In 1995, my wife, Andrea and I left sunny
San Diego for Denver, Colorado. Though it wasn't easy leaving
the beach behind, new opportunities beckoned, and we've made
our home here in the Rockies ever since.
I was born and raised in Seattle, Washington,
and became very active in the local music scene in the '80's.
I caught the advertising bug at McCann/Erickson's Seattle office,
where my sister worked as an Account Manager, and before I knew
it, I hocked my guitar, left the stage and studio in the dust,
and I was on my way to college in California, just in time to
miss out on the GRUNGE explosion that took the Northwest by storm
in the '90's...oh well.
My creative career began in radio, as a copywriter
for the sales and promotions department at KIFM, San Diego's
Jazz station. From there, I worked at two of San Diego's higher
profile agencies as an Art Director for four years, until I was
married in 1995. An offer from
THE INTEGER GROUP in Denver was
too good to pass up, and I've been with their creative department
ever since. Growing that company from a small, in-house agency
to the Omnicom machine that it is today was a priceless experience,
and one that I was fortunate to be an integral part of.
FOR A COMPLETE WORK HISTORY, PLEASE REVIEW MY
RESUME
My passion for advertising is matched only
by my love for film, not necessarily as an industry, but rather
as a visual storytelling medium. I am constantly cranking out
screenplays as a sort of recreational therapy. Please
read CONTINUUM when you have a free afternoon. Currently, I'm finishing
my second effort: MERCEDES BENDS
Why the need for therapy? To deal with my
other passion...our 1976 Alfa Romeo SPYDER. Keeping it on the
road is a constant, sometimes frustrating challenge, but when
it's running...there's nothing like a red Italian ragtop on an
open mountain road on a Summer day...ANDIAMO!
Finally, my approach to life in general can
best be summed up by my favorite quotation of all time:
"It is not the critic
who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled,
or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit
belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is
marred by the dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly;
who errs and comes short again and again; who knows the great
enthusiasms, the great devotions and spends himself in a worthy
course; who at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high
achievement, and who, at worst, if he fails, at least fails while
daring greatly; so that his place shall never be with those cold
and timid souls who know neither victory or defeat."
-Theodore Roosevelt, (Paris
Sorbonne, 1910)
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