About me
Hi there. I'm a Creative Technology Director that loves making interesting experiences. I have a background in a wide variety of interactive tools with over 20 years of professional experience designing and developing for the screen and beyond. As a Creative Technology Director and former Creative Director, I specialize in storytelling, rapid prototyping, and conquering the impossible.
Specialties: 23 years of development experience from Mosaic 1.0 and Lynx through today. Interests include 3D anything, Augmented Reality, Physical Computing, Art Installations, Information Visualizations and the Internet of Things.
Sector Experience
Awards
Positions
MDC Ventures Advisor
MDC Ventures Boulder
United States
May 2017 - Present (7 years 6 months)
MDC Ventures is a corporate venture capital fund investing in early stage, B2B digital media and marketing tech companies addressing the needs of the Modern CMO. As a Ventures Squad Leader, I’m responsible for helping evaluate the strategic fit of prospective investments, identifying collaboration opportunities with startups across Crispin Porter + Bogusky, mentoring founders, and educating the agency on emerging technology trends. MDC Ventures is the corporate venture arm of global advertising group, MDC Partners [NASDAQ: MDCA].
Executive Creative Technology Director
Boulder, United States
August 2016 - Present (8 years 3 months)
Digital Thinking & Doing ++
Co-founded an integrated creative shop fueled by purpose and driven by invention.
Education
MA / Interactive Design and Game Development
2004 - 2006 (2 years)
Activities and Societies: Teaching Assistant in ITGM, Thesis is on the Development of an open source Media Management System (MMS) designed for artists, galleries and museums.
BA Integrative Arts : Digitial Communication
1999 - 2003 (4 years)
Activities and Societies: College of Arts & Architecture, 3.3 GPA Tutor, Center for Excellence in Undergraduate Writing Study Abroad Program in London, Summer 2003
Course Concentration in Graphic Design, Telecommunications, Mass Communications and English
DJ at Student Radio Station
Other professional activities
American Association of Advertising Agencies, New York
Create Tech Board Member
2013 - Present (11 years 10 months)
Member of the 4 A's Create Tech advisory board, advising with the Create Tech conference and 4 A's community.
Georgia Institute of Technology
Advisory Board Member
2011 - Present (13 years 10 months)
Cause Education
Advisory Board Member of the Masters of Science in Human-Computer Interaction - http://mshci.gatech.edu
Association of Independent Commercial Producers, New York
Award Show Judge
2017 (1 year)
Judge for the Next Website Awards
Food Family Farming Foundation
Board of Directors - Technology
2009 - 2011 (2 years)
Cause Health
http://www.foodfamilyfarming.org/html/about-F3/board-of-directors.html
