About Me

I've raised venture capital. I've run a department with a $10 million budget. I've written or co-written more than 100 television shows. I have a peculiar and almost irresistable desire to make cheese. I got a start-up cable television network on the air, on time and under budget. I interviewed Frank Zappa. I believe in God but have a hard time defining what God is. I was an investigative reporter. I was a television critic. I've established branding guidelines, mapped business processes and broken whole companies down into manageable job descriptions and lines of accountability. I play golf and volleyball, though I'm not particularly good at either. Give me a twenty minute head start and I'll get you a satellite transponder. I was on the team that brought to market a life-saving genetic test. When I went into advertising, I landed my first account pitch. I ran the information center at the Museum of Contemporary Art. I got a show into production at 20th Century-Fox in Hollywood without making a pilot. I named a barbecue sauce. I helped develop a consensus for a light rail route through West-Central Los Angeles. I've won both local and national creative awards. I shot a documentary in Russia. If I had it to do over again, I'd study architecture. I consulted on multimedia rights for NCAA sports. I've arranged the translation of English-language television shows into Spanish. My favorite band is Canadian and sings about being middle aged and crabby. I've met with the Secretary of Defense in his office in the Pentagon. The largest financial model I ever built was 300 pages. I've leased office space, chosen a phone system and fired people with ruthless efficiency. I've also been fired with ruthless efficiency. I've appeared on national television once, and I was dressed in drag. I am literate in copyright, human resources and bankruptcy law. I am still married to my first wife, and we have children. I never feel better than when I'm half asleep in the hammock in the back yard, listening to a far off baseball game on the radio and swinging gently in the summer breeze. I wish I had more time for serious reading. I have unfashionable heroes, including Ray Kroc. I yearn to own a large piece of property that I can slowly explore, discover and let go to seed.