Native New Yorker living it up in Northern England. Founder of the Thinking Digital Conference, the Bright Ideas Gathering as well as TEDxManchester, TEDxNewcastle & TEDxSheffield.

I am a also the David Goldman Visiting Professor of Innovation & Enterprise at Newcastle University Business School, a Trustee for the Sage Gateshead Music Centre. I helped create the Bulletproof Coffee brand on a flight to San Francisco. Proud Dad to a 14yo daughter.