John has guided an impressive variety of strategic communication campaigns for major brands, global entertainment leaders, diverse public agencies and prominent institutions.

The quality of his work is underscored by the exceptional range of Tier One organizations that have called upon him to deliver exceptional results. These include AAA, Callaway Golf, Disney, DXC Technology, EA SPORTS, ESPN, Fox, Gartner, Google, Lockheed Martin, Mattel, the National Science Foundation, Qualcomm, USS Midway Museum and the U.S. Olympic Committee.

Through his work on behalf of the nation’s intelligence gathering community, he is a contributing author to Working Through Synthetic Worlds, an anthology of visionary concepts designed to advance the study and implementation of improved AI decision-making tools and processes.

His notable accomplishments include creating the live multimedia event for Motorola that introduced digital HDTV to North America; a customer acquisition campaign for DIRECTV that achieved the best results in company history; a direct response campaign for Dell that tripled anticipated response; and a broadcast spot for GameStop named international “TV Spot of the Week” by AdAge.

He has developed client outreach strategy and produced compelling content for sponsor events at CES, CTIA, SBCA and the Super Bowl. He’s written and directed presentations that have resulted in the award of 3 Super Bowls and the US Open, and produced broadcast content in partnership with MLB, MLS, NBA, NCAA, PGA and the NFL.

John has produced communications programs and projects for many government agencies including the EPA, U.S. Departments of Energy, Homeland Security, Transportation and Treasury, the Defense Advanced Research Products Agency (DARPA), the Intelligence Advanced Research Products Agency (IARPA), NAVWAR, US Naval Special Warfare (SEALs) and the California Coastal Commission. He has also provided strategic communications consultation to the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS.).

He’s produced public awareness initiatives for many municipal agencies. His work for more than 20 major universities has included student and alumni-focused initiatives on behalf of Harvard, Stanford, Northwestern, UCLA, UC San Diego, USC and the University of Virginia.

John’s most recent broadcast project is Remember Us, a documentary that celebrates the inspiring story behind the making of America’s new national WWI Memorial in Washington DC. It is now airing on PBS stations.

His award-winning documentaries including The Story Behind the Spectacle, an inside look at the making of the revolutionary Los Angeles Olympics; Beat the Baja, the official story of the world’s most famous off-road race; The College Game, a celebration of American football starring legendary sportscaster Keith Jackson; and X-Carriers, a Discovery special that explores the innovation driving America’s next-generation class of aircraft carriers.

His interest in film began as a teenager, when he won national honors in Eastman Kodak’s Young People’s Movie Awards.Fresh out of college, he directed and co-wrote the cult-classic comedy Attack of the Killer Tomatoes, which led to three sequels and a #1-rated Fox animated series that he executive produced. He also wrote the famous Killer Tomato theme song–an international favorite in its own right, from frat house sing-alongs to a “universal” broadcast from the space shuttle Atlantis. (Eat your heart out, Taylor Swift!)

A graduate of UC San Diego with a degree in American History, John has been inducted into the Silver Circle by the National Association of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) in recognition of 25 years of special achievement in television.