Responsible for developing commercial and government hardware solutions derived from semi-autonomous, self-healing microchip technology. This includes marketing, partnerships, corporate strategy and industrial security considerations.

Co-Founder at Lever. Lever pairs communication experts with a best-in-class AI toolkit and proprietary methodology to exponentially enhance and scale the impact, effectiveness and efficiency of campaigns.Our 360-degree wraparound suite works on virtually all communication tasks, including gathering insights, producing content, deploying assets and measuring and predicting success.

Accomplished marketing leader with extensive experience in brand strategy, creative vision, and customer engagement, reporting directly to the CEO. Successfully rebranded Liberty Blockchain, achieving a 30% increase in brand recognition within the first quarter. Built and led a high-performing team of 15+ professionals, driving a 43% month-over-month growth in social media engagement and over $1M in node and NFT sales monthly. Established SEC compliance strategies, securing 1 billion impressions across major media outlets, and developed crisis communication plans to manage high-profile incidents and protect digital reputation.Notable Accomplishments:• Successfully rebranded the Liberty Blockchain, aligning it with an enhanced mission, and developed branding and positioning for Pioneer Development Group, which enabled a successful blockchain launch.• Assembled a top-tier in-house team, of more than 15 professionals, including Congressional staffers, creatives from renowned agencies, and a Grammy-winning album cover designer, resulting in a 30% increase in brand recognition in first quarter after relaunch.• Seconded to the Connect Blockchain. Helped grew social media accounts by 43% month over month and helped generate node and NFT sales of over 1 million a month.• Ensured SEC compliance during a challenging industry period and became a prominent voice for Liberty Blockchain on major news networks, gaining coverage on NASDAQ.com, Yahoo Finance, Bloomberg, AOL News, and others, generating over 1 billion impressions in the past 6 months.• Provided crisis communications planning and worked with digital reputation management experts, representing an affiliated blockchain during a crisis event in our ecosystem.

Led Business Development, audience research, communication planning, and media buying initiatives for pharmaceutical and healthcare clients. Spearheaded the implementation of an AI narrative monitoring system and established a government contracting imprint called 721 Government Strategies. Successfully managed a team of 7 staff members and coordinated with multiple contractors, including media buyers and field teams, for various programs.Key Clients: Amtrak, Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, Otsuka Pharmaceuticals, Express Scripts, HHS, DoD (Army/Army and Air Guard) DoS.Notable Accomplishments:• Conducted qualitative and quantitative analysis, wrote comprehensive reports, and provided strategiccommunications advice that allowed for more than 15 pieces of legislation and policy being passed or started at the local state and Federal level.• Secured and executed contracts in excess of 20 million dollars for the US government comms and polling work.• Built and led a team to support Amtrak's 84-billion-dollar budget request. The Amtrak Connects UScampaign played a pivotal role in securing over 60 billion dollars in funding, revolutionizing rail travel inAmerica.• Led a 4-year, 20-million-dollar program, with more than 40 staff and contractors in support of all White House and executive branch communications to the 2 million-strong federal workforce.• Featured as a speaker at the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association Annual Conference, discussing AI inassessing communication effectiveness.• Coordinated communication strategies for 10 major government agencies.• Achieved an average 15% reduction in operational costs for clients with more efficient processes.

Founder and operator of Pigment, a communications consultancy with nearly a decade of success. Ldd Business Development and specialized in audience analysis, change management communication consulting, incremental CMO support, and crisis communication planning and assistance. Collaborated with diverse stakeholders to improve technical tools and reporting.Key Clients: Etihad Airways, Coca-Cola, Audi, Disney, MAI Airlines, AIR KBZ, KBZ Bank, US Army, Army National GuardNotable Accomplishments:• Successfully conducted the largest anthropologically based workforce assessment in the history of Myanmar for Coca-Cola. The pivotal work significantly improved internal communications boosted productivity and garnered high praise, earning recognition from the global headquarters in Atlanta.• Managed change management communications for a 740-million-dollar IBM software upgrade for Etihad Airways, with one video receiving multiple awards and design materials praised by the ruler of Abu Dhabi. Produced communication materials contributing to the UAE team's win of one of IBM's top internal awards.• Secured and executed over 5 million dollars in government contracts with prestigious entities such as NPS, the US Army, Army National Guard, Air National Guard, and US Fish and Wildlife.• Established a corporate communication office and served as incremental Chief Communication Officer for prominent organizations, including Myanmar's national airline MAI, one of the largest unsanctioned banks KBZ, and local commuter airline Air KBZ.• Won and developed successful advertising campaigns for renowned brands in the UAE, such as Disney, Audi, and Art Dubai, consistently achieving or exceeding expected ROAS for each campaign.• Demonstrated exceptional collaboration, generating millions of dollars in additional revenue by feeding projects from Pigment to other companies during this tenure.

Specially selected to operationalize an Artificial Intelligence and machine learning capability for Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Agency Intelligence. This cutting-edge technology was applied to counter disinformation, Public Relations, and marketing communications. The system's unique ability to assign probabilities to future courses of action proved invaluable in assessing risk for the Department of Homeland Security, enabling proactive measures 24 to 48 hours in advance. Collaborated with engineering teams, clients, sales, and analysts to optimize technical tools and reporting. Supported Business Development as an AI SME. Notable Accomplishments:• Led operational efforts to implement IARPA's AI, machine learning, and predictive analytics tool for PR and marketing applications.• Collaborated closely with the engineering team to enhance machine learning training and optimize AIalgorithms.• Developed innovative approaches for the State Department to identify Russian propaganda in theBaltics and assisted one of the largest commerce associations in the US to track political narratives.• Provided valuable analysis from the tool to the Better Medicare Alliance and Blue Cross Blue ShieldAssociation.• Played a key role in supporting proposal writing, successfully securing over 3 million dollars in federalcontracts.• Improved AI outputs to generate a more actionable "signal" for predictive analytics capabilities utilizedby a US Government client.

