I’m a creative director and marketing leader with a professional browser history that outs me as an award-winning, imaginative and effective business problem solver. My comments section is also filthy with allegations that I’m great to work with. So how could such a promising ne’er-do-well end up…well…doing so well?!

I blame my terribly good parents and my hometown of Fort Worth, Texas. Being raised in a place and by people quietly and unpretentiously committed to art means that I was always surrounded with creative encouragement. Being unique, unconventional and weird weren’t criticisms. They were compliments, especially when you backed them up with hard work and good character.

I’m deeply grateful to get to pay my way through life doing something I was born to do. I work to earn the blessing ex post facto (whoa, I finally found a use for Latin). As a leader, I see the best in people and bring it out with a vibe of good humor, encouragement and accountability. I show my belief in people by expecting great things and helping them achieve them.

I love the business of creativity. It’s art with a mission, measured by so many KPIs—revenue, market-share, open rates, clicks, subscribers, views, likes, shares, time on page, awards. I love this show and running up all its scoreboards.

Well that’s it—or at least as much as I’ll ever want to spill online. <insert: “irish-goodbye”;>