Experience

25+ years building.

From designer to co-founder of a $2B platform — a career spent turning emerging technology and market friction into products people use.

Career

Jul 2018 — PresentPresent role

Author / Speaker / Coach

You, Inc. · Self-employed · Irvine, CA

Advising and coaching founders and leaders, writing and speaking on entrepreneurship and product, and launching new ventures — PageSumo and Wazi.ai.

Product LaunchGo-to-MarketCoachingSpeaking
Jan 2010 — Jun 20188 yrs 6 mos

Co-Founder

Kajabi

Co-founded and bootstrapped Kajabi from zero into a $2 billion knowledge-commerce platform, enabling more than $10 billion in creator revenue. Named to the Inc. 5000 fastest-growing companies (2015). Led product, design, and go-to-market as the company scaled.

Product LaunchSaaSProduct Strategy+40 skills
Feb 2008 — Jan 20102 yrs

Manager of Web Design

Local.com

Led web design and product experience, translating strategic plans and product requirements into shipping product.

Strategic PlanningProduct Requirements+15 skills
Jan 2007 — Jul 20077 mos

Chief Creative Officer

RocketInfo

Set creative and product direction across brand and interactive experience.

Creative DirectionBrand
Jan 2005 — Oct 200510 mos

Director of Interactive Marketing

Watchit Media

Directed interactive marketing and digital campaigns.

Interactive MarketingDigital
Dec 1999 — Sep 20055 yrs 10 mos

Creative Consultant & Sr. Interactive Developer

Cotelligent

Consulted on creative and built interactive products as a senior developer, bridging design and engineering.

Interactive DevelopmentConsulting
1998 — 19991 yr

Designer

YPM

Where it started — design work that set the foundation for everything since.

Design

Education

Azusa Pacific University
B.S., Marketing · Alpha Kappa Psi — founding father (1997), president (1998)
1996–1998
California State University, Fresno
General Studies
1993–1995

Honors & recognition

Inc. 5000
Fastest-growing companies — Inc. Magazine, for Kajabi
2015
$2B platform · $10B+ creator revenue
Kajabi, bootstrapped from zero
2010–18
Author — You, Inc.
The Step-by-Step Guide for Finding a Business Within You
2018

Top skills

Start-ups · Product Strategy · SaaS · Problem Solving · AI

Alongside creative direction, go-to-market, product design, and the founder-operator skill that ties it together: seeing the pattern before it's obvious.

Work with me

Put that experience to work on your problem.

Advising, coaching, or a hands-on product sprint — let's find the right fit.

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