I'm a broad-thinking creative leader, with a big, heavy toolbox—known for my empathetic approach to solving the most challenging brand problems. From product innovation to brand design to activations of all kinds, I'm passionate about driving business results while maintaining brand integrity, elevating creative culture company-wide and motivating high functioning teams to do their very best work.

I’m a designer to the core and apply design principles to most of life's challenges. I learn from doing, and balance intuition with a ‘measure twice, cut once’ upbringing. I value resourcefulness as much as ingenuity. It doesn’t matter if the project is re-imagining a brand, developing a digital experience, ideating new product concepts or creating a campaign, my team and I are going to get dirty. I believe rapid idea generation curbs premature imprinting on one's own concepts and quick prototypes help settle arguments. I’m a good judge of early stage ideas, also an accomplished listener. I was born in the ‘Show Me’ state—That may explain some things. 

I have partnered with clients big and small, local and global, including: Pepsi Co, Frito-lay, Wendy's, Cuties, Guinness, Starbucks, Waterpik, Rudis, Qdoba, Daisy, Schick, Sbarro, Frontier Airlines, Twizzlers, California Almonds, So Delicious, US Potato Board, Quaker, Horizon Organic, Visa, ESPN, Compaq, Budweiser, Michelob, Arrow Electronics, LaSalle Banks, Amoco, American Dairy Association

Notable Design and Advertising awards and recognition 1995-2016: Effies, Addys, POPAIs, Art Director’s Club, Communication Arts, SIAA, HCAA, Creativity, Print, Luerzers Archive, The DieLine, Ad Week and Brand Week. I’ve served as a show judge for the Art Directors Club and Denver Ad Club.

Notable Photography awards and recognition 2009-2015: Communication Arts—Photography Annual, Graphis, Photography Masters Cup International Awards, The London International Creative Awards, International Spider Awards, The Art Directors Club Photography Awards, Moscow International Foto Awards. 

Resume and References available upon request