I am an Oregon native that spent my formative years in my hometown of Bend, Oregon, riding bikes and skateboards, playing music, building computers, tearing apart old cars or appliances or pretty much anything I could use tools on. Learning the mechanics of computers and cars before the days of forums and YouTube taught me problem solving and resourcefulness, things I apply to my design and direction career daily. Extra curricular activities like academic competitions and playing music in bands gave me essential skills in learning to work with a team, knowing when to lead, and knowing when to let others shine.

I founded a consulting business right after high school, building and fixing computers for both residential and commercial clients. Not long after that began to grow, I took an IT admin job at a local ad agency run by escapees from major firms like Publicis and Saatchi & Saatchi. My thirst for knowledge drove me to pick up a few graphic design tips and tricks, and eventually I dug myself in as a graphics intern, then a production designer. I soaked in all the knowledge I could from these great and generous mentors that ran and worked for the company.

Fast forward a few years, and I had found myself as one of the core members of the design team, and the little agency in Bend was growing enough to acquire a shop in Portland. Once we had merged, I began working on Nike toolkits, first as a designer and later as an art director. That work experience led me to get take a role as an art director for the adidas Global Brand Design department, eventually leading me to work at agencies serving that adidas business as a creative director.