I have great enthusiasm for
- growth and learning
- everyday people (customers, clients, employees, stakeholders) and simplifying the journeys they take to make progress in their lives
- the power of brands, their stories, and the communities they foster
My many lives
- chief officer in a $20 million professional services consultancy
- tenured professor and academic department chair at a Big 10 university
- marketing executive of a 200 year old clothing brand
- art director for the daddy of all surfing magazines founded 65 years ago
What I bring to the table
- deep appreciation that context matters especially applied to the practice of customer/client relevance and service design
- easy collaboration including skills for facilitation of cross-disciplinary transformation and innovation
- experienced critical thinking
- creative problem solving in multiple domains
- confident decision making
- impeccable taste and craft