About

I help people tell their stories.

I’m a communications coach, a professional photographer and a former Calvin Klein underwear model. Hey, two out of three isn’t bad.

Over the past 25 years, I’ve provided communications counsel to some of the biggest names in business. Technology gods like Dennis Ritchie, creator of the underpinnings of most of the technology we use today; John Patrick, the IBM visionary behind Big Blue’s embrace of open source software; Janet Perna, the iconic leader of IBM’s multi billion dollar data management juggernaut; Sam Ramji, Cloud Foundry Foundation’s first CEO; and Laura Merling, one of the pioneers in the shift to API based business models.

Along the way, I’ve also had the opportunity to help companies find their narratives, build their communications functions and tell their stories. Companies in areas like cloud computing, technology infrastructure, autonomous vehicles, robotics, telecommunications, software development, diversity, virtual/augmented reality, the Internet of Things, and media and advertising.

That public relations background has had a direct influence on me as a photographer. While I’ve taken the requisite sunset shots, I gravitate toward the disciplines of editorial, street and portrait photography. It’s where the humans — and their stories — are.

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