Born in England and raised in Canada, I spent my late teens and early twenties as a professional snowboarder. After a serious knee injury ended my career, I focused on Academics garnering a degree in philosophy before attending law school.

While practicing as a corporate commercial litigator in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, I began to expand my practice into entertainment law before joining Choice Records, an independent record label. Digging the creative vibe I was feeling, I began writing and soon took a job with the New York Times producing socio-economic reports on emerging market countries. Before leaving on assignment to Vietnam, Scooter (best friend) and I spent 3 weeks traveling around Africa. I ended up making a film about the trip to thank Scooter for being so damn generous, which caught the eye of MTV Canada. DOH!

That was all I needed. I had a blast making the film, coming up with interesting ways to tell the story, and then important TV people told me I was good at it. I immediately moved to New York in 2008 to try my hand at story telling. My first gigs were making short documentaries before being hired to shoot and direct commercials.

 In November of 2008, I took over web and video production for The Source Magazine on TheSource.com. After significantly increasing viewership, quantity and quality of content at the Source, I was offered a job with the Miss Universe Organization (“MUO”) where I oversaw the development of the digital multimedia department.

While with the MUO, I directed and produced the first webcast in the 60-year history of Miss Universe, and until 2012, was responsible for the photography, original content and short films found online for Miss Teen USA, Miss USA and Miss Universe. In addition to working behind the camera, I hosted the 2011 Miss Universe Preliminary Competition in Brazil, Miss Teen USA 2012 in the Bahamas, and created and starred in the web series “Awesome”.

Currently I am the Chief Creative Officer of the multi award winning TV production company, iPowow, which is the global leader in interactive media and participation TV. We work with clients all over the world including NBC, ABC, ESPN, Univision, CNN, Red Bull and many more.

Most recently I founded Yöggx, clothing designed for people who want to be able to do anything at any time and look funky all along the way. Based in Venice, CA, everything we do is local, including the sourcing of our materials, design, packaging and manufacturing. Yöggx exists to make a huge impact while leaving the smallest footprint possible.

No matter what my job is, my goal is always to push the boundaries of creativity and comfort, and make the world a better, healthier and happier place, using any avenue available.