What I'm about
So, about me.
I'm driven by a desire to learn new things and making learning easier and more effective for others. My favorite projects involve building things that educate people and keep them informed.
These days, I do this by designing and building digital products for NPR, specifically as the Sr. Product Manager for NPR.org. I get to work closely with a pretty amazing group of mission-driven folks who deliver news, information, and entertainment to 50M+ people around the world every month.
But I haven't always worked in public media. Some of my past lives include:
Researching the life of baseball Hall of Famer Satchel Paige for author Larry Tye's New York Times Bestselling biography;
Working as an English teacher in Japan, where I lived for two years in a tiny seaside town in Nagasaki.
Going to grad school at Harvard, where I won an award for my work as a Language and Literacy student (and also met my wife).
Moving to California for a job at UC Berkeley's Lawrence Hall of Science, where I helped design a curriculum called Amplify Science that is now used in more than 40 states nationwide.
Joining an early-stage software startup in San Francisco, where I cut my teeth as a Product Manager designing geospatial software.
Outside of work, I enjoy being outside. I met some of my best friends playing ultimate frisbee as an undergrad at Tufts University. I've hiked in 11 national parks and run two marathons.
I also love board games and have probably spent way too much time playing Scrabble, Dominion, and Terraforming Mars online against strangers.
Working on something cool?
Whether you're in the middle of a project or just tinkering with an idea, feel free to drop me a line. I love to learn, design stuff, and talk shop.
