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Music, Design, Writing, kids, wife, guitars. And maybe not in that order, but, yeah, probably. No. Wait. I'm not sure. It really depends.

Long ago, I was surprised with an award in high school for outstanding achievement in graphic arts. I immediately put that to work at Prudential Insurance, handling medical claims. To unwind from the stress of investing so much creativity into data entry, I started a rock band.

Oh it was horrible which made it fun.

I started gigging out and designing my own rock posters and long story short, the insurance field laid me off, I bought a mac, and got a job designing rock posters for one of Atlanta's biggest rock venues.

In 96 I went to The Creative Circus, got whatever they call a degree after 2 years and ended up here, at the Weather Channel, designing interactive ads. Is this too much to put into an "about me" section? I don't think so. Read Less

Somewhere between the design school and The Weather Channel, I got a gig doing web design. But actually, it was probably 30% design, 70% programming in javascript, to move things around the page and make prototypes for huge data-collection websites. IT WAS THRILLING. But I digress. I went from making static images to making things move around, and remember what the user selected, and taking that info to make something else.
Sometime between hearing about flash and knowing it thoroughly, I was hired by The Weather Channel. My design history combined with my programming nerdery seemed to be the perfect combination. I flipped this into a new magical ad product called "The Adaptor", got my name on a patent.

I don't like to brag, but I'm kind of a big deal. Read Less

Eventually I became so amazing at making these kind of mashup content+concept+dynamic message, that I ended up running the design team. Which, if you've ever been a designer who gets promoted to managing other designers, is just so awesome (soul-crushing). I spent a lot less time designing and being brilliant, and instead spent my time making sure employee X had as much ram in their computer as employee Y.

Luckily, The Weather Channel realized this kind of glowing skill doesn't grow on trees, and I became something of a product innovator/researcher/Creative Director/brainstormer. Love the job. LOVE it. I'm doing mashup ad products, making motion graphic info reels, creating music. Like they say, do what you love and your career will flourish.

If you ever get a chance to work for the Weather Channel, do it. They nurture creativity, and present a wide array of growth opportunities. Read Less