I’ve been called a hopeless romantic and (upon occasion) a dog, which was the inspiration for my "Is Rex a Dog?" book of short stories in which Rex and his alter-ego navigate the treacherous waters...view moreI’ve been called a hopeless romantic and (upon occasion) a dog, which was the inspiration for my "Is Rex a Dog?" book of short stories in which Rex and his alter-ego navigate the treacherous waters of life and the mysteries of the fairer sex by relying on each other's instincts when the timing's right. WOOF!
I have lived here and there, from the Middle East, Eastern Europe, to Australia, Hong Kong and Mexico. I've circled the globe a few times, spending 2 years hitching around the world with my first wife after university. I spent my career working for international ad agencies, primarily as a specialist in marketing strategy, but interspersed that pursuit with entrepreneurial adventures, from running a speakeasy, to a pre-internet entertainment booking service, to an ad agency on the beach in Cancun, to marketing consulting and public speaking, to running my own landscaping and home renovation firm.
My interests are eclectic, my thinking diverse and my politics dead center. My writing reflects my varied pursuits with hundreds of thousands of words in several blogs, one focused on the future of marketing, another on insights into human nature. I've spent the past decade doing far too little with my healthy IQ and I'm trying to do a better job as of 2018 of leveraging my passions, applying my experience in marketing to my own brand. Let's see where the effort takes me...view less