Proud husband, father, Texas Longhorn and nerd who has a passion for evangelizing great technologies and connecting the "power of people" to achieve exceptional business value.

Owner / Creator - The Adventures of the Polar Elf Innovation Squad book seriesand the PolarPort.

Director of Developer Evangelism & Partner Innovation - Jive Software

BBA - Management Information Systems (2004) - The McCombs School of Business - The University of Texas at Austin

Specialties - Developer Relations, Technical Marketing, Social Business Architecture & Strategy, Enterprise Collaboration, Enterprise & Consumer Gamification, Live Event Mobile App Strategy, Jive Architecture (Core, Add-Ons, Apps, Plugins) & Development, Community Management Strategy/Execution