Latest Content
Currently, I am the CEO of Eastport Holdings and founder of 5Hundred Degrees. Eastport is comprised of digital marketing companies specializing in automotive, financial services, technology, regulated products, restaurant, healthcare, and travel & tourism categories. Gross sales = $500 million+ with 950 employees coast-to-coast in the U.S. and in Canada.
Our company brands include: 5Hundred Degrees, 9Rooftops, TEN35, MARCA Miami, Mindstream Interactive, Mindstream Media, OMNI Advertising, BlueText, TURNER PR, and Fahlgren Mortine. We work with Honda, Burger King, Tim Hortons, POPEYES, Microsoft, META, TikTok, iHeart, Visit California, DISH Latino, HUGHES, Penfolds Wine, Pennsylvania Lottery, Belle Tire, and O'Reilly Autoparts among many others.
With over 20 years of ownership-level management positions within Eastport’s acquisition and start-up model, and a 10-year 'mini-career' at J. Walter Thompson (now Wunderman JWT), I remain as engaged in the granular detail of operations as I am on corporate strategy and senior-level client success. I am an Eastport shareholder, board member, and part of the Forbes Agency Council for 2022.
While at J. Walter Thompson (JWT), I was selected to attend Delevan, JWT's Top Gun training school for young executives, and held several positions in their Washington DC and Atlanta offices directly assigned to high-profile accounts. Prior to JWT, I managed sales promotions and market openings for Marriott Hotels and Resorts globally. Post college and prior to Marriott, I was recruited by Admiral Stansfield Turner (former Director CIA) and Senator Jermiah Denton (R-Alabama) to work for the government as a journeyman speech writer and broadcast producer on Capitol Hill.
I received a Bachelor of Science in Journalism from the University of Florida and have expanded studies in finance/accounting at Marymount Loyola and currently enjoy Harvard's FINTEC Education program. In my free time, I enjoy exercise in all forms including martial arts having earned a black belt in ISSHINRYU.
Specialties: Mass, Off-Price, and Specialty Retail, Franchise/Co-op, Store Design and Visual Merchandising, QSR & Fast Casual, B2B, Technology, Home & Building Products, Travel & Tourism, Health Care, FiServ, Regulated Products, and Issues & Advocacy.