Over my 30+ year career, I’ve worked with the world’s great brands and the startups disrupting them to envision, create and launch new products, brands, experiences, technologies, businesses and campaigns.

Some of the cooler projects and teams I’ve been part of include:

  • Creation + launch of the original adidas Predator - the first innovation in football boots in 40+ years that sparked the rebirth of adidas

  • Groove Networks - a Boston SaaS startup that was acquired by Microsoft - our product became Microsoft Teams (sorry!)

  • The rebrand of Drizly - acquired by Uber for $1.1B

  • Breakaway Ventures, a Boston-based Venture Studio that helped co-create Oath Pizza, Loyal Companion, EverybodyFights, DRIVN Coaching and led investments in RueLaLa, TrueFit, IdeaPaint, Mission Athletecare, Drizly, CoachUp, Grillo’s Pickles, Sweetgreen, Spartan Race and Yasso.

  • Hearts On Fire - the first branded diamond that disrupted jewelry retail in over 25 countries, sitting alongside leaders Rolex, Mikimoto, David Yurman - ultimately acquired by the world’s largest jeweler, Chow Tai Fook

  • New in-store innovation for Dunkin’ Brands - and a collaboration between Dunkin’ and Post Cereal

  • The #1-selling Major League Baseball videogame - All-Star Baseball featuring Derek Jeter, and the arcade classic NBA JAM

  • Relaunching the Women’s Fitness business at Reebok, including a collaboration with Cirque du Soleil and the Easytone fitness franchise that became an overnight sensation

  • Creating the global brand strategy for the Women’s category at PUMA, including the launch of their Fenty collaboration with Rihanna

  • Helping lead the post-acquisition integration of Essential Design into PA Consulting and the creation of a 600-person global Design, Engineering & Science team

  • Launching my own podcast - Agents Of Innovation - and producing 2 seasons (S03 now in process)

  • Creating the world’s first child-labor-free soccer ball production facility in Pakistan with our team at Reebok

A partial list of companies I’ve worked with:

  • Sports / Fitness / Wellness / Consumer Health: adidas, the NBA, PUMA, Reebok, EverybodyFights, Spartan Race, TB12, Newton Running, OAK Health Club, Major League Baseball, Tivity Health / SilverSneakers, NIX Biosensors, MBT, Hydrow, DRIVN, SmartPak Equine (Covetrus), RLX, Pure Hockey, Normatec, P.volve, Polartec, Mission Athletecare, KOHR Golf, CoachUp, BRRRN, Peach, EXOS, NuFACE

  • Healthcare / Life Sciences: Sanofi, Nautilus Biotech, Alcon, Convergent Dental, Miraki Innovation, MightyWell, Embark Vet, Dentaquest, DOTS, PredictablyHuman, Vicarious Surgical

  • Media / Entertainment: Electronic Arts, Sony, Acclaim Entertainment, Cirque du Soleil, Zildjian, Sonos, Microsoft, PlayStation, SportLifestyle Network

  • Luxury: Polo Ralph Lauren, DeBeers, Hearts On Fire, Gemvara, FashionProject, Polo Ralph Lauren

  • Consumer / Retail: Dunkin’, The Honest Company, TrueFit, AARP, Drizly, Post Consumer Brands, Ocean’s Halo, Slate Milk, Shoes.com, ACE Hardware, Staples, MOJO Coffee, Baskin-Robbins, ServiceMaster / American Home Shield, Amazon, U-Turn Audio, Alcon

  • Financial Services: Brown Brothers Harriman, State Street Global Advisors, Windrose Advisors, CapitalOne

  • SaaS / Ingredient Technologies: Groove Networks, Whipple Hill / Blackbaud, Velcro Brand, Bemis Worldwide, TeakOrigin, Wasabi, IdeaPaint, Crimson Hexagon, Ground Signal, iZotope, Nanigans, Markforged, Autodesk, Ansell, Pall Corporation, Ricoh, Rolls-Royce, Ricoh, Nordson, OneDoor, Redwave

  • Commercial Real Estate: Tishman Speyer, Greystar, NB Development

  • Startup Incubators + Accelerators: Techstars Boston, MassChallenge, Nike+ Accelerator, Branchfood, SportsTech Tokyo, MIT Entrepreneurship Forum