VP of Technology & UX · Milwaukee, WI

I solve problems other people gave up on.

Twenty-five years making cool things at the intersection of technology, design, and brand strategy. I direct teams, write code, design systems, and ship work that lasts.

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01 Loading 25 years of problem solving...
02 Current role: VP of Technology & UX → Zizzo Group, Milwaukee
03 Building: Appaloosa Engineering — mobile-first indie game studio
04 Open to: Web, AI and UX Consultation
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Case Studies

Selected Work

3 case studies
Technical Architecture

WordPress on .NET: Solving the Integration Nobody Else Could

Previous agencies had tried for years to integrate Door County's website with regional hotel booking systems. All of them failed. I reverse-engineered the root cause and built a hybrid architecture no one had attempted before.

Stack: WordPress · ASP.NET · MSSQL
Result: +9.4% desktop traffic · +5.79% visitor spending
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"Whatever you do in life — you have got to be the idea man."

— Patricia Leeson, High school art teacher. She was right.

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