I was born in Springville, Utah where I spent my childhood. When I was 12 my family moved to a suburb of Portland, Oregon named Tualatin where I “grew up”. Frequent trips to Mount Hood to ski, a crew of great friends and reggae concerts at the Pine Street Theater in Portland made for solid high school year memories.
After traveling solo in Europe for a summer followed by a 2 year mission for my church, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, I moved back to Utah for school at Brigham Young University where I could go to school spring, summer and fall and then quit school for the winters in order to ski.
Fortunately for me I met a girl who thought that was perfectly normal. We were quickly married and have been hanging out ever since.
After graduating from BYU we moved back to Park City where I worked for The Canyons ski resort for 6 years as the Utah Sales Manager before jumping ship to Backcountry.com where I managed grassroots and community marketing for nearly 3 years.
I’m now on my own working with companies like:
- Backcounty.com
- ProBar
- Utah Vacation Homes
- Ski Utah
- Bluehouse Skis
…helping them to resonate with their customers through various grassroots, customer conversation and blogging avenues. I completely enjoy the challenges and the learning I experience.
My outdoor passion is backcountry skiing, followed by climbing, road cycling, trail running and ski mountaineering. I enjoy learning more about the web and how it connects people and communities.
My family is tops and I’m lucky to have them as a central part of my life. Our four children are named after mountains - McKinley, Koven, Stuart and Annapurna - seems appropriate for a life climbing, skiing, hiking and living among mountains.
I hope you enjoy my blog of musings about the various aspects of my life, my business as a marketer and my observations of the world around me. Feel free to join the conversation by commenting on any of the posts.
