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FROM FIRST QUESTION TO FIRST PROOF

Clarity for ideas that don’t fit neatly in a box.

I join teams at their messy beginnings: when the opportunity is real, but the path isn't, and a deck alone won’t answer the hard questions.

PRODUCT STRATEGY ✦ CREATIVE DIRECTION ✦ PROTOTYPING ✦ IP DEVELOPMENT

PRODUCT STRATEGY ✦ CREATIVE DIRECTION ✦ PROTOTYPING ✦ IP DEVELOPMENT

PRODUCT STRATEGY ✦ CREATIVE DIRECTION ✦ PROTOTYPING ✦ IP DEVELOPMENT

PRODUCT STRATEGY ✦ CREATIVE DIRECTION ✦ PROTOTYPING ✦ IP DEVELOPMENT

PRODUCT STRATEGY ✦ CREATIVE DIRECTION ✦ PROTOTYPING ✦ IP DEVELOPMENT

PRODUCT STRATEGY ✦ CREATIVE DIRECTION ✦ PROTOTYPING ✦ IP DEVELOPMENT

01 SERVICES

Product strategy & prototyping

For teams with a promising idea, a complicated product, or too many possible directions.

POSSIBLE DELIVERABLES

  • Opportunity framing
  • Product narrative
  • Experience maps
  • Clickable prototypes
  • Launch roadmap

YOU LEAVE WITH

A shared, tangible version of the idea—clear enough to test, fund, or build.

Find the opportunity

Find the opportunity

Find the opportunity

Turn competing possibilities into a focused product direction.

Map the experience

Find the opportunity

Find the opportunity

Show how people, decisions, and interactions fit together.

Make it testable

Find the opportunity

Make it testable

Create a tangible prototype people can experience and respond to.

02 SERVICES

Creative & IP development

For creators, studios, and brands building characters, stories, games, or expandable worlds.

POSSIBLE DELIVERABLES

  • World + character systems
  • Pitch development
  • Visual direction
  • Format extensions
  • Creative production

YOU LEAVE WITH

An idea with a clear identity and more than one way to reach an audience.

Define the world

Tell the story clearly

Tell the story clearly

Establish the characters, rules, relationships, and visual identity.

Tell the story clearly

Tell the story clearly

Tell the story clearly

Shape the pitch + presentation materials around a compelling central idea.

Expand the possibility

Tell the story clearly

Expand the possibility

Explore how the idea can reach audiences through different formats.

03 SERVICES

Innovation & emerging technology

For organizations exploring AI, digital identity, credentials, loyalty, and interactive experiences.

POSSIBLE DELIVERABLES

  • Use-case discovery
  • Concept sprint
  • Technical framing
  • Rapid proof-of-concept
  • Pilot design

YOU LEAVE WITH

A practical experiment that replaces abstract possibility with useful evidence.

Find the useful edge

Make the system legible

Make the system legible

Choose the problem where new technology can create measurable value.

Make the system legible

Make the system legible

Make the system legible

Connect the experience, technology, information, + safeguards into one buildable model.

Prove the critical path

Make the system legible

Prove the critical path

Build the smallest working journey + use real behavior to decide what comes next.

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What difficult idea are you carrying around?

Send the rough version. A paragraph is plenty. I’ll reply with a useful next question.


GOOD FIT

  • New products 
  • Original IP
  • AI experiments
  • Interactive experiences 
  • Creative technology

Companies, collaborations, consultations + contributions

People, projects, properties + products I have helped

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