Hi, I'm John!

I grew up in Connecticut, but not the one you are picturing. Think working class Long Island mixed with the South Boston characters of Good Will Hunting. I was a smart, shy kid brought up by a stable, funny, big Italian-American family. Pretty sure I was asked, "Hey, how youse doin?" daily.

After a childhood of puns, 80s TV, and tromping around the woods behind our house with our dog, I attended Marist College—mostly due to the campus's amazing view of the Hudson River—eventually earning a BA in English with unofficial minors in Philosophy and Theater.

After an early 2000s stint in textbook publishing as well as teaching, I started my career in technology by building WordPress websites for nonprofits in Maine. Through self-teaching, I moved up in the web development world, eventually being promoted to a UX/UI Development Manager at a large financial company.

Since the early 2010s, I have been working in the agency world, exclusively for fully remote organizations, managing projects and people.