About

Professional Bio:
I presently serve as the senior strategist for HydraGenX, a boutique marketing and communications firm. I am responsible for the formulation and execution of the company’s and its client’s overall strategy.

I began my career as a Software Engineer for IBM in their Advanced Internet Lab where I developed rapid prototypes for then emerging technologies and tools, including Websphere, WebDAV and LDAP. My major projects included an internal content management system (designed at the time to rival Vignette), and a market intelligence toolkit for clients of IBM’s Global Services division.

Over the years, I have leveraged my organization and communication skills to lead cross-functional teams that spanned departments, skillsets and timezones. Presently, I use Agile tools and paradigms to process and present information critical to taking advantage of global trends consistent with the tenets of a triple bottom line (fiscal, environmental, and social).

Personal Statement:
About 5 years ago, I began reflecting deeply on the relationship between Being, Doing, and Having. I realized that one’s Doing will always be limited unless it consistent with one’s Being. The present journey to clarify my Being kicked off when one day at work I heard a voice say “You have nothing to prove”. I am not one to instantly characterize an event as mystical. But in this instance I had no doubt that the voice was neither my own thinking nor an overheard conversation. The speaker was both near and far, personal and impersonal. A couple of days later, a bizarre fortune cookies lead me deeper into the twilight zone. It read: The moment you were born a problem was solved. Instantly, I perceived a continuation of the experience of the voice and my reflections. I was receiving confirmation that Being was where I needed to focus my attention. This came as a relief since I had been having difficulties achieving (doing) the things expected of someone of my “intelligence” and education. However, as is the case with inspiration, I allowed my concerns for day-to-day survival to numb me to the urgency of reconciling my sense of self (my being). I continued trying to prove myself through what I do for work or in relationships. Finally, I hit the wall. I simply could not move forward without putting my life in perspective of who I truly am. Only then was I be able to identify the path to traversing the mundane world that remains free of the caustic repercussions of denying self.