I am an entrepreneurial self-starter with a broad and creative technical and management background. I have worked at the highest levels in the professional music and interactive industries, for some of the most highly recognized and successful brands, companies, and artists in the world, including The Rolling Stones, U2, Aerosmith, SONY, EMI, Blue Note, Ben & Jerry’s, NYNEX, Comcast/Continental Cable, Stone & Webster, CAA, AOL Canada, Royal Bank of Canada and more.
I led a digital media studio through production, editing, and release of three feature-length films into worldwide distribution and multiple languages including Blockbuster and Netflix. Produced, directed, and edited for two regional television series aired into more than 4M homes each, receiving more than 30 weeks of combined airplay. Scripted, directed, edited and sound design for dozens of music videos, industrial videos, TV commercials, and award-winning short films.
I am an experienced software developer with decades of experience in creative technology production including web, multimedia and database design / development, and 8 years achieving expert-level Blueprint development in Unreal Engine. I have released 3 game titles and numerous client applications from robotics through the autism and elder care industries. Author & Designer of the first, best-selling, and award-winning “Online Merchant” E-commerce software sold in CompUSA, BestBuy & Staples. Designer of the “BuyItOnline.com” original shopping portal, receiving International Patents for Electronic Shopping Carts and Digital Coupons.
I founded and was responsible for the business design, KPI’s, P&L, finance, risk management, customer service, technology systems, exponential growth, and day-to-day operations of Boston’s premier Tattoo, Piercing, Permanent Makeup and Laser Removal Body Art emporium, Stingray Body Art. I developed marketing, advertising, in-store and social media initiatives, and lead all company operations from startup to 22 employees in the largest and highest-grossing body modification shop in New England.
I believe my decades of volunteer work also attest to my skills and leadership. I am currently President of the Board of Allston Village Main Streets, having been elected to this position for the past 13 years, and previously elected President of the Allston Board of Trade for two terms by Boards of Directors that include Harvard, Boston University, Boston College, WGBH, Genzyme/Sanofi, New Balance and others. I have been awarded ‘Business of the Year,’ ‘Volunteer of the Year, and this past year, I received recognition for ‘Lifetime Achievement’ by my community.
I am very community-minded and have devoted considerable time to local civics and neighborhood improvement, developing and leading a great many programs from business promotions and technical support through inclusion and advocacy, homelessness mitigation and food insecurity.
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Client Project: 9-minute onsite factory tour movie featuring Ben & Jerry discussing their history, the company and it’s role and future.
90-minute indie feature film inspired by a true story, about a crime spree in River Falls, MA among the S&M/B&D subculture and the police officer who investigates the crime in his own personal journey to the ‘Heart of Darkness.’
90-minute indie feature film about a bunch of young adults who take their plastic pony obsessions way too far and end up killing people, eating their flesh, and raising the dead… released into worldwide distribution by Brain Damage Films including Netflix and Blockbuster, translated into multiple languages including Russian and German.
20 episodes TV Series aired into 4M+ homes on MyTV New England, semi-scripted comedy about local Boston area musician and comic Rob Potylo and friends trying to ‘Make It’ in the music business.
Produced, filmed, and edited two seasons of “Boston Boxing” and “Boston VS The World” TV Series aired on New England Sports Network (NESN) into 4M homes and clubs. Reality series about Boston’s own ‘Boston Boxing’ gym, coach Ed LaVache and his grueling & exciting Team Training program! See who lasts through the Fight Night Finale!
An intense, 1st-person VR hack-and-slash action / adventure game where you play Orion13, a newly self-aware combat robot who believes her memory implants are her own… and she just wants to go home. Fast-action, with special abilities like stuns, health-steals, and an extensive inventory of weapons and power-ups to fight your way through a host of enemies that stand in your way. Released on Steam and Oculus for all PCVR headsets.
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