California, USABrand · Narrative · Category
Brand & narrative strategy · category design

I build brands that make complex things legible.

I come in where a company has something real but hasn't yet found the language to make people believe it — and I build the system that closes the gap.

Currently —open to VP / CMO roles & select engagements
Ashley Pola
$0 → $100M+
Pipeline grew from zero
CalmWave · healthcare AI
45 → 20 min
Discovery calls, cut by
narrative & positioning
70×
Revenue growth
Vave Health · medtech
$50M
Pipeline, LA Auto Show
Tesla · 120+ staff, 20K leads
Healthcare AIMedical roboticsConsumer techTeslaCategory designZero-to-oneEkso BionicsPositioningDemand & pipelineVave HealthNarrative systemsCalmWave Healthcare AIMedical roboticsConsumer techTeslaCategory designZero-to-oneEkso BionicsPositioningDemand & pipelineVave HealthNarrative systemsCalmWave
Selected work — the transformation

I work at the zero-to-one moment — before the category exists.

* Where a product is genuinely hard to explain, or a brand needs rebuilding on a foundation that no longer fits.
02 — services
For hiring teams

Bring a brand leader in-house

Fifteen years owning the full arc — brand and narrative through demand and pipeline — for AI, robotics, health tech, and consumer companies at the zero-to-one stage.

Case studies & résumé
For founders

Make the story finally land

Fixed-scope engagements for early teams: a positioning sprint, a category-narrative system, or a fractional head-of-brand retainer that gives you clarity you can build on.

Explore an engagement
03 — selected work
01
Naming the category
CalmWave — a product with no category, to $100M+ in pipeline
Healthcare AI
02
One company, two markets, zero confusion
Ekso Bionics — one brand spine, two buyer narratives
Robotics
03
A car into a cultural moment
Tesla — the Model 3's first public showing, beyond early adopters
Consumer · Auto
04
Credibility in a skeptical category
Vave Health — a new device against entrenched incumbents
Medical devices
05
Waking a brand a decade dormant
Dimension Express — a 90s fax-room database, rebuilt end to end
SaaS

Let's build something that matters.