I've spent the past decade as a co-founder, marketing director, digital marketing and brand strategist, product manager, communications director, editor, writer, and business development consultant working for agencies, startups, and blue-chip brands in Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Washington D.C., and Milwaukee.In 2023 I turned my focus to AI development, specifically at the intersection of immersive and emergent storytelling, exploring new ways to create narrative in the world of creative fiction (and, sometimes, the real world). Right now I’m building custom GPT tools for creatives of all kinds to do their work more efficiently, and have more fun doing it. My tools are useful for novelists, game developers, filmmakers, comic book creators, and storytellers across various media. I've done work for NBC, Harley-Davidson, Wolverine, Groupon, Applebee's, Cinnabon, The Motley Fool, Howard Stern, Silicon Valley tech companies, and more. My writing, projects, and other work have been featured in dozens of top publications, including CNN, The Atlantic, Forbes, Fast Company, Wired, and The Washington Post. I've worked within the entire spectrum of businesses and non-profits, from startups to Fortune 500 companies in B2B, B2C, and D2C, always with a focus on leading-edge web marketing, strategy, and people-network development.I've helped build and develop the internet for the past 25 years, almost the full time it's been around in its current (browsable, accessible) iteration. I was an early adopter and an instrumental trailblazer in the crowdsourcing and crowdfunding spaces, building multiple international philanthropy platforms with over 20,000 members from 150+ countries. Check out LoveDrop.us for an example.