Design scientist.
His words, 2021.

I think in pictures first. Language came second, and English came third. That wiring made school hard and made design obvious.

Fifteen years later, the record reads like this: Senior Art Director at Anywhere Real Estate's national creative team, art-directing campaigns for Coldwell Banker and its luxury and commercial brands. Before that, capital markets storytelling at JLL. Before that, federal and consumer accounts: Crayola, GSA, Federal Student Aid, Olympus.

In 2021 I described myself in a performance review as a "design scientist." My managers were saying it their own way. They rated me Role Model in six of eight leadership competencies that year.

The pattern under all of it: I find the next tool early, learn it on my own time, put it into live work, then teach the team. I did it with the iPad. With HTML email. With 3D and VR. AI is the same habit. Just the biggest wave yet.