Career:

2007 - Gorkana US, Director
2006 – Bank of America (London), Head of Communications for Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia
2002 – Bank of America (New York), Senior Vice President within Bank of America’s Global Corporate and Investment Banking division, responsible for management of internal communications and media relations
1999 – Morgen-Walke Associates (New York), Vice President / Associate Director
1998 – Edelman PR Worldwide (New York), Senior Account Supervisor
1997 – Moody’s Investor Service (New York), Communications Associate
1995 – Dow Jones Markets (New York), Senior Financial Reporter
1994 – InDepth Data Inc (Dow Jones Markets) (Oklahoma), Financial Reporter
1987 – Rauscher, Pierce, Refsnes Securities Inc, Buy-In Desk

Education:

University of Oklahoma, Philosophy (AOI: Logic, Philosophy of Mathematics)

Interests:

What did you want to be when you were a child?
Older

What was the best advice you received from your parents?
Keeping your options open

Who is/was your best James Bond?
Daniel Craig

If you could have dinner with anyone, who would it be with and why?
George Lakoff, to discuss relationship between language and politics

What’s your perfect weekend?
Home with my beautiful wife and kids, cooking great food and watching college football (American) on TV

What language would you like to be fluent in and why?
Spanish, to begin the growth of gorkana into Latin America

What profession do you regret not pursuing?
University Professor of Philosophy

What do you demand in your colleagues?
Keeping their commitments

If you could change one thing about PR what would it be?
PR should report directly to CEO, not Marketing

Finally – On each line are two choices – pick one….