I enjoy working with amazing companies and helping them to support customers and embrace new ideas.

I thrive in the chaos of communities and real communication. I embrace Internet communications and media to reach people in real, honest, and effective ways, and look to work with individuals and groups that reach for the same.

I'm an idea guy; an information synthesizer. It's my goal to facilitate the dreaming, the churn, and the construction of concepts and projects, evangelizing them both internally and externally.

I have the communications skills, the tact, the passion, and the boldness to bring people on board big ideas. I can help you do the same for yours.

• Founded, administrated, and maintained a successful MediaWiki-based online community from 2005 to 2007 named the Encyclopedia Gamia, which grew to have ~500 users and ~5,000 articles.
  

The Encyclopedia Gamia was acquired by Wikia, Inc. in 2008 and has since been adapted to become the main Wikia Gaming Portal at http://egamia.wikia.com.

• Market and technology analysis to assist in determining new technology initiatives and company technology strategy, including benefit/risk analysis, trend research, and industry analysis
  

• Development and production of podcasts on a weekly to semi-weekly basis
  

• Facilitated initiative to release company resources on digital music stores
  

• Chaired company-wide Product Technology Standards committee, determining specifications for a broad range of multimedia products
  

Experience in:

• Agile development practices
  

• Research and information collection, analysis, and trend identification
  

• Use of open source platforms and product to solve problems and communicate with customers.

Internet hobbyist; enjoy study of game theory and prediction; participate regularly and keep up-to-date on Internet and technology discussion, including managing a personal blog and interacting with other blog authors.

Specific areas of interest are Lutheran theology, business principles, marketing using social media and the Internet, and user experience principles.

Extensive experience with WordPress blogging software on a personal site level and uses at a corporate level for larger sites and community development. Conduct development and hosting services for several individuals, churches, and smaller non-profits.

Enjoy many styles of music and have performed for seven years with a Baroque performance group in the St. Louis metropolitan area as a vocalist.