Aloha! Thanks for reading more about me. I live in Honolulu, Hawaii (if you visit, DM me on LinkedIn so we can meetup — like I did with my friend Alisa Cohn). Here’s more about me along with some fun facts.

About me (professional)

1/ I did 7x internships during high school and college because I had no idea what I wanted to do. So I figured first-hand experience was the best path (it helped).

2/ In 7 years, I went from assistant media planner (managing 0 people) to VP (managing 40+ people, department P&L, and a $400M+ marketing budget). This was due to multiple career step changes (e.g. leading multi-million dollar deals, building the Amazon Ads partnership, serving as an Advisory Board Member, and more).

3/ We then moved from LA to Seattle when I joined Amazon (I loved it and thought I would end my career there)…but then I joined a band of crazy pirates and we founded a startup having raised a $8M seed on a PPT deck (Yes, it was a roller coaster).

4/ Now I am the Chief Operating Officer (COO) to Ethan Evans (retired Amazon VP) and we are building Level Up: Your source for executive insights, high performance habits, and specific career growth actions for no BS career breakthroughs.

About me (personal)

5/ I enjoy playing tennis, playing chess, snorkeling with sea turtles, and watching sports anime.

6/ I have the most amazing wife and 3 year old daughter (aka my founder mode boss)

7/ Topics I enjoy talking about are business, wealth/finance, parenting, managing time/energy, travels and adventures, and career growth.

8/ I enjoy speaking to high school and college students about career topics (all for free). I’ve done it at USC (my alma mater), Stanford, NYU, USF, Garden International School, and many others. My most popular talks are on “Making the Most of Your Internship” and “The Magic Loop: A framework for rapid career growth.” If you want me to give a talk, reach out on LinkedIn.

Career Fun Facts

👉🏼 At Amazon, I had the privilege to serve as an Amazon Fishbowl (fireside chat) moderator with authors such as Alexis Ohanian, Ryan Holiday, Elad Gil, Leon Logothetis, IN-Q, Andrew Morgan, Bobby Hundreds, Jennifer Risher, and more.

👉🏼 At Amazon, I launched and managed a new Voice of Seller (VOS) program. A few anecdotes of the impact:

That single customer insight is the best summary I have ever seen. Now we know the exact problem to solve. Excellent.

— Amazon CEO of Worldwide Consumer

Jason created a culture of working backwards from the customer to drive insights to innovation. Jason’s Voice of Seller program has been one of the best examples of customer obsession I have seen at Amazon.

— Amazon VP

We know our customers because of Jason. He is our conduit for Customer Obsession and broadens the ROI he generates. Jason can opine on new topics with great impact, he’s right a lot.

— Amazon VP

👉🏼 At Universal McCann (UM), we and the Amazon Advertising team won the first ever award for Amazon digital ads where we embedded Amazon customer reviews and star-ratings into 300×250 and 728×90 banners. The result was higher conversions and sales.

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