I'm a re-patriated New Orleans native who early on took an interest in the visual arts. My juvenile delinquent years were mildly tempered by a diligent pursuit of drawing, painting and sculpture. But the hallowed halls of higher learning knocked on my door to invite me into financial debt for a decade, I jumped right in and over to the "debtor's paradise" New York City.

My college years were spent studying glassblowing, theater, studio arts, animation, film, and Russian art and culture (I was a bit overly optimistic during those Glasnost/Perestroika days). Though I would most actively pursue film over the next few years, my fraternization with a shadowy underclass of nerds known as "hackers" would bring about my true destiny...my true calling... my true career...my true paycheck.

For the bulk of the 90's I built my career working in Silicon Alley as an internet creative and strategist. From the ranks of the lowly Interface Designers, I quickly rose to lead project teams and client campaigns that ran the gamut of industries: banks, insurance, publishing, entertainment, car manufacturers, retail, B2B, hospitality, intranets, etc. Basically, you name it, and I've worked with a similar client or competitor.

I pioneered wireless and broadband strategies for many of my clients and helped to create the structure of Multi-Channel Networked Brand Experiences.

But soon after my lovely wife bore me a son, I realized a longing to return home to New Orleans. It seems all New Orleans ex-pats return eventually like salmon. So we traded in the Big City for the Big Easy.