I was born in New Orleans and educated in public school (that's state-run school for all the brits reading this). I'm a food snobbish, wine drinking, beer making (and drinking) idealist who honestly believes that the world can be a better place. This has taken me lots and lots of different places and garnered me a number of different friends from all walks of life.

I was a lighting and scenic designer, producer, as well as carpenter and electrician in New Orleans for 7 years, founding my own nonprofit on the way.

I moved to San Francisco in 1998 and started working as a UNIX, Windows, and network systems administrator, but found that my real skills lie in connecting peopleand making things happen.

I am now winding up an MBA from the University of Oxford, headed in new direciton for my career. I am creative in a broad sense, can tackle any type of problem in an organised way, and temper the creativitivity with business acumen and structured metrics

I am an incurable optimist who finds opportunity in every dificulty.

I write wine reviews, eat good food, spend a lot of time with friends, have strong opinions, try to keep up with old friends and coworkers, read voraciously, and generally try to keep busy.