Welcome to the part of my website where I can tell you more about me. This is always the hardest part of projects like this–writing about yourself so I guess I’ll start from beginning. I grew up in the sleepy community of Tiverton, Rhode Island where I learned the wrong definition for a milkshake, the right way to order a Dunkin’ Donuts coffee ( coffee regular), and all the words to the Block Island Ferry theme song even though I’ve only sailed away a handful of times.
I studied at Bentley University in Waltham, Massachusetts where I earned my Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management. Additionally I represented the school as a Campus Ambassador at college events and campus tours. I was the leader of the website design team for a project to help clinic director and future Surgeon General Regina Benjamin, MD rebuild the infrastructure of the Bayou La Batre Rural Health Clinic after it was devastated in Hurricane Katrina. Later I consulted on a project to help create a hair loss prevention shampoo for Leonard Hair Transplant Associates of Cranston, Rhode Island. My team developed a new scent, color, viscosity, and lather in the chemistry lab and created new packaging and devised a marketing and budgeting plan for the company to efficiently institute proposed changes.
Following my undergraduate studies I pursued a career in hospitality working at the prestigious Hotel Commonwealth in the Kenmore Square, just steps from Boston’s Fenway Park. After a few years in the industry I pursued my graduate certificate in Hospitality Management with a concentration in Revenue Management. My remote studies focused on finding the perfect balance of supply and demand in the ever-changing financial landscape of the hospitality industry.
I am the Community Development Director for LIFE Inc., a non-profit social services agency in the State of Rhode Island that assists people with intellectual and developmental disabilities live the most fulfilling and empowered lives they can. I use my skills in marketing and design to communicate information in an entertaining and effective way.
Data is at the heart of everything I do. I strive to gather information, learn from it, and teach others how to use the findings. I enjoy taking deep dives into topics of all types to get a better understanding of what’s going on in the world. I love to explore the world around me locally, nationally, and internationally with my beautiful wife, Evangeline, and capturing as much as I can to be able to relive the greatest moments of my life over and over.
