From creative direction to drift detection.
The work I do now grew from an unusual path.
Project management, creative direction, and brand development for startups, Universal Creative, Walt Disney Imagineering, and SeaWorld taught me how to ship highly complex, multidisciplinary projects on deadline and on budget.
Directing communications and driving enrollment in higher education, and Emmy® nominations for the educational short film, Modern Rockets, confirmed that technical storytelling is where I do my best work.
At Flat Medical, I shaped global marketing strategy for the EpiFaith® smart medical device line. For Caisleán Consulting, I built an IT risk assessment framework that translates complex systems into actionable intelligence for healthcare and legal practices.
My story
A modern approach
These experiences reinforced my belief that the hardest problem in technology is not building a system. It is making a system legible to the people who need it.
I am also a published children's author. I contributed to My Tio's Pulse, the first children's book to address the Pulse nightclub tragedy, created with a licensed psychotherapist to give families the language for difficult conversations.
My original storybook, Moving Day, was recognized by NeuroNet as a Top 10 Paired Reading Resource for children with learning challenges. This focus on how people process information, whether they are five or seventy-five, runs through everything I create.
“It’s not predicting the future. I reassemble the present in ways most people haven't considered.”
— JOHN CARMEAN