Professional Background

Founder & Producer | Creative Systems

2004 – Present | Farmington, ME

Operates a client studio focused on applied AI, high-quality creative production, and technical work across digital platforms.

• Shipped multi-modal AI production for original narrative projects, including voice-clone ElevenLabs pipelines that generate narration on publish, custom-trained LeonardoAI models for character and style consistency within image and video, and multi-voice audiobooks.
• Trained non-technical small-business clients to adopt AI for practical operations and content (identifying wasteful spending, managing schedules, organizing spreadsheets, and producing client materials).
• Designs, builds, and maintains complex Joomla and WordPress sites — full-cycle development, hosting, and technical management — built for mobile, structured data, and AI answer engines, not just Google.
• Delivered traditional studio services for external clients: graphic design, print advertising, local video commercials, and self-publishing.
• Engineered and produced multiple full-length albums, EPs, and singles in a commercial recording studios, working to external deadlines and review cycles.
• Client practice of 100+ engagements. Selected clients include the Cities of Scottsdale and Tempe, SitePoint.com, and Pillar Strong.

Published Books

• The Ballad of Stevie Pearl — Fiction (2024)
• The Final Book: Gods — Fiction (2017)
• The Mixtape Manifesto: A Pop Culture Confessional — Nonfiction (2015)

Major Digital & Interactive Projects

• The Conduit State — An ongoing inquiry into relationship design between humans and synthetic minds. Combines original writing, AI-assisted narration, image and video generation, and philosophical systems thinking.
• The Mortal Testament — a full multi-disciplinary AI media production featuring multi-voice narration, custom-generated music and visuals, and complex narrative architecture across digital formats.

Public Speaking & Presentation

• Speaker, panelist, and presenter at comic conventions, book festivals, and pop culture events across the United States.
• Guest on podcasts and radio programs discussing philosophy, creative systems, existentialism, and the relationship between humans and emerging technology.

Major League Baseball

Office of the Commissioner, MiLB Initiatives & Special Projects | 2012 – 2015, contractor through 2018 | Scottsdale, AZ

• Served as the operational lead for Arizona Fall League activities outside the foul lines (stadium operations, events, media, logistics), reporting to the league Director who retained on-field and player matters.
• Directly managed a team of 12 (6 stadium operations managers and 6 MiLB media interns). Provided escalation resolution for broader league stadium staff when issues exceeded the stadium operations managers’ authority.
• Developed and led the MiLB Outreach Program; presented strategy and new-media initiatives to minor- and major-league leadership.
• Managed marketing, promotions, and multi-organization events across competing stakeholder priorities.
• Designed and launched the mobile-first AFL scouting platform used by scouts and front-office executives from all 30 MLB teams. Delivered real-time pitching matchups, lineups, weather delays, and stadium maps the moment managers posted information. Adopted league-wide as a standard field resource and praised for reliability under live conditions.
• Also supported Spring Training operations (stadium audio and PA announcing at Tempe Diablo Stadium), World Baseball Classic, and selected league initiatives outside the Arizona Fall League season.

Vans Warped Tour (4Fini, Inc.)

Senior Tour Manager | 2007 – 2008 | North America

• Owned radio, promotions, and on-site guest operations (VIP hospitality, backstage Dressing Room access, meet-and-greets) across 45+ cities.
• Managed daily setup and logistics (space, equipment, staging) and served as the point of contact for assigned artists, vendors, and sponsors under high-pressure, fast-changing conditions.
• Promoted from a West Coast regional run in 2007 to the full North American tour in 2008.

Sony Music Entertainment

College Marketing Representative | 2007 – 2008 | Colorado Region

• Sole Sony Music representative for the entire Rocky Mountain region through the industry's digital downturn — a territory that regional layoffs had left running through one person.
• Ran radio promotion (alternative and college stations), retail and in-store campaigns, and street-level and guerrilla marketing for major-label releases, plus online and social promotion.
• Served as the local representative for national touring artists — coordinating meet-and-greets, in-store appearances, and promotional events — and became executives' on-the-ground contact for time-sensitive tour and artist logistics, trusted to execute solo on short notice.
• Produced regional marketing reports for label executives and acted as a local correspondent for national media.

What Are Records? (WAR) / United Interests

Intern | Spring 2008 | Boulder, CO

• Supported new media and online marketing initiatives for an independent record label.
• Assisted with artist and repertoire (A&R) operations and tour routing for performing artists.
• Gained hands-on experience in record label operations, artist development, and tour logistics.

Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy

University of Nevada, Las Vegas | 2018 | cum laude

Coursework emphasized critical thinking, systems analysis, and the philosophical foundations of technology and human experience.