About

I am a creative problem solver (aka entrepreneur, producer, professor) who first made a name for myself as a whitewater rafting guide on the Chattooga River.  Then, with my parents, we pioneered the aftermarket inkjet cartridge business.  After developing key intellectual property involving a novel refilling process, we expanded the family business until it was acquired in 2007 by the world’s largest aftermarket inkjet and toner company.  I went on to broker the rescue and sale of a $14 million PayPal competitor before eventually becoming the Provost at John Paul the Great Catholic University in San Diego. In addition to my role at the university I am the founder of Yellow Line Studio and co-founder of Creative Rhetoric.  I also serve as an Entrepreneur In Residence at San Diego’s CONNECT, helping young entrepreneurs build their companies.  My wife and I are currently raising our family in San Diego.

The only way I can accomplish all of this is with the enormous help of many people. In creating this blog I work closely with Tara Stone, who is a writing machine. Without her work I’d never get anything posted.

Tara is a soon to be a graduate of John Paul the Great Catholic University. Best known for her work as a writer on Bump+, Tara recently completed work on her first feature screenplay, Red Line, which begins filming in May. In her free time she likes to take it easy studying Hebrew and working as a TA at JP Catholic.