About Me

I turn barriers into launchpads—
and brands into legends.

A black and white photography of a 40s white male wearing eyeglasses and a black jacket over a black t-shirt.

About Me

I turn barriers into launchpads—
and brands into legends.

A black and white photography of a 40s white male wearing eyeglasses and a black jacket over a black t-shirt.

About Me

I turn barriers into launchpads—
and brands into legends.

A black and white photography of a 40s white male wearing eyeglasses and a black jacket over a black t-shirt.

One-Minute Bio

It all started in the 1980s

From Google Glass hacks to Amazons Brand Innovation Lab,
I turn impossible into now shipping worldwide.

Born Deaf the year Nintendo invaded living rooms, I learned storytelling from 8-bit cartridges, LEGO bricks, and comic books. By high school—when reality TV ruled every channel—I hijacked the AV cart to film my own unscripted chaos. That DIY impulse never left.

Amazon entrusted me to build an in-house interpreting agency and bake accessibility into products. Today I still prototype in LEGO, storyboard like comics, and treat every brief like reality TV: keep the camera rolling, something good is happening.

My MANifesto

I torch “minimum viable access” and build tech that moonwalks past compliance into can-everyone-use-this-blindfolded delight. Apple says tech only matters when it “empowers everyone.” Microsoft vows to “empower every person on the planet.” Google’s goal? Universal access. Adobe calls accessibility the engine of creativity.

Cool. I’m the rebel who wires those manifestos into the project brief at day zero—then shoves the brief onto every desk until the product sings in captions, haptics, high-contrast, and plain language.

I lead teams like a punk-rock stage dive: leap first, pull everyone in, leave no one. Because when access leads, innovation isn’t a department—it’s the air we breathe.

Recognition and Impact

Hot Off the Presses

I don’t it for fame—I do it so no one’s left out. Any spotlight on me is a barrier cracked open for someone else.

Press
Date
Speaker

2025

Disability:In Global Conference

Certified Professional in Accessibility Core Competencies

2025

International Association of Accessibility Professionals

40 Under 40

2021

Puget Sound Business Journal

Speaker

2020

Canadian Congress on Disability Inclusion

First In-House Interpreting Agency for a Corporate

2019

Forbes

On Being A Deaf Creative Director

2019

CampaignUS

TEDxBoulder

2017

Why We Need Inclusive Design

Keynote Speaker

2017

Conflux—Amazon's Annual Conference

Adobe Design Achievement Awards

2015

Print Communications Category

A smiling woman wearing yellow safety vest surrounded by Amazon delivery boxes in a warehouse.

Biggest Impact to Date

First In-House ASL Interpreting Agency
for a Corporate


I didn’t just add interpreters to Amazon—I smuggled an entire ASL interpreting agency into the company and flipped the switch to always-on. Overnight, Deaf talent stopped renting voices and started owning the conversation. Accommodations started the day of the interview. Biggest mic-drop of my career so far—and the echo’s still hiring.

Full-Time Interpreters Globally

Including China, India, EU, and Mexico.

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Number of Deaf Employees

In corporate offices and fulfillment centers.

0+
Disability Equality Index

Set a new bar for how companies hire talent.

0%

One-Minute Bio

It all started in the 1980s

From Google Glass hacks to Amazons Brand Innovation Lab,
I turn impossible into now shipping worldwide.

Born Deaf the year Nintendo invaded living rooms, I learned storytelling from 8-bit cartridges, LEGO bricks, and comic books. By high school—when reality TV ruled every channel—I hijacked the AV cart to film my own unscripted chaos. That DIY impulse never left.

Amazon entrusted me to build an in-house interpreting agency and bake accessibility into products. Today I still prototype in LEGO, storyboard like comics, and treat every brief like reality TV: keep the camera rolling, something good is happening.

My MANifesto

I torch “minimum viable access” and build tech that moonwalks past compliance into can-everyone-use-this-blindfolded delight. Apple says tech only matters when it “empowers everyone.” Microsoft vows to “empower every person on the planet.” Google’s goal? Universal access. Adobe calls accessibility the engine of creativity.

Cool. I’m the rebel who wires those manifestos into the project brief at day zero—then shoves the brief onto every desk until the product sings in captions, haptics, high-contrast, and plain language.

I lead teams like a punk-rock stage dive: leap first, pull everyone in, leave no one. Because when access leads, innovation isn’t a department—it’s the air we breathe.

Recognition and Impact

Hot Off the Presses

I don’t design for awards—I design so no one’s left out. Any spotlight on me is a barrier cracked open for someone else.

