Recent Work

  • Redesigned Good Housekeeping with reverence and boldness — honoring 140-year legacy while driving modern growth.

    • Modular, Scalable Design: Systems that scaled across covers, commerce, motion, and social

    • Heritage Evolved: Led brand into new era without losing core audience or identity -

    • Strategic Impact: Maintained trust with 50M+ readers while attracting new demographics

  • Boosted creative output by 60% with custom AI workflows — without sacrificing soul or quality.

    • AI-Integrated Production: Built systems that enhanced human creativity instead of replacing it

    • Team Efficiency: Streamlined ideation to execution across editorial, social, and video content

    • Quality Maintained: Faster turnaround while preserving Good Housekeeping's editorial standards

  • Translated complex AI concepts into engaging content that real people actually want to read.

    • Editorial Performance: AI accessibility articles averaging 22-minute read times

    • Audience Connection: Made bleeding-edge technology approachable for mainstream readers

    • Proven Results: "Can AI Teach You Something Real?" became benchmark content for technical translation

  • Directed fast-moving, emotionally intelligent content at the speed of internet culture.

    • Celebrity Content With Soul: Led shoots, reels, and branded video that felt alive and authentic

    • Creative Systems: Delivered high-volume content with clear vision and consistent voice

    • Immersive Experiences: Designed editorial events and brand activations with integrity

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Speaking
& Keynotes

  • I help teams adopt new technology without losing their minds or their humanity. Whether it's explaining AI to Good Housekeeping's 50 million readers or helping creative teams navigate digital overwhelm, I make complex stuff make sense.

    • Recent
      Amazon AWS Summit panelist
      BEYOND BOUNDARIES: The Power of Generative AI in Creating Next Gen Experiences

  • Making AI Feel Less Scary

    • How to integrate new tech without overwhelming your team

    Emotional UX Design

    • Building digital experiences that help instead of stress people out

    Creative Leadership During Tech Changes"

    • Managing teams when everything's moving fast

    Translation for Humans

    • Making complex concepts actually understandable

    From Digital Overwhelm to Digital Calm

    • Design thinking that serves nervous systems

    READY TO TALK? Let's discuss making your next tech transition feel less overwhelming and more human.

  • "State of the art in every way: craft, art, and pure genius magazine making"

    — Society of Publication Designers

    "Glitchy, emotionally frazzled pop for a generation running on low battery"

    — Plastic Magazine

    Featured: Good Housekeeping Institute collaborations, AI accessibility writing, electronic music coverage

  • I'm not just another tech speaker. I'm someone who lives at the intersection of mainstream media and experimental technology - translating between 50 million Good Housekeeping readers and bleeding-edge AI teams.

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