I craft marketing and communications messages and strategies, mainly for companies that work in technology.

Growing up I captained my debate teams, wrote poetry and short stories, played piano, DJ'd and promoted parties, managed record stores, was a radio newsreader and radio-show host, and cruelly had a promising modeling career cut short due to a chronic habit of eating and drinking. I'm still a huge music nerd.

I was also a surf lifesaver and played many sports competitively, including rugby, tennis, and soccer; raced motocross professionally, and was into snowboarding, hunting, karate, anything on or in the water, and most activities that could accelerate my poor parents' aging process.

Yes, I was completely insufferable. But some confused people liked me regardless.

To further my journalism career I immigrated from New Zealand to New York City in 2009 during the depths of the great financial crisis. In my new country I unfortunately lacked any family, contacts, job, or a work visa. Many might say this was not the smartest move. Others would argue it was evidence of cojones the size of grapefruit. It is not for me to say.

I can say I have a BA in philosophy and political science with a minor in English literature. I've written for many publications as a freelancer, reporter, and columnist. And for a decade I was the managing editor at various online technology and business publications.

I moved from journalism into marketing communications in 2014, and into Boston in 2015. I get satisfaction from crafting prose that is concise, evocative, and compelling. According to my beautiful, much smarter, funnier, scientist wife (#humblebrag), these days I mainly spend too much money on food, drink, and music.