Circa age 12, I saw a U.S. Navy commercial that asked, "If your life was a book, would anyone want to read it?"

I began writing. 

I'm a West Point dropout and National Peace Corps Association unpaid intern who has snuck into Cuba, been held at gunpoint in Colombia (twice and counting), and placed executives at your favorite tech and lifestyle companies.

I've traveled to three dozen countries (Vanuatu to Mauritania); built my personal family and foundation from Jamaica to Berlin; and call Topanga, CA and Aspen, CO home.

I use the power of storytelling to connect people to purpose. 

When possible, I try to provide an empathy-informed voice for the voiceless. 

I'm an Author (corporate careers and the written word), Adventurer (Type 2 Fun, sometimes 3), and Advocate (Aspen Hope Center, Navy SEAL Foundation, Suffer Better).

I've led global executive recruitment teams for Red Bull Media House and Twitter and published 100+ meditations on tech, travel, tequila, and connected communities in the Aspen Daily News and Topanga New Times.

I firmly believe that people make places, all setbacks are springboards, and the only thing you can keep is what you give.

I enthusiastically embrace empiricism.