Previous work
Tagboard MVP
Whiteboards and brainstorming weren't enough to get a company off the ground. We needed a prototype to demo.
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Tagboard Brand
The pressure was on to create a visual identity that would both establish and distinguish us in the market — and it had to stand the test of time.
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Jesus Is
Inviting a city-wide conversation about the most controversial individual in the history of the world… it'll be fun, they said.
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Starbird
The promise of social media was being drowned out by noise, so we built a way to tap the power of curation to find the signal.
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Capture
Missing moments because the camera is slow to launch… the stuff of nightmares for parents. That’s where Capture came in.
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Canned
Working within the strict constraints of the developer devkit, we set out to enable text message templates for iPhone.
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Rhema
It wasn’t enough to digitize timeless and personalized Bible verses, we wanted to make them more accessible than ever with a native iPhone app.
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The City Church
Telling the greatest story ever told required more from me than I had to give. I had to grow.
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it's pronounced spurdy
…in America, at least
It’s French but according to Ancestry, I am not. Go figure.
I’m 38 years-old, married, and have four children. I love my family.
I was born and raised in Colorado and moved around a lot during my formative years — Florida, Georgia, Virgina — finally landing in Seattle, WA in 1998. I’ve been here ever since.
I’m a Christian. My faith is important to me, but I don’t consider myself religious.
My story
My professional career began as a teenager in 1995 with my first job designing yellow page advertisements for local businesses. Prior to that I’d dabbled with some graphic design as a hobby and had won a few logo design competitions.
For almost 12 years I helped lead digital and media productions at The City Church, where I launched several award-winning websites and campaigns, the most notable being “JESUS IS ____”, which was nationally recognized and inspired dozens of lookalike projects and installations.
During that time I also co-founded a side company called Sky Balloon, a small app development studio. We worked on over a dozen apps and shipped five. Our most popular app (with over 300k downloads) was a quick-launch video camera called Capture, which was featured on CNN, CNET, Gizmodo, Lifehacker, Wired, and dozens of smaller publications and blogs.
In 2011, I left my career at the church to help start Tagboard, a social media software company. After creating the brand and product prototype, I assumed a Chief Product Officer role and helped lead a team of designers and developers to build, deliver, and manage the whole of Tagboard’s product. Later, I transitioned to a more central role in the company as Chief of Staff, providing coaching and support for the leadership team, as well as inside counsel for the rest of the organization worldwide.