Personal passions & inspiration

I love sharing my personal passions and learning what energizes others. Here’s a few things that keep me activated and inspired:

I make 3D maps of imaginary cities 🌆💡

I craft imaginary cities from wood and clay. Making a city is a meditative art for me, and marries up my knack for organizing chaos with my love of the urban landscape. Whenever I visit a new city I get inspired to craft new mapping projects.

I created the world’s first historic preservation platform, built with AI 🏰🦾

I founded the Animari Collective, a community of visionaries that transform historic, architecturally distinctive structures into vibrant hubs for creativity, relaxation, and unforgettable experiences.

Animari acquires ancestral residences in Europe and North Africa, which we call "domiciles," and turns them into platforms for dreamers, makers, and innovators to host intimate gatherings, artist residencies, relaxing getaways, small festivals, retreats, and more.

Animari was built using AI, which helped craft its mission, vision, and core principles, all web copy and imagery, the business plan, the vetting criteria for buying domiciles, grant writing, and field research on destinations. AI will continue to inform everything we do.

I am passionate about LGBTQ+ and D&I advocacy 🏳️‍🌈✊

As an openly gay person, I am a strong supporter of LGBTQ+ and Diversity & Inclusion (D&I) initiatives. I know better decisions are made when diverse voices are represented in the “room where it happens.”

I am a visible advocate for inclusion at work and in the community. I co-sponsored Accenture’s Pride group and participate in events and organizations that advocate for equal rights and representation.

I’m a travel junkie and love to immerse in new cultures ✈️

I’ve circumnavigated the globe for 6 months with just a backpack, set up my remote office in different parts of the world during the pandemic, and the adventures continue! Here’s a few places I’ve been:

Ukraine 🇺🇦 Germany 🇩🇪 Canada 🇨🇦 Uruguay 🇺🇾 Argentina 🇦🇷 Mexico 🇲🇽 Britain 🇬🇧 Ireland 🇮🇪 Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 France 🇫🇷 Spain 🇪🇸 Italy 🇮🇹 Greece 🇬🇷 Bahamas 🇧🇸 Czechia 🇨🇿 Chile 🇨🇱 South Africa 🇿🇦 Tanzania 🇹🇿 Brazil 🇧🇷 UAE 🇦🇪 China 🇨🇳 Singapore 🇸🇬 Australia 🇦🇺 Fiji 🇫🇯 Netherlands 🇳🇱 Lesotho 🇱🇸

And just a few more of my favorite things that keep me busy…