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Washington, DC, US

Chicago, IL, US

Long Dash was acquired by 50,000feet, one of the US’s leading brand consultancies. 50,000feet, a full service brand consultancy and creative agency that operates out of Chicago, New York, and London, has a proud 20 year track record serving as US and Global Brand Agency of Record to over 20 S&P 250 companies. The acquisition expands 50,000feet’s client.

Reston, Virginia, US

Eskridge is an AI-native consultancy working directly with ambitious mid-market companies and private equity to identify parts of their business where AI and machine learning can create outsized value.

Washington, DC, US

Born of The Atlantic’s reinvention from monthly magazine to media vanguard, Long Dash is a branding and communications firm that helps brands adapt to ever-changing market forces, technology, and human behaviors. With our journalistic approach, we work with organizations to enhance their narrative, disrupt their industries, build iconic legacies, lead.

Washington, DC, US

Sold my agency, Faire, to The Atlantic in September 2019 to scale their creative consultancy, Atlantic 57, and B2B revenue model. This was The Atlantic's first ever acquisition in 163 years. I joined Atlantic 57 (now Long Dash) as President, integrating Faire with Atlantic 57 to create a brand evolution firm that builds the enduring brands people believe in.

Faire, an experience design agency, was self-funded and grew to several million in revenue within 18 months by landing 2 Fortune 100 companies, 2 start-ups, and several mid-sizes companies across several verticals: tech, restaurant & hospitality, healthcare, data science, beauty, retail, and B2B IT services. Sold to The Atlantic after 20 months.

Washington, DC, US

Joined CAVA in 2018 as an experience design partner w/ Faire (during the Zoe's Kitchen acquisition) and signed on as Interim CMO/CXO to support Cava’s goal of meeting all their brand and marketing objectives in 2018.

Brooklyn, NY, US

Responsible for the growth and success of 4 US offices with a combined revenue of over $80MM w/full P&L ownership. Member of the 6 person executive team of $250MM agency. Accountable for creating, driving, and implementing profound transformation for our Fortune 500 clients. Skilled at hiring the best talent. Created strong and resilient cultures..

Brooklyn, NY, US

Started the DC office with 2 other employees and no clients. During my 4 year tenure, we grew to 60 employees and over $15MM in revenue with the agency's highest margin. With the goal of providing top tier agency work for NGOs, non profits, federal agencies, mission-driven brands, and global companies headquartered in the DC area (Credit Suisse, Audi.

Brooklyn, NY, US

As Head of Client Services, I was responsible for providing both strategic and tactical leadership across multi-million dollar engagements as large as $20MM in aggregate. Additionally, I oversaw a team of over 45 client partners. Engagements included: Target.com, HBOGo, History.com, Viacom.comAs lead client contact, work directly with CMOs and EVPs to.

Washington, DC, US

Adjunct Professor of Digital Communications Strategy within the Public Relations and Corporate Communications Master's program.

Boston, Massachusetts, US

Acted as operational lead for a $30MM dollar revenue stream; managed bi-monthly forecasting, developed targeted revenue goals, created capacity models for allocation and staffing projections, and launched a new pricing model across the American Express portfolio by benchmarking and analyzing pricing for all 2006 rich media initiatives (reduced average.

Bangstate implemented open source software as a preferred partner to MySQL for non profit and education institutions. Was acquired by MySQL in 2004.

Paris, France, FR

Glastonbury, CT, US

Ba, Political Science & History

Education record

High School