I am the COO at What Works Studio, an award-winning marketing agency that focuses on developing platforms and engagement to fuel movements that create impact for businesses, nonprofits, and communities. Notable work at WWS includes the creation and popularization of Mr. Trash Wheel, an internet celebrity and an icon for global ocean conservancy. With my partner, I co-founded the first large-scale light and innovation festival in America, Light City Baltimore. In its first year the festival drew 400,000 people to Baltimore over seven nights, and added $33.8 Million dollars to the local economy. Together, we also founded What Weekly, an award-winning online magazine committed to documenting the Baltimore Renaissance and distributing the beautiful stories about Baltimore that you won't find in the mainstream media. In another life I was a self-taught, electrical engineer and while at a medical device startup, MRI Interventions, I developed implantable surgical devices that are compatible with MRI environments. I'm listed on multiple patents which have been featured in the Journal of Medical Physics. I also worked as an electrical engineer on contracts for the NSA, NASA, the U.S. Navy, and the U.S. Air Force. I worked on various communication projects, installed security measures for sensitive sites including nuclear storage facilities and what was once the largest ammo dump in the world. I had the unique experience of watching 9/11 unfold while being stationed outside of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. In another, other life I was an active musician. I recorded and performed with various projects, focused on a broad range of styles and genres. Other lives include those in which I built cell phone towers, worked in tobacco fields, hosted a poetry night, was a barista, did production work for live events, cleaned stables, mended fences, built cabinets, doors, and houses, and had a paper route.