Advertising has taken me to all four corners of this country and two foreign lands: England and Texas.

I've been fortunate to work alongside industry legends in celebrated agencies: Hal Riney, Jeff Goodby, Mike Hughes and Ogilvy teams in New York and London. I’ve put my journalism and fiction-writing roots to work in nearly every category, creating iconic brands and reviving others.

I take a journalistic approach to, well, life. Who, what, when, where, how. Oh, and why…always start with why.

But all stories rise or fall on their ability to convey a human truth.

And the truth, well, in the wrong hands, that can be slippery.