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I’ve spent my career building brands, leading teams and finding the stories that help businesses grow.

I’ve spent my career building brands, leading teams and finding the stories that help businesses grow.

Two CMO roles, alongside creative, digital, design and brand leadership. Still a writer and director at heart.

01 / Google Cloud / The New York Times

The archive comes alive.

Millions of photographs. Generations of stories. A customer’s extraordinary archive becomes a human story about memory, discovery and what technology makes possible.

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01 / Google Cloud / The New York Times

The archive comes alive.

Millions of photographs. Generations of stories. A customer’s extraordinary archive becomes a human story about memory, discovery and what technology makes possible.

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02 / Salesforce / Dreamforce

An event like no other.

A year of work comes together at Dreamforce. The brand, the message and the company’s next chapter take shape in one shared experience. The opening film is the invitation into that world.

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02 / Salesforce / Dreamforce

An event like no other.

A year of work comes together at Dreamforce. The brand, the message and the company’s next chapter take shape in one shared experience. The opening film is the invitation into that world.

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03 / Salesforce / Formula 1

A global sport.A personal connection.

The spectacle draws people in. The relationship reaches beyond the track. A customer story about bringing a worldwide sport closer to each fan.

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03 / Salesforce / Formula 1

A global sport.A personal connection.

The spectacle draws people in. The relationship reaches beyond the track. A customer story about bringing a worldwide sport closer to each fan.

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04 / Google Cloud / NCAA

The game became the demonstration.

Google Cloud needed to establish itself as a major player. The 2018 Final Four became a live product demonstration, using game data to make predictions and turn them into a halftime television ad.

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04 / Google Cloud / NCAA

The game became the demonstration.

Google Cloud needed to establish itself as a major player. The 2018 Final Four became a live product demonstration, using game data to make predictions and turn them into a halftime television ad.

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05 / Salesforce / Inside the Beast

Thirty seconds.Two months of adventure.

A 30-second Super Bowl spot became a two-month adventure, introducing Slackbot to the world through a real customer story, a million-dollar puzzle and a campaign people could take part in.

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05 / Salesforce / Inside the Beast

Thirty seconds.Two months of adventure.

A 30-second Super Bowl spot became a two-month adventure, introducing Slackbot to the world through a real customer story, a million-dollar puzzle and a campaign people could take part in.

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06 / Google Cloud / NASA

The next question.

From the water around us to worlds beyond our own. A family of stories about the questions people ask, and the possibilities that open when they look for answers.

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06 / Google Cloud / NASA

The next question.

From the water around us to worlds beyond our own. A family of stories about the questions people ask, and the possibilities that open when they look for answers.

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07 / Salesforce / (RED)

A future worth fighting for.

Behind the fight against AIDS are people with lives to live. A documentary about treatment, dignity and the possibility of an AIDS-free generation, told through the people at the heart of the work.

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07 / Salesforce / (RED)

A future worth fighting for.

Behind the fight against AIDS are people with lives to live. A documentary about treatment, dignity and the possibility of an AIDS-free generation, told through the people at the heart of the work.

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ALONG THE WAY

Every revolution.
Same question.

Every revolution.
Same question.

Every revolution.
Same question.

From ad agencies in the ’90s to building entire in-house agencies at Salesforce and Google, the work has always meant taking on each new technology as it arrived: Photoshop, the internet, digital, social, mobile, cloud. Now AI is opening up entirely new roles, like creative engineers, and new ways to make things that just weren’t possible before. The point isn’t cheaper, faster, or fewer people. It’s raising the bar again and thrilling the audience in a whole new way.

From ad agencies in the ’90s to building entire in-house agencies at Salesforce and Google, the work has always meant taking on each new technology as it arrived: Photoshop, the internet, digital, social, mobile, cloud. Now AI is opening up entirely new roles, like creative engineers, and new ways to make things that just weren’t possible before. The point isn’t cheaper, faster, or fewer people. It’s raising the bar again and thrilling the audience in a whole new way.

From ad agencies in the ’90s to building entire in-house agencies at Salesforce and Google, the work has always meant taking on each new technology as it arrived: Photoshop, the internet, digital, social, mobile, cloud. Now AI is opening up entirely new roles, like creative engineers, and new ways to make things that just weren’t possible before. The point isn’t cheaper, faster, or fewer people. It’s raising the bar again and thrilling the audience in a whole new way.

What are we solving for?
The audience gets to decide.

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CONTACT

Get in touch.

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