About

➢ I design and support caring and dynamic organizational learning cultures through strategic skills design, training, and credentialing that aligns with key corporate value-creation goals and promotes employee engagement. Visit D2 Skills Lab to explore how we can partner to create value for your employees and for your organization.

➢ I earned a Ph.D. in Speech Communication (now Dept. of Communication) from the University of Washington with a focus on how effectively strategic organizational storytelling reflects, sustains, and drives organizational values and cultural commitment to those values.

➢ I have over 30 years of award winning skills design and training experience in the United States and Japan.

➢ I am a certified 21st Century Skills Badge Facilitator, I have earned 23 digital skills badges, I am a member of the Open Skills Network, I serve on a University of Washington “Business Intelligence for Global Entrepreneurship” advisory board, and I served on the board of directors for Yokohama International School.

➢ I have authored and co-authored six communication skill books (published in Japan).

➢ I promote equitable, AI-supported postsecondary transformation with focus on designing and deploying competency-based, equitable, incremental, employer-validated micro-credential pathways; I serve as a collaboration catalyst by identifying and engaging learning success partners throughout the learn-to-earn ecosystem to drive innovation and progress; I partner with organization leaders to create communication cultures of excellence; I design communication protocols and practices aligned with organization values; I advance employee engagement through meaningful skills training; and I support executive communications through coaching and collaborating on strategy.

➢ My personal passions include international travel, performing arts, weightlifting, disc golf, and doing what I can to promote inclusiveness, tolerance, and caring.

The through-line in my professional activities is my passion for and commitment to innovative communication excellence to drive organizational success.

Every second of my work is grounded in personal and professional integrity and supporting people in organizations with compassion and flexibility. 

Success Requires Teamwork

Success requires teamwork, and my closest team is my family.

My wife Yuka is an artist, with an MFA from Tama Art University in Tokyo. She originally created award-winning wood sculptures and now she designs and sells silver and gold accessories from her shop and gallery Artsea in our house.

My son Sean is an architect, with a BA in Architecture from UC Berkeley and a MA in Architecture from Harvard Graduate School of Design.

I love my team.