About
I make maps
Not the kind you use to navigate cities or oceans, but the kind that help people navigate ideas.
Throughout my career I’ve worked at the intersection of design, technology, and strategy. I’ve built media studios, led creative teams, delivered workshops, developed websites, produced videos, and more recently built AI knowledge systems.
At first glance those things might look unrelated.
But they all share the same goal:
Helping people understand complex ideas faster.
If you’re interested in building tools that help people learn faster, share knowledge more effectively, or communicate complex ideas more clearly, I’d love to talk.
My Story
I grew up in a single-parent household in South City St. Louis. The schools weren’t great and the expectations around me were pretty low.
But I was taught by my mother and grandfather something early on: education has the ability to expand your map of the world.
Every new community I joined and class I took added territory to that map.
Church groups. School clubs. Bands. College. Work. Graduate school. Art school.
Each one introduced new people, new ideas, and new ways of thinking about the world.
Over time I realized that learning works a lot like cartography. We explore unfamiliar territory, discover landmarks, and draw maps (take notes) to help us navigate the terrain.
For more than 15 years, I’ve been obsessed with exploring ways to draw maps so others can navigate the same terrain faster. I’m super grateful to John Green for gifting this brilliant metaphor and sharing a bit of his map.
What I Do
Most of my work revolves around mapping knowledge so it can move through organizations.
Companies often have incredible expertise buried inside teams, documents, or the minds of subject matter experts. When people retire or teams reorganize, that knowledge can disappear.
I enjoy solving that problem.
Sometimes the map takes the form of a workshop that helps a leadership team clarify their message.
Sometimes it’s a website that organizes information more clearly.
Sometimes it’s a video or visual explanation that helps people grasp an idea quickly.
And sometimes it’s a knowledge system powered by AI that allows people to ask questions and retrieve answers instantly.
My Background
My career path has taken a few unusual turns.
I started in finance and analytics, building dashboards and reporting tools. Later I moved into IT innovation and business development, facilitating workshops on storytelling and content strategy.
Eventually that work led me deeper into creative production — motion design, media production, 3D design, and web development.
Today those disciplines come together in what I like to think of as full-stack creativity: blending design, technology, and strategy to help ideas move.
About this Site
This site is both a portfolio and a map of the ideas I’ve explored along the way.
Expeditions document projects and initiatives I’ve worked on.
Field Notes capture observations, experiments, and lessons learned.
The Atlas contains structured knowledge about tools, systems, and frameworks.
And [Sidekick](trigger the sidekick) is an AI assistant trained on the content here, designed to help visitors navigate the map.