What I'm doing now...

If I've said NO to you recently it is because I'm focused on the things below. Nothing personal, I just want to continue to get shit done. Live like no other, so you can someday live like no other.

Priorities (in order of importance):

• Family -- evenings/weekends are for spending time with my wife and four girls... if I don't seem available assume I'm busy with my family.


• Dadbod -- working towards losing weight to be an active dad for my gaggle of girls. Currently 240lbs 230lbs, need to get down to 200, because #dadbod. Been really enjoying NTC - Nike Training App, Strava and Headspace app -- for HITT workouts, running/cycling tracking and meditation respectively.


• 1st VP of Digital Banking at MidFirst Bank. See more about my 9-5 here. Formerly Director of Product at Sonic Drive-In leading Order Ahead.


• Woodshed Tea -- Curated selection of loose leaf teas, responsibly sourced -- woodshedtea.com. Our retail location is located in Oklahoma City on Grand and May, just west of Nichols Hills.


• tmrw.coffee -- Get Tomorrow's Coffee Today. Monthly and bi-weekly coffee subscription program to up your coffee game at home or work. tmrw.coffee is a product of Woodshed Coffee & Tea, Co. Newly launched -- 3-month Subscription, purchase for yourself or as a gift for your coffee loving framily member!


• Reading List -- I'm a reader. I highlight, underline, and scribble in the margins. I buy books and don't listen or read them digitally. I like the feel of paper the progress indicator of a bookmark.

Pandemic Pause...

Life has gotten complicated over the last couple years #globalpandemic

Added to this reality, leading Digital Banking at MidFirst Bank has been a huge consumer of my creative energy and extrovert capacity. Our lean team is in the middle of a pretty awesome re-build of our core banking apps, including an exciting re-build/re-design of MONIFI our digital banking app!! We are in it. As the team continues to make progress on Monifi 2.0, I get more excited about the potential of this elegantly designed goal-oriented digital banking app and can't wait to share with you Beta invite in early 2022!

Time pause the noise, hunker down and build the damn thing.

Begin the work

• Begin the work | Podcast -- Eight interviews of artists, creatives, entrepreneurs, and politicians on how they began their current work. Eight interviews complete.


• Begin the work | Book -- Listen to Chapter 1: Life is not a marathon, it's training for a marathon.

StoryBuild projects... Slow progress, self-funded

• StoryBuild | Product Journals -- UX Sketchbooks for product managers, visual designers, UX designers, front-end developers, and full stack developers. Three layout options, NOW AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE, sold in packs of two or buy for your team in packs of 5!


• StoryBuild | A Draw Your Own Adventure Book -- Comic style sketch/coloring books for kids! Looking forward to launching the Kickstarter, as my kids have loved the early prototypes! First two artists have completed the design work for the initial prototypes, including cover designs and how-to-draw characters spread. Kickstarter campaign gearing up to launch in Q2 2021.


• StoryBuild | Seven Days -- Seven daily prompts to re-connect the digitally distracted to what is good in this world -- Svndays.com. Writer's packet is finished, currently three writers are working on first drafts as examples of the end-product.

Consulting

• I am currently NOT AVAILABLE for consulting around product innovation, gap experiences, and entrepreneurial policy.