I started in IT consulting and business analysis, spent years running my own shops, then built SUMO Heavy Industries from scratch over 13 years until it was acquired in 2023. Now I run Awesome Things XYZ, a holding company for the projects I'm building: fractional growth for agencies and content amplification for founders.
Craft & Care
I believe the best work comes from two things: understanding your craft and genuinely caring about the people you do it for.
Craft is knowing your trade deeply. Not surface-level, not good enough, but the kind of understanding that only comes from years of doing the work, getting it wrong, and doing it again until it's right. It's the difference between someone who builds things and someone who builds things that last. Every system, every strategy, every deliverable should reflect that standard. Not because someone's watching, but because that's what the work deserves.
Care is the other half. It's the hospitality side of business that most people skip. The extra step. The follow-through nobody asked for. The way you make someone feel in a room, on a call, or in a deliverable they open at 10pm. Care means the people you work with aren't line items on a spreadsheet. They're humans with real stakes, and they should feel that in every interaction. Not as a strategy. As a standard.
When those two things are present, real craft and real care, everything else follows. The consistency, the intentionality, the pride in what you ship. You don't need a framework to remind you to do good work when you actually give a damn about the work and the people it's for.
Building what's next.
Growing what matters.
Amplifying what's worth hearing.
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2026–Present
Partner
Awesome Things XYZ
Holding company for multiple ventures. Current focus areas below.
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2026–Present
Fractional Growth Partner
Agency Focus
Fractional growth consulting for agencies and consultancies doing $1M–$10M. Dev shops, digital agencies, product studios. I work embedded with founders and leadership teams as a growth partner, not a vendor.
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2026–Present
Content Amplification
14:59 PM Studio
Podcast production, daily distribution, thought leadership, and repurposing systems for founders who have strong signal but no time to broadcast it.
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2010–2023
Co-Founder, CEO & Partner
SUMO Heavy Industries (Acquired)
Full-service digital commerce consulting firm. Built from scratch over 13 years to acquisition. Consistently generated $2M+ in annual sales. Clients included Pitney Bowes, Zoom, Rogue Fitness, TYR, Roku, and Pet360.
- ↓ Early Career
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2008–2010
Partner
round3media
Responsible for overall company operations including contract writing, financial planning, and project management. Magento and WordPress development.
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2005–2010
Owner & Managing Director
SimplyHelp
IT solutions and support service. Server migrations, application development, and email infrastructure deployments.
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2004–2010
Owner
Bartek Management
Strategic technology and business consulting. Integrated SaaS products like Salesforce, Highrise, and Basecamp to reduce operational costs and increase productivity.
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2002–2003
Manager of Technology Innovation
Innovation Philadelphia
Public/private partnership supported by the City of Philadelphia and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Managed IT staff, network expansion, and web development projects.
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2002
Manager of Information Systems
Davis Management Company
Technical project manager for network expansion. Managed helpdesk of 30 users and a web-based Enterprise Registration System.
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2001
Business Analyst
iBeast Business Solutions
Technical project manager and developer of a cost-effective Intrusion Detection System. Where it all started.
Elsewhere
If you run an agency and growth feels like it's held together with duct tape, or you're a founder with something worth saying but no system to say it... let's grab coffee and chat about it.
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