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Carlisle, MA, US

Cambridge, MA, US

I'm a strategic advisor working with an extraordinary group of consumer media, entertainment, and technology businesses. I help these ambitious companies connect with the world, build success, and become amazing brands. I’m attracted to fast-forward media & entertainment companies (games, esports, itv, voice, spatial ar/vr/xr, eLearning, streaming, and.

New York City, New York, US

I’m a mentor with the Anjal Z Techstars Founder Catalyst Program, a partnership between the Abu Dhabi Early Childhood Authority, the Abu Dhabi Investment Office and Techstars. With a portfolio of over 1,700 companies in 1,000 startup ecosystems around the world, Techstars brings opportunities to startups in communities all over the world so that they can.

Alakazam is a web-based extended reality (XR) platform for creating lively, immersive virtual worlds, 3D websites and event environments. We're a team of game industry pros who built popular player brands such as Myst, Command & Conquer, Return to Castle Wolfenstein, Age of Empires, Madden, Lord of the Rings Online, James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing.

In beta development and coming soon. Audiodrop is a fun new way to liven up online conversations with sound. Audiodrop provides endless expressive audio memes and emojis that make any chatstream more interesting and shareable.

Watertown, MA, US

Earplay is the leading platform for creating and distributing interactive play-with-your-voice experiences across all voice-enabled media and devices – on your mobile devices, in your car, and throughout your connected home. Our clients and partners include Google, Amazon, Bose, Capstone, NBCUniversal, A+E, USA Network, WBUR, Xandra, Paradox Interactive.

Boston, Massachusetts, US

Mightier helps kids discover their emotional strength and succeed in life through immersive play. At its heart, Mightier is a neurotech game system that benefits kids with emotional and cognitive challenges. A noble and important mission powered by engaging bioresponsive intelligence, wearable sensors and real-world clinicians,. I have been advising the.

Boston, Massachusetts, US

The Ad Club promotes and advances world-class networking, education, professional development, advocacy, and diversity across the creative marketing, media & communications industry. The Ad Club presents dozens of popular events and programs every year like the Equity Project, Media Innovation Day, The Edge Conference, The Hatch Awards, Women’s Leadership.

Reykjavík, Capital Region, IS

50Skills helps companies hire better people faster. It’s an all-in-one recruiting platform that delivers everything you need to attract, engage, incentivize and manage job seekers and referrers. Powered with AI learning and responsive Bot technology, 50Skills provides more effective hires and job sharing through messaging apps, job boards and all varieties.

Once a fulltime job, presently my passion and hobby. Produced and performed with artists on Sire / Warner Brothers Records, Cleopatra Records, Play It Again Sam Records, Dark Entries Records, Fundamental Records, Red Records, Verdugo Records, Pyramid Records. Featured in Rolling Stone, Spin Magazine, Andy Warhol’s Interview, Rockpool, Rock America, MTV 120.

3032, Limassol, Limassol, CY

Whipper is a gamified Web3 messaging brand that gives people the ability to chat and play in real-time as their favorite characters across all media and devices. Co-founded with friends from Riot Games, Netflix, EA, Popcap and Amazon, I served the company as Chief Strategy and Creative Officer and a Board Director to guide its product, brand, business, and.

With my partners at Archtop Ventures, I invest in people and fuel ideas that help make the world a better, more interesting and rewarding place. Our mission is to provide people more value, choice, convenience, control and excitement in their lives. Specifically, Archtop Ventures helps innovative companies succeed at the forefront of media, entertainment.

Chestnut Hill, MA, US

As an advisor to d50 Media/Sokolove, I supported the management team and helped this direct response juggernaut organize, optimize and prepare for the eventual sale of the company. d50 is focused on considered consumer brands and products, legal and financial services, experiential entertainment, healthcare, education, and non-profit organizations. They.

Los Angeles, CA, US

I met the Riot Games team at a perfect moment, just as their brand was poised to go stellar. Building on that momentum, I advised them on growing the Riot brand around the world, furthering the popularity of League of Legends, seizing the lead on eSports and streaming, developing new products, new brands, new audiences, building and enabling global teams.

Boston, Massachusetts, US

We created Full Contact with the mission of becoming the best little world-class agency in the land. Full Contact promptly established itself as an outstanding creative shop offering highly innovative programs that build brands and incite their customers... from integrated strategic planning to campaign development and every sort of offline, online.

Together with longtime pal and partner Christopher Keefe, we created a crossmedia creative agency, aptly named Keefe and Young. Honest, hardworking and brimming with optimism and energy, we delivered strategic brand planning, product development and creative campaign deployment for world-class brands. Disney was our premiere (and exclusive) client for our.

Burbank, CA, US

Working with Disney was a dream come true. I’m so fortunate to have helped Disney launch and grow awesome products and games and movies and digital destinations. From developing a far-reaching plan for Disney.com to launching the world’s first massively multiuser online world for kids, I’ve never had so much fun and professional.

London, GB

I created Omnicom Group’s Tribal DDB with my partners Matt Freeman and Steven Marrs (under the wise mentorship of Keith Reinhard) to be the creative business of the future (and a place we wanted to work at). Together, we developed a world-renown 46 office agency network in 28 countries and over 1000 professionals practicing strategy & planning, creative.

See Tribal Worldwide above

Pawtucket, RI, US

It’s not often you win a big brand account right in the middle of a pitch. That was my beginning with Hasbro. In the following years, over several agencies and media holding companies, I got to work with stellar teams and help grow their most famous and beloved brands. And we also created some nice new ones. Thanks Hasbro!Brands / Projects: Hasbro.com.

I helped create the first global digital agency network, Poppe Tyson (also called Poppe.com). Through trailblazing growth and acquisitions, Poppe rapidly grew from a handful of Internet renegades to a formidable network with 15 full-service agency offices around the world. I developed and led a passionate organization consisting of 400 award-winning.

See Modem Media / Poppe Tyson above.

As a brand designer, I caught the digital fever early and pioneered many commercial uses of interactive media. Then the web emerged and I built out some of the world’s first agency offerings – from engagement strategy and creative development to cyber-fueled commerce, customer care and community. Our clients included brands like: Aquent/MacTemps.

Bfa, Design

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