The 13thKnight
The one with no armor and no crown. The one keeping count. I specialize in facilitating the creation of ideas and bringing them to life. From design to development, I get my hands dirty in every part of a company that touches production and creative work.
I thrive inside complex systems — helping teams shape ideas, streamline workflows, and turn vision into something real, usable, and human.
Years in software
Game covers shipped
Years at ThriveSports
NBC Sports partnership
Seats at the table
Rooms I’ve been in
And the scrappier ones
2018 — now · 8+ years
ThriveSports
Chief Technology Officer
Mount Shasta, CA
From a booking form to a movement.
Walked in to a single-sport scheduling tool. Walked out with a multi-sport coaching ecosystem and a partnership with NBC Sports.
Product and UX. Branding and visual identity. Strategic growth and fundraising. Growth, experimentation, and systems that supported both people and performance.
2012 — now · 13+ years
Surf Shack Interactive
Creative Director
Mount Shasta, CA
The home base.
My own shop. UX/UI development, specializing in projects that need someone who can talk to engineers and designers in the same sentence. Available for the right work.
2014 — 2017 · 3 years
TopWare Interactive AG
Creative Director — US Operations
Germany / US
Two Worlds. X-Blades. Real shelves.
European RPGs onto American shelves. Oversaw U.S. operations while collaborating closely with international teams.
Creative direction for marketing and product. Producing artwork featured at CompUSA and Best Buy. Consulted overseas on Two Worlds — strategic planning and hands-on creative execution.
Played a role in evaluating and acquiring new game concepts, including X-Blades. Led a small, focused team — balancing creative leadership with practical execution.
2013 — 2016 · 3 years
Siddiqui Rums
Chief Creative Officer
Healdsburg, CA
Brand from scratch.
Building a startup in the rum industry is a challenging task — but it’s great when you do it from scratch.
Identity, packaging, voice. The brand had to do justice to the bottle.
2012 — 2016 · 4 years
Acumen Solutions
UX Designer
Richmond, VA
A dozen projects, big logos.
Over a dozen consulting projects, including Hilton, Comcast, Xfinity, and more.
The kind of work that teaches you how a big org actually makes a decision — and how to bring a small, defensible design proposal into a room that respects its constraints.
2011 — 2016 · 5 years
Sonoma Chocolatiers
Art Director & Creative Consultant
Sebastopol, CA
Small label. Big table.
Product design and development since their first year. Online marketing and ecommerce.
Quiet typography, restrained palette, photography that earned the chocolate.
2015 — 2016
1 year
FileThis
UX Design & Front-End Development
San Rafael, CA
Working with FileThis was a fun creative experience.
Personal document organizer — a genuinely great product. Shaped the UX and shipped front-end alongside the team.
2007 — 2009
2 years
TopWare Interactive (early)
Art Director · US Marketing Manager
Petaluma, CA
30+ game covers on the shelf.
Provided the creative team for US operations. Consulted on game development in Poland and Germany.
Designed over 30 game covers that sold at Best Buy and CompUSA. Won an Appy Award (Business Media App) along the way.
The last four years — idea-stage to scalable.
Helping startups mature. Providing technology, product, and marketing solutions that move companies from “idea-stage” to professional, scalable businesses.