Here's a little bit of background...
- UI/UX design strategy for the Enterprise space in Silicon Valley (Citrix, Vidyo, Imation, DataStax, Couchbase…)
- Led UI/UX Design & Strategy for Sony USA, Canada, and Latin America
- Filed (3) patents with Sony for reducing support costs by $46mm using social media (SocialSKU, SocialSay, SocialSpeak)
- Grew up in Stockbridge, MA running family Inn B&B meeting people all over the world (and carrying hundreds of travel bags up the stairs)
- Admirer of brands at young age
- Caricature artist at 12 years old (I made $40!)
- Worked in the restaurant + hospitality industry for 11 years throughout middle, high school + college (made $7.25hr as fry cook at Chili’s)
- B.A. Degree from Roger Williams University
- Took 6 college exams in 9 days for 18 credits 17 years after graduating (still not quite sure how I pulled this off)
- Internship with Hasbro in 1999 (ever seen the movie “BIG” with Tom Hanks?)
- Managed the creative design team at eDiets.com with a $200mm valuation exit in 2006 (pre-IPO)
- Webby Award winner for #1 trafficked Health website
- Consumer Award winner for outstanding web design by Laptop Magazine (A+ Rating 2011)
- Founder of VeryUs by changing the way people rent vacation homes together as a group (Not like Airbnb)
- #1 ping-pong player at Sony (trying to figure out how to earn a living playing professionally)
- Husband to an amazing wife + father to 2 incredible young boys Jacoby + Jordan (who needs sleep?)
- Wondering if anyone really works in Naples, FL