Led the government contracting practice in Washington, DC, overseeing a team of 10+ professionals and managing high-profile campaigns. Secured the firm’s first government award, a multiyear $3M contract with the Department of Homeland Security. Successfully developed proposals for key government initiatives. Earned multiple creative awards, including two PRSA Silver Anvils and an American Institute of Architects President’s Award. Key Clients: USCIS, USFWS, USDA, Kratos Defense, Kaiser Permanente, City of Beverly Hills, City of San Diego, City of Santa MonicaNotable Accomplishments: • Helped secure the firm's first-ever government award by advocating for the use of alpha contractingrules with the Department of Homeland Security, resulting in a multiyear 3-million-dollar sole-sourceaward.• Identified, conducted capture management, and led proposal efforts for numerous US governmentclients, including the Lewis and Clark Trail at NPS, the Centennial Migratory Bird Treaty for USFWS, aUSDA Forestry awareness campaign, and a citizenship campaign for USCIS. Additionally, spearheadedcampaigns for the City of Beverly Hills, the City of Santa Monica, and San Diego County.• Earned multiple creative awards, including a DotComm award, 2 PRSA Silver Anvils, 2 Hermes creativeawards, and an American Institute of Architects President's Award for public outreach.• Led metrics reporting and campaigns for USCIS that garnered attention from then-Presidential advisorJeffrey Zients, resulting in an invitation to the White House for a briefing.• Served as a key advisor on the contract to support Kratos Defense, a company known for producingsome of the most advanced autonomous drones in the world.

SIC was a start-up company that collaborated with US Government and Middle Eastern clients, including one of the ruling families of Kurdistan. Unfortunately, the company faced failure, leading three of us to establish Pigment Communications, which addresses the employment gaps mentioned earlier. I led Business Development and contract execution efforts.Key Clients: Broadcasting Board Of Governors, Kingdom of Morocco, Department of DefenseNotable Accomplishments:• Secured a research contract worth {$5 million} with BBG, enhancing Al Hurrah's MENA region image.• Won a contract and supported the Office of Counterterrorism for the Kingdom of Morocco as well as Exercise Africa Lion

Led efforts across multiple countries. Initially, Initially led 5 analysts but was quickly promoted to oversee two programs totaling over 20 million dollars per year, managing more than 50 employees spread across 3 continents. Additionally, I actively contributed as a junior member to proposal writing efforts, which successfullysecured over 300 million dollars in contracts for Information Operations, PSYOP, and intelligence support.Key Clients: US Army, US Navy, US Marine Corps, Kingdom of Jordan, Government of Iraq, Government of Mali, US Embassy Bamako, US Special Operations CommandNotable Accomplishments:• Successfully wrote bid and assembled a team for a SOCOM effort at the US Embassy Mali, serving asProject Manager and Strategist. Led audience analysis and developed 200, 15-minute serial radiodramas in 4 tribal languages. The audience analysis received high praise from the Central IntelligenceAgency, culminating in an invitation to brief.• Ran influence campaigns and consulted with various entities in Afghanistan, including NATO, USForces-Afghanistan, and the French Foreign Legion. Developed Counter IED materials for illiteratepopulations using comic books, billboards, radio, and television.• Won proposals and executed intelligence analysis for communications for Multinational Force Iraq, USEmbassy Iraq, and others. Led a team of over 50 to conduct polling, focus groups, media analysis, andmedia production for TV, radio, and print. Provided strategic communication support to senior American and Iraqi officials for counter-insurgency efforts.• Recognized as a leader in disinformation, misinformation, and counter-propaganda campaigns. Invitedto speak at prestigious institutions, including Harvard University, the Army War College, the Naval WarCollege, the Army Science Board, the National Defense University, the Global Information OperationsSummit, the Department of State Africa Bureau, and the Marine Corps Command and General StaffCollege.

After rapid promotion in a combat arms specialty, I earned acceptance into the first-ever Army Information Operations unit. This elite unit encompassed covert influence, Public Relations, and Cyber Warfare capabilities.Notable Accomplishments:• Routinely rated in the top 1% of the Army and received numerous decorations for achievement.Notably, I received a Bronze Star nomination in Iraq for my insightful analysis of Shia religious and Arabtribal dynamics in counterinsurgency operations, which led to the identification of several NonGovernmental Organizations being used as fronts by terrorist groups.• Co-authored "The Iraq Insurgency Movement," an unclassified document that remains widely cited tothis day for its significant contributions to the understanding of Iraq. The work was recognized as arunner-up by the Atlantic Council as one of the most important pieces of analysis written during thewar in Iraq.• Acquired extensive training in various areas, including weapons, explosives, intelligence collection andanalysis, principles of camouflage and concealment, lethal and non-lethal targeting, Arctic survival,Middle Eastern culture, and Russian propaganda techniques.• In addition to a combat deployment to Iraq, I provided support for operations in Thailand, Afghanistan,Mongolia, and the Philippines. Furthermore, I served as a special advisor to the Japanese Ground SelfDefense Forces in Hokkaido, where I was honored with special awards and gifts from senior Japaneseleaders and the Governor of the State of Washington.• Contributed to the State of Washington Military Department's Public Affairs Office staff, where I wrotepress releases and articles for the State Guard newsletter and coordinated media coverage.