He works nationally and internationally and provides consulting and development services for the Creative Economy by focusing on entrepreneurs, arts & cultural organizations, cities and technologies that impact peoples' quality of life.
He is the past President of Creative Tampa Bay, a grass roots, community catalyst organization that has become a national model for "bottom up" social and economic development. He has worked with Richard Florida and Charles Landry and is currently developing a documentary film on Landry that will be released in 2009.
In addition to the Creative Cities Summit, he has produced the Sarasota International Design Summit and will again host and moderate that event later this year.
