The first machine.
At eight, my first computer was a Mac Classic II SE. It made technology feel less like an appliance and more like a world I could explore.
A longer introduction
Curiosity came first. The career followed.
This is the route from a home BBS and university machine rooms to filmmaking, global teams, creative infrastructure, drones, and spatial computing.
Before the titles
A room full of machines and a reason to understand them.
The house had a BBS.
Around twelve, I moved to a Packard Bell, compiled a Linux kernel to get its drivers working, and ran a bulletin board system from home. It was part community, part laboratory, and the first sign that technology could connect people who were not in the same room.
Learning by proximity.
My parents were college professors. I spent time in the university IT department, shadowing systems administrators around mainframes, NeXT computers, and the equipment that kept an institution running.
The problems became real.
My mom would drop me off at law firms and consulting firms to configure computers, servers, and networks. At fourteen, I was learning how to find the work, earn the trust, explain the solution, and make the system work. Marketing, sales, and IT, all in one teenage package. She would pick me up when everything was running again.
Learning became teaching
Knowing the system was useful. Helping others understand it was better.
I became an Apple Certified Trainer and Apple Professional Services Engineer, working with schools, small businesses, and creative teams. I also founded southeast Mexico's first Adobe Authorized Training Center.
Teaching sharpened a skill that still defines my work: translating technical complexity into language people can use.
A change of lens
Technology taught me how things work. Photography taught me how to notice.
A career in visual storytelling grew from that combination of systems thinking and observation. It led to political communications, annual reports, national advertising, corporate films, international productions, and Brandtales.
A wider map
The work changed with every place.
Mexico, Canada, the United States, Peru, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Indonesia, Qatar, and Malaysia each added something to the way I listen, collaborate, and see.
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What keeps it human
A husband, a father of two sons, and a student of the natural world.
Family is the center. Wildlife photography, camping, travel, and field work keep me observant. Flying drones and building spatial models make the same curiosity visible in a different form.
See the field notes on Instagram
Still becoming