ABOUT ME
I am a hybrid digital native. I have researched using books in a library, electronic academic journals, Google.com, and AI. I've communicated with people over a landline, a flip-phone, a smartphone with a keyboard, and a smartphone with a touchscreen.
I am proud of my ability to be resourceful and think outside the box to accomplish something. I've stayed late, driven hundreds of miles, woken up early, spoken to a crowd, called, emailed, texted, and done many things outside my comfort zone to better the company I work for. My experience is mostly with small businesses, meaning I've had many duties outside my designated role. I've gone where I needed to go, when I was needed, to get the company what it needed. That's how it works with small businesses with few resources. I've done HR work, estimating, order processing, writing, graphic design, sales, programming, and learned new software for the company I've worked for. I have experience working, not "pretending to work". I've learned when to ask for help, but in many cases with small businesses with few resources, there is no one to ask for help, so you have to get creative. I excel at this type of creativity. I like a nice, clean solution as much as anyone, and sometimes that's required, but sometimes you need something done, and it doesn't matter how that's executed. I can balance both well, though I lean more towards a clean, tight-fit solution.
I have an eye for aesthetics; sometimes the beauty is in those minor details, and you must have it to get the whole picture. Sometimes you want the feel and that energy, and that energy is a small line, a fifth shade of color, or one particular word choice. I want that, I want that clean exhale and that good feeling of everything being where it's meant to be, even if that's a little wrong and it becomes charming that way. I like the good stuff, subtle but not quiet and boring, bold without being gaudy and loud, playful without being immature, just right. Let's get that. Let's get what's right for your company, to stand out in all the right ways. Let's make your organization a breath of fresh air that people aren't just confident in, but are proud of. Let's have people feel pride working with you, not because they have to, but because they want to, and it's so much the obvious choice compared to anyone else. Let's give people a product that's tried and true and real and good, not just riding the buzz of the moment with features no one will care about a year later. Can we deliver real value, not just stories tricking people into thinking they're getting what they want? True quality. I hope you want that, I do. Everyone is tired of being fed and tricked into being fed cheap trash. Can we give customers what they want, not because it means more sales and more money, but because it's what's truly best for them? Let's sincerely care about and understand our customer and benefit their lives. Let's deliver something without giving anything away because they know it's worth it. I want to sell something without smashing them with buzz word after buzz word and trying to convince them something is the same or better when we cheaped out on our end. Real value, real concern. Respecting our customers and delivering them exactly what they want.
Outside work, I play guitar, produce music in Ableton, design speakers and sound systems, write, draw, take in nature, and cook. I like going out into the community, volunteering, and belonging to groups. I want to meet new people, hear their stories, and learn from them. Moreover, I like creative work and have many ideas for businesses, products, paintings, drawings, musical pieces, and gifts for people. I want real tangible things that make people feel good and make me feel good. That's what it's all about, and that's what I'm all about.
