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As a sought-after keynote speaker across the U.S. and internationally, from Canada to Colombia, I bring Hollywood storytelling to life to inspire and motivate audiences with dynamic programs like "Signals from the Future" and "Live Your Hero's Journey." My presentations, enriched with stories from global adventures with astronauts, arctic icebreakers, and ancient ruins, illustrate the power of narrative and the secrets of effective engagement. My insights empower brands and individuals to master their identity through storytelling.My career spans from excavating dinosaur fossils to collaborating with NASA, offering a uniquely broad perspective. My clients, from federal agencies to multinational conglomerates, benefit from my proven ability to create record-setting engagement through a story-driven approach, delivering dramatic results across multiple media channels.My Ph.D. in archaeology led me to Hollywood, where I made history by rediscovering the lost Sahara filming locations of the original Star Wars movie, leading to a role with George Lucas at Lucasfilm as an expert marketing consultant.Key Achievements at Lucasfilm:--Transformed the official Star Wars website into one of the world's top 100 sites by traffic in 18 months, launching what Steve Jobs called "the biggest download event in Internet history."--Co-created the trailer for Star Wars: Episode I, hailed by Empire magazine as the "most successful trailer of all time."--Expanded the Star Wars universe with a pioneering series of seven guidebooks, hitting #1 on the NYT list and generating over $100M in global sales in more than a dozen languages.After re-launching the Star Wars franchise to achieve $1.5 billion in earnings, I founded Phaeton Group to promote multidisciplinary collaboration and make high-quality science and history media accessible to broad audiences. With NASA, I authored definitive space exploration histories praised by Apollo mission commanders and NASA’s chief historian.As a communications consultant, I help clients engage audiences through effective communication and narrative-based brand strategies, delivering record-setting engagement results for diverse clients. Phaeton Group also provides expert historical and scientific content and advising for leading media and educational institutions, including the BBC, National Geographic, the Smithsonian, History Channel, Discovery Channel, and Paramount Pictures.Let’s connect to explore how I can help your organization harness the power of storytelling to achieve exceptional engagement and transformative results.