Most people solve problems by going deeper. More expertise. More specialization.
I go wider.
My foundation is 20 years of visual effects — work for studios and brands like Disney, Paramount, Apple, Google, Sony, and many others. On the surface that sounds like one career. It wasn't. Every job was a different problem. Every project demanded a different part of the pipeline. Every studio ran different software, different workflows, different constraints. You had to master a dozen tools at once and know when to reach for which one. VFX is professional problem-solving with pixels, and it trained me to walk into unfamiliar situations, learn fast, and build what doesn't exist yet.
That instinct went everywhere.
I hold a US patent. I wrote a book for Wiley. I created a deepfake persona that 400 million people watched. I'm a pilot. I wrench on classic cars. I designed a flying video screen from scratch. And right now I'm building a protocol designed to stop deepfakes permanently.
Every one of those things made the next one possible in ways no one would have predicted. Each domain gave me a vocabulary that the others don't have. And when you can think across that many domains at once, you see solutions that specialists walk right past.
I think differently. And in a world where every industry is being reshaped by AI, that might be the most valuable skill there is.