Contributor - Born in Vietnam during the war. Raised in small-town Oregon. Attended high school in Taiwan. Educated at Harvard. Really educated in the music industry. Wrote ads for car companies and entertainment ventures in LA. Rode the dotcom rollercoaster. Failed as an actor ... but married an actress. Served as an assistant on the worst sitcom ever. Listened to jazz in Havana on a business school trip. Got an MBA.

Currently run a marketing agency (Atomic Tango), teach marketing (Antioch University, University of Wales), blog (www.atomictango.com/blog/), and serve on the board of a European-flavored theatre company in Santa Monica, California (City Garage). Owned by three cats.

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