner.
- As a LEARNER, I persistently evaluate techniques and tools of the trade, reviewing opportunity cost of maintaining legayc technology while also taking careful cost considerations when planning for future industry innovation across the digital landscape. I bring that expertise and knowledge to projects that we work on.
I am a semi-active Mensa member and dog lover. I have many interests/hobbies including macro photography, night photography, lightfield photography, volumetric video, 3d modeling and rendering, guitar, bass, drums, pen and ink drawing, digital painting, nootropics and body hacking, theology, antiquated science, astronomy, wisdom literature, street art, abstract art and industrial design.