Summary

Curiosity /kyoo͝r″ē-ŏs′ĭ-tē/

noun

1. humble enough to ask, hungry enough for the answer, smart enough to know the right question.

Geopolitical Expert, Influential Youtuber, and senior data engineer with a strong background in data analysis, database management, and content creation. Adept at leveraging technical skills to provide insight into complex global issues. Passionate about applying data-driven solutions coupled with social intelligence gathering to understand and navigate the dynamic geopolitical landscape. Neutral Good.

Skills

Proficient

Social: Public Speaking, Storytelling, Written Communication, Risk Assessment, Explain-Like-I'm-5 Knowledge Transfer, Scrum & Agile Practices, Geopolitical Analysis, Sales and Marketing, Value Pricing, Culture Championing & Evangelism, Time Management, Politely Saying "No"

Technical: Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSql, MySql, SSIS, Redgate SQL Toolbelt, Git, Bitbucket, C#, Python, OctoDeploy, TeamCity, Visual Studio, JetBrains IDE Suite, Linux, Shell/Bash, MongoDB, Redis, Machine Learning Algorithms, Deep Neural Networks

Familiar

JavaScript, AWS Managed Services, Digital Ocean Managed Services, Neo4j, DynamoDB, DB2

PROFESSIONAL Experience

Director of Marketing and Communications

• Developed content marketing plan leveraging various social media and content platforms to build awareness for company presence.

• Launched Certification Services for Applied Geopolitical Analysis and Forecasting training, as well as Intelligence Gathering products.

• Mentored content development of analysts and staff writers.

Founder, Managing Director

• Developed and managed event planning and itinerary to create Tennessee’s premier live table-top role playing game event.

• Coordinated successful line-up of influential speakers and unique venue.

• Managed operations including guest booking and customer service.

• Created and optimized responsive website and online marketing assets.

• Designed and implemented sales and marketing campaigns – resulting in sold-out event.

• Hosted event as Featured MC and Keynote Dungeon Master

Associate Data Architect

• Developed a roadmap for transitioning from legacy data systems to a new ERP solution for marketing data aggregation.

• Designed a marketing data lake to facilitate data ingestion into Tableau, Salesforce, and HubSpot.

• Mentored a team of software engineers in building scalable data pipelines for marketing and customer data.

• Provided data modeling and database design expertise, ensuring alignment with the enterprise data architecture.

Social Media Influencer

• Produced weekly engaging content on D&D and Fantasy Worldbuilding, amassing 5M+ views and 75K+ subscribers.

• Secured sponsorships directly with brands as well as through agencies at contract rates 5x over Adsense revenue.

• Utilized video editing and graphic design software to produce 3rd party D&D and TTRPG content.

• Facilitated corporate team-building events using TTRPG to improve team dynamics. Clients include Blizzard and Berkshire Hathaway. 

Media Technology Faculty Advisory Board

• Provided constructive feedback on student finals and capstone portfolios, contributing to their professional growth.

• Collaborated with faculty on developing a new Content Creation and Management curriculum.

• Evaluated and addressed gaps in existing Photography and Design for Web and Print curricula for enhanced quality of education.

Senior Software Engineer

• Maintained and optimized datasets for marketing, ensuring speedy and accurate data delivery.

• Implemented AI algorithm to rank items in searches, increasing form submissions by 3.8% YoY.

• Developed and maintained software applications for public website users and marketing initiatives.

• Conducted database and query tuning, troubleshooting, and optimization.

Data Engineer

• Created and maintained databases for marketing and sales data across various relational and non-relational database platforms.

• Developed ETL systems to consume data from GIS, SQL Server, and DB2 for marketing purposes.

• Conducted database and query tuning, troubleshooting, and optimization.

• Decommissioned legacy data systems, minimizing outages for external business units.

• Evangelized CI/CD systems on databases, driving adoption of modern database management techniques for the enterprise.

• Acted as Scrum Master, facilitating Agile processes and effective team communication.

Awards & Recognition

Featured Guest

• Invited to speak on geopolitical world building.

• Invited to speak on game design and geopolitical world building.

Runner-Up, Hackathon

• Recognized as runner-up of 63 entrants for creating software that generates technical and business documentation based on source code

Enterprise Impact Award

• Recognized by C-Suite for commitment to database CI/CD evangelism and converting all enterprise data system deployment methods to CI/CD deployment models

Creator on the Rise

• Recognized twice for regularly creating viral content on the YouTube platform, channel featured on YouTube home page each time.

• Featured in YouTube's marketing content as such

Hi-5 Knowledge Transfer Award

• Recognized for spearheading innovation with new datastore systems appropriate for various use cases

Talks

The Fundamentals of Geopolitical World Building

• GenCon | August 2024 | Indianapolis, IN
• DaveCon | April 2024 | Minneapolis, MN
• Pittsburg Gaming Expo | October 2023 | Monroeville, PA

Dungeon Design Paradigms

• Pittsburgh Gaming Expo, Featured Guest | October 2023 | Knoxville, TN

Strategic Forecasting for Opportunity and Risk

• Clayton Homes | October 2022 | Knoxville, TN

Agile Unleashed: Pros and Cons

• Codestock | April 2020 | Knoxville, TN

Index Zen: Deep Breathing Exercises for Relational Databases

• Codestock | April 2020 | Knoxville, TN

Lightning SQL: Best Practices for Supercharged Query Performance

• Codestock | April 2017 | Knoxville, TN

Skynet As a Sales Tool

• Clayton Homes | November 2016 | Knoxville, TN

Education

Certificate, TOGAF 10 Foundation & Practitioner

• EA Enterprise | 2023 | Fort Lauderdale, FL

Certificate, Geopolitical Analysis

• Florida State University & RANE/Stratfor | 2022 | Boca Raton, FL

Developing on AWS

• Amazon Web Services | 2021 | Montreal, QC

Certificate, Product Ownership

• Scrum Alliance | 2017 | Knoxville, TN

A.S., Communication Graphics, A.S., Photography

• Pellissippi State Community College | 2010 | Knoxville, TN

Notable Interests & Achievements

• Developed and grew the Dungeon Masterpiece Youtube channel to over 75,000 subscribers.

• Over 27 years of experience “Dungeon Mastering” for D&D and other tabletop role playing games – both for personal groups and corporate team-building workshops

• Developed role-playing story lines and scenarios using lessons from cinema, literature, and video games to create richer stories. Also incorporates the school of Applied Geopolitics to develop complex and cohesive fantasy settings on par with the Game of Thrones or Mass Effect franchises.