About

I work with organizations to help them better understand their passion and filter it into a focused objective. I translate that into a uniform brand and then to the Internet, whether it’s through a Website, social media or both.

In May 2009, I founded GovFresh, a ‘Gov 2.0′ news site that focuses on technology, social media and transparency in government. GovFresh has regularly been referred to as the ‘TechCrunch of Gov 2.0.’

I also started the green lifestyle portal HowYouEco, including HomeEco, WorkEco and PlayEco and served on the board of directors for the Green Chamber of Commerce. While working with the Green Chamber of Commerce, I helped lead its re-branding process, including the “Honest Economy” theme, logo, Website development and social media efforts.

I re-focused product strategy and re-branded a health and wellness social network start-up that is now Inspire.com. Prior to working with Inspire.com, the company branded its efforts under the name ClinicaHealth, and I led them to consolidate multiple communities under one platform and re-designed its logo, branding and front-end user interface.

During the dot-com boom (more towards the end), I was part of a small team that helped a company named Technical Communities grow to sales of $80 million. I conceptualized and led the creation of its online secondary marketplace, EurekaSpot.

Before moving to the San Francisco Bay Area, I lived in the Washington, DC area, where I worked with national associations and other random jobs, including a stint at PBS Home Video, where I learned about the value of customer service.

Most of my time was spent at the American Society of Association Executives, now ASAE & The Center for Association Leadership, where I wrote a monthly column for Association Management magazine and was part of the Web development team. I also wrote Executive IdeaLink, a monthly newsletter for C-level association executives and learned a great deal about non-profit management. I helped transition all the organization newsletters to email as well as build the second generation Website to an in-house content management system.

Other projects I’ve worked on include McSweeney’s The Believer, Free at Last, Shanti, Seeing Beyond Sight and ShirtTheVote.

While in school at George Mason University, I was managing editor and editor-in-chief of Broadside, the university’s student newspaper. During my time there, the paper was awarded its first Associated Collegiate Press honors, and I was awarded the GMU Student Leadership Award for my work. I graduated with degrees in International Relations and Government & Politics.

I have volunteered with organizations such as Pathways Hospice, International Rescue Committee, Conservancy for Tibetan Art & Culture, International Campaign for Tibet, San Francisco’s Community Awareness & Treatment Services (CATS), Fairfax County (VA) Be-Friend-A-Child Program and Taproot Foundation. I taught a 4-day ‘Get Your Web On’ Web design class to 11-14 year-olds at 826 Valencia in San Francisco.

I live in the San Francisco Bay Area with my wife, Dena, and our two sons, Elias and Emmett.