Technologist, entrepreneur, game designer, and general creative person. Proud husband, and dad to three burgeoning superheroes. MBA.
I am a transformative leader with nearly two decades of experience driving positive change through strategic planning, organizational design, process engineering, and cultural alignment. I lead, work, and mentor in the intersection of entrepreneurship and technology — especially in high-growth organizations.
Additionally, I come from a family of talented artists and inherited a powerful creative drive. As a result, I write poetry for children and adults and short stories filled with talking cats, horrible monsters, paranormal bloggers, and unlikely bands of heroes. I also fold origami, do calligraphy, and occasionally draw, paint, and take photographs.
I currently live in Cleveland, OH with my lovely wife, three rambunctious kids, and four furry friends.
👨🏽🎨 Creative work
- Seize the Dave - a little bit about a lot of stuff. You’re currently here.
- Amalara - Amalara Game Studio designs table-top role playing games that reward creativity, heroism, and teamwork.
- Heroic Tales - a genre-neutral role-playing system of heroic problem solving.
- Land of the Crane - Heroic fantasy inspired by mythic Japan. For use with Cairn.
- This Mortal Coil - Do you like necromancers? Do you like space? Play space necromancers in this setting for Liminal Horror.
- VRBS - an ultralight storytelling system of creative action.
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