First, the personal me: I’m a father to two of the smartest, funniest, most talented and most beautiful girls on the planet (they get most of that from their mother). Speaking of, I’m married to a saint. I’ve been told I look a little like Andre Agassi if he got stung by a swarm of bees. I think Buffett and Springsteen are musical gods. I’ve run a 4:30 mile, a 1:19:00 half marathon and two full marathons (Chicago and New York City). I don’t run as much as I used to, instead channeling my inner Lance Armstrong on the back roads of Bucks County, Pa. I’ve skied Tuckerman’s Ravine and survived. Despite being years out of practice, I can still climb a respectable 5.9. I once hung out with Chris Farley on the set of Saturday Night Live.

Now, the professional stuff: I’m a media junkie. Despite (or perhaps, because of) being in the PR business for roughly the past two decades, I think the Fourth Estate is one of the most important components of society. I’ve worked with big, global corporations (Alcatel-Lucent, IBM, AT&T, Unisys), big honking agencies (Ogilvy, Grey, Saatchi) and exciting startups (MindTouch, Krugle, Mashery). I’m a believer in open source and an unabashed Mac fanboy. In my current role, I’m the Head of Influencer Management at Alcatel-Lucent. And if I can ever track down the last of those Polaroids, I’d someday like to run for President.

Expertise: A respected mentor and former colleague once said I have an uncanny ability to help executives hone their messages and craft compelling, creative stories. I’ve written a number of well-received speeches for executives, but I’m no Peggy Noonan. I’m a geek. I’ve crippled enough devices with alpha and beta software to be dangerous.

Interests: In no particular order: road biking, skiing, photography, travel (the non-tour, no-agenda kind), wine, Jimmy Buffett, Bruce Springsteen, Bill Bryson, The West Wing, and great comedy.

Education: I attended and (yay!)graduated from Trenton State College (now The College of New Jersey) with a Bachelor of Arts in Communications and concentrations in professional writing and organizational communications. As a brother of The Phi Kappa Tau Fraternity, I served as the Vice President of Membership for the college’s InterGreek Council. I also ran four years of varsity Cross Country. I am a guest speaker once a semester at Rutgers University and my alma matter. I grew up in a small town in northwestern New Jersey (Hackettstown…home of M&M’s) where I attended and (yay again!) graduated from Hackettstown High School and lived out my Al Bundy‘esque dreams as an all-state soccer star.