My name is Brad, and I write, code and make art right here in Edmonton, Canada.
What I Do
I create elaborate fictional worlds.
What does that mean exactly? It means a lot of writing. It means making art, taking photos, crafting digital media, telling stories, and simply building the frameworks that make such worlds interesting to explore.
My Technical Expertise
- web design, deployment, and oversight
- graphic design for UX or web marketing
- communications & marketing
- html, scripting, php, mysql, and linux platforms
- system design, architecture and integrations
- extensive experience in government & non-profit
Getting Here
In the mid-90s I set out in my career intending to be a biologist. Living systems, organic processes, and the complexity of the natural world fascinate me. I wanted to study and research and spread that fascination with the world. Insects, ecologies, and genetics: these were my fodder of my post-secondary studies.
Instead, after convocation, I found myself in jobs where rather than doing research or teaching directly, I was supporting small organizations by leaning into a blossoming interest in technology as a means to communicate and educate about science, health, food production, environment, land use and more.
All this ultimately landed me in roles that lasted over two decades designing, building, deploying, and managing public technology systems for non-profits, NGOs, small businesses, and governments.
Today
After twenty years I shifted my focus and with the support of my family I have been focusing on writing, code, and art as I build upon ideas and projects and turn them into publishable or sellable pieces, including as a:
Of course, like anyone working towards a creative career in the gaps between my work I am open to all sorts of opportunities and happy to connect and chat about your projects and how I might help out you or your organization.