I grew up in the same small Pennsylvania town that gave us Bam Margera, the mastermind behind MTV’s Jackass. His fearlessness inspired me to pick up a camera and start filming my own stupidity scenes: fireworks I shouldn’t have built, ill-advised skateboard vs. car showdowns, and paintball games in questionable settings.

Those homemade videos led to directing a 30-minute epic instead of taking a U.S. history final in high school (thanks, Mrs. Mulhern!) and took me to film school at the University of Michigan.

I turned that into a career blending storytelling, strategy, and film production. I’ve worked in-house at leading brands, agency-side across the U.S., and as an independent filmmaker. I once landed a job from a startup founder on a chairlift, interview and all.

With experience producing everything from events to brand films to college campus tours, I know how to create big ideas, bring them to life across mediums, and make them stick.

Like those paintball games, the best work makes an impact.