• Experienced editor, entrepreneur, founder, cross-platform content creator, and multidisciplinary creative. 
• 20 years of professional experience
• Proven ability to lead consciously and synthesize disparate data points and manifest positive outcomes.
• Unique skill set and professional experiences span fields as varied as publishing, communications, media, arts & entertainment, entrepreneurship, and live event production.
• Multi-lingual

CURRENT

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Founder / CEO        2010 - Current

Genki Media LLC—Remote 

• Founded company to incubate, grow and invest in creative businesses
• Provide business coaching and motivational speaking
• Publish my books
• Contribute as a freelance writer and editor 
• Produced DEEP CREEK, a serial podcast series repped by UTA (in pre-production)
• Incubated and then successfully sold creative start-up, ArtJamz LLC

Founder / President Director      2024 -  Current 

PT Creative Leisure Group—Bali, Indonesia

• Acquired and managed four luxury vacation villas in Bali
• Provide property and property investments consulting

Founder / Editor in Chief       2024 -  Current

Creatively Inclined Wanderer—Bali, Indonesia    

• Edit and write luxury travel features
• Manage site growth, reach and viability

BEEN THERE DONE THAT

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Exited Founder / Owner       2012 - 2023

ArtJamz LLC—Washington DC, USA      

• Founded and then successfully exited an arts and entertainment company with a mission “to make the world a more creative place” by hiring artists to provide live and virtual art classes and experiential team building experiences 
• Started from scratch and scaled my concept into a retail and e-comm business that generated USD$5 million in sales
• Built the brand; generated all content; Implemented company processes and Saas systems; built a corporate culture; hired, trained and led a team of up to 35; and managed day-to-day finances, strategy, and operations
• Pivoted ArtJamz during COVID by inventing a drop shippable ArtBox and launching online classes, thus scaling the company from a regional retail business into a national brand, culminating in a successful exit

Editorial Consultant           2022

District Fray Magazine—Washington DC, USA

• Leveraged publishing expertise to advise publisher and EIC, make connections and improve editorial processes

Editor-In-Chief          2017 - 2019

Capitol File Magazine—Washington DC, USA

• Led iconic lifestyle and celebrity focused glossy and website for national media company, Modern Luxury
• Noteworthy: White House Correspondents’ Association Member, 2017-2019

Executive Editor          2006 - 2013

Washington Life Magazine—Washington DC, USA

• Managed print, online, social media, and video content for prominent luxury lifestyle magazine
• Directed content planning, workflow, and managed a team of freelance editors, writers, and photographers
• Built website, social media and Vimeo channel

Editor             2006

Pulse Guides Night + Day Cool City Series—Shanghai and Hong Kong, China

• Traveled to Shanghai and Hong Kong to research and then write a list of 250 hot spots for a travel book

Managing Editor          2004 - 2005

Power Magazine—Los Angeles, CA, USA

• Grew a digital only celebrity lifestyle website into a print magazine

Managing Editor            2000 -  2004

Eight Custom Publishing—Hong Kong SAR, China

• Pitched, won, and managed accounts while creating custom publishing products, websites, and marketing materials for leading APAC fortune 500 companies, including: Microsoft, Disney, Bank of China, and Lucent, among others

Public Relations Specialist          1999

Mazda Motor Company—Hiroshima, Japan 

• Drafted, collected, and translated press clippings, press releases, and speeches for global comms. Team

Communications Consultant        1996-1999

Interac Company—Hiroshima, Japan

• Taught business communication and language skills to Japanese managers and executives for Mazda Motor Company, Mitsubishi, Murata Semiconductor Co., among others.

Assistant Editor           1993

Congress and The Presidency—Washington DC, USA

• Edited academic Journal for The American University

EDUCATION

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MA International Communications         1994

The American University—Washington DC, USA

School of International Service

Minor: Cultural Anthropology

BS Communications            1991 

Florida State University—Tallahassee, FLA, USA 

College of Communication and Information

Minor: Cultural Anthropology

NOTABLE

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• White House Correspondents’ Association Member, 2017-2019
• Washington DC Emerging Arts Leader Fellow, 2019
• Addy Award, 2006
• ARTJAMZ, Best of DC 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
• ARTJAMZ, Age-Friendly Business 2019, 2020
• ARTJAMZ, Made in DC, 2020
• ARTJAMZ, Local Business Enterprise (LBE), 2018-2023
• ARTJAMZ, Small Business Enterprise (SBE), , 2018-2023
• ARTJAMZ, Development Enterprise Zone (DZE), , 2018-2023
• ARTJAMZ, Resident Owned Business (ROB), , 2018-2023

SKILLS

• Content creation
• Adobe CS: In Design, Photoshop, Illustrator
• HTML, CMS, Wordpress
• Google Ads, SEO, Social media, Eblasts
• Team leadership
• Budgeting / strategy

LANGUAGES

• Native English
• Conversational Japanese 
• Intermediate Spanish
• Basic Bahasa
• Basis Cantonese