Press
Date
Speaker

2025

Disability:In Global Conference

Certified Professional in Accessibility Core Competencies

2025

International Association of Accessibility Professionals

40 Under 40

2021

Puget Sound Business Journal

Speaker

2020

Canadian Congress on Disability Inclusion

First In-House Interpreting Agency for a Corporate

2019

Forbes

On Being A Deaf Creative Director

2019

CampaignUS

TEDxBoulder

2017

Why We Need Inclusive Design

Keynote Speaker

2017

Conflux—Amazon's Annual Conference

Adobe Design Achievement Awards

2015

Print Communications Category

A smiling woman wearing yellow safety vest surrounded by Amazon delivery boxes in a warehouse.

Biggest Impact to Date

First In-House ASL Interpreting
Agency for a Corporate


I didn’t just add interpreters to Amazon—I smuggled an entire ASL interpreting agency into the company and flipped the switch to always-on. Overnight, Deaf talent stopped renting voices and started owning the conversation. Accommodations started the day of the interview. Biggest mic-drop of my career so far—and the echo’s still hiring.

Full-Time Interpreters Globally

Including China, India, EU, and Mexico.

0+
Number of Deaf Employees

In corporate offices and fulfillment centers.

0+
Disability Equality Index

Set a new bar for how companies hire talent.

0%

One-Minute Bio

It all started in the 1980s

From Google Glass hacks to Amazons Brand Innovation Lab,
I turn impossible into now shipping worldwide.

Born Deaf the year Nintendo invaded living rooms, I learned storytelling from 8-bit cartridges, LEGO bricks, and comic books. By high school—when reality TV ruled every channel—I hijacked the AV cart to film my own unscripted chaos. That DIY impulse never left.

Amazon entrusted me to build an in-house interpreting agency and bake accessibility into products. Today I still prototype in LEGO, storyboard like comics, and treat every brief like reality TV: keep the camera rolling, something good is happening.

My MANifesto

I torch “minimum viable access” and build tech that moonwalks past compliance into can-everyone-use-this-blindfolded delight. Apple says tech only matters when it “empowers everyone.” Microsoft vows to “empower every person on the planet.” Google’s goal? Universal access. Adobe calls accessibility the engine of creativity.

Cool. I’m the rebel who wires those manifestos into the project brief at day zero—then shoves the brief onto every desk until the product sings in captions, haptics, high-contrast, and plain language.

I lead teams like a punk-rock stage dive: leap first, pull everyone in, leave no one. Because when access leads, innovation isn’t a department—it’s the air we breathe.

Recognition and Impact

Hot Off the Presses

I don’t design for awards—I design so no one’s left out. Any spotlight on me is a barrier cracked open for someone else.

Press
Date
Speaker

2025

Disability:In Global Conference

Certified Professional in Accessibility Core Competencies

2025

International Association of Accessibility Professionals

40 Under 40

2021

Puget Sound Business Journal

Speaker

2020

Canadian Congress on Disability Inclusion

First In-House Interpreting Agency for a Corporate

2019

Forbes

On Being A Deaf Creative Director

2019

CampaignUS

TEDxBoulder

2017

Why We Need Inclusive Design

Keynote Speaker

2017

Conflux—Amazon's Annual Conference

Atlas of Design, Vol. 3

2015

Print Communications Category

A smiling woman wearing yellow safety vest surrounded by Amazon delivery boxes in a warehouse.

Biggest Impact to Date

First In-House ASL Interpreting Agency
for a Corporate


I didn’t just add interpreters to Amazon—I smuggled an entire ASL interpreting agency into the company and flipped the switch to always-on. Overnight, Deaf talent stopped renting voices and started owning the conversation. Accommodations started the day of the interview. Biggest mic-drop of my career so far—and the echo’s still hiring.

Full-Time Interpreters Globally

Including China, India, EU, and Mexico.

0+
Number of Deaf Employees

In corporate offices and fulfillment centers.

0+
Disability Equality Index

Set a new bar for how companies hire talent.

0%

Accessibility is the
innovation engine.

Build for the edge cases first, and the mainstream will follow.

Meet my partners who are part of making the future inclusive.
A bird's eye view of two tattooed arms holding and drawing on a piece of paper with a grid cutting mat underneath.

Accessibility is the
innovation engine.

Build for the edge cases first, and the mainstream will follow.

Meet my partners who are part of making the future inclusive.
A bird's eye view of two tattooed arms holding and drawing on a piece of paper with a grid cutting mat underneath.

Accessibility is the
innovation engine.

Build for the edge cases first, and the mainstream will follow.

Meet my partners who are part of making the future inclusive.
A bird's eye view of two tattooed arms holding and drawing on a piece of paper with a grid cutting mat underneath